o GENERAL FEATURES, & METAMODEL CHANGES:
- New 100% Java based MIMB architecture components (including expression parsers, model validation, etc.) allowing support for a variation of Linux/Unix based deployments:
· only for Java based bridges such as the import from JDBC based databases, ERwin XML data models, Talend DI models, Tableau BI models, etc.
· C++ based bridges (in particular the ones depending on the COM API) will remain Windows based such as the import from ERwin native (.erwin) data models, SAP BusinessObjects universes, etc.
o RDBMS (JDBC):
- Improved Bridges:
· IBM DB2 (JDBC) import bridge major improvements
· IBM Netezza (JDBC) import bridge major improvements
· Microsoft SQL Server (JDBC) import bridge major improvements on metadata coverage, expression parsing, triggers, filters and stored procedures
· Oracle (JDBC) import bridge major improvements
· Pivotal GreenPlum (JDBC) import bridge major improvements
· PostgreSQL (JDBC) import bridge major improvements
· SAP Sybase ASE (JDBC) import bridge major improvements
· Teradata (JDBC) import bridge major improvements
o BIG DATA (Apache Hadoop distributions of Cloudera, HortonWorks, MapR, DataStax, Hadapt):
- New Bridges:
· Hadoop HDFS Java API new import bridge
· Hadoop WebHDFS REST API new import bridge (beta bridge)
- Improved Bridges:
· Hadoop Hive Metastore import bridge major improvements.
· Hadoop Hive Server import bridge major improvements
o DATA MODELING (DM):
- Improved Bridges:
· Data Modeling tool support for SQL Server 2014
· CA ERwin 9 Data Modeler import and export bridges support for version 9.64 (64 bits)
· CA ERwin 9 Mart import bridges support for version 9.64 (64 bits)
· Embarcadero ER/Studio Data Architect import and export bridges support for version 11 (64 bits)
· Embarcadero ER/Studio Repository import bridges support for version 11 (64 bits)
o DATA INTEGRATION (DI/ETL/ELT/DQ/MDM/EII):
- New Bridges:
· Pentaho DI new import bridge (beta bridge)
· Talend MDM new import and export bridge
- Improved Bridges:
· IBM DataStage import bridge major improvements in scalability (64 bits) for large DI models, and ported to Java
· Informatica PowerCenter import bridge major improvements (in parameter passing, and metadata lineage)
· Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) import bridge minor improvements
· Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) import bridge minor improvements
· Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) import bridge minor improvements
· Talend DI import and export bridge major improvements (metadata coverage and data flow lineage)
o BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI/OLAP):
- New Bridges:
· Microstrategy export bridge (no longer in beta)
· QlikView import bridge (no longer in beta)
- Improved Bridges:
· IBM Cognos import bridge minor improvements, including in performance
· Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and Reporting Services (SSRS) import bridge minor improvements
· SAP BusinessObjects import bridge minor improvements
· Tableau import bridge major improvements in metadata coverage