Apatar Explained

Apatar is an open source ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) and data integration software application.

History

Apatar open source project was founded in 2005.^[1] The first version of the tool was released under the GPLv2 license at www.sourceforge.net in February 2007. In April 2007, Apatar alpha version was demonstrated to its strategic partners, including MySQL and BlackDuck. Apatar, Inc.,^[2] a commercial company that provides support for the Apatar open source software, was founded in 2007 ^[3] as a branch of Altoros.

Products

The company’s main product is Apatar,^{[4] [5]} a cross-platform open source desktop data integration tool that provides connectivity to a variety of databases, applications, protocols, files, and many more.

Users and customers

Apatar’s user and customer base ranges from small companies and individuals to large organizations such as the World Bank Group, Thomson Reuters, John Wiley & Sons, R.R. Donnelley, Autodesk.^{[6] [7]} and more.

External links

• Apatar Web site
• Apatar project page on SourceForge.Net
• Apatar Community Web site
• Apatar Overview Demo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Apatar Crashes Data Mashup Party . 2007-09-24 . SD Times . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071109161649/http://www.sdtimes.com/article/story-20070715-13.html . 2007-11-09 .
2. http://connectedsocialmedia.com/2913/moving-data-around-with-apatar/ "Moving data around with Apatar"
3. Web site: Open Source Companies to Watch . 2007-09-24 . NetworkWorld. https://web.archive.org/web/20071012023540/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/082307-open-source-to-watch.html. 12 October 2007 . live., Network World created a list of newcomers focused on data integration.
4. http://intranetblog.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/3/17 Mashup the intranet
5. http://videos.webpronews.com/2007/05/web-20-expo-renat-khasanshyn/ Web 2.0: Renat Khasanshyn of Apatar on Internet Growth
6. Web site: Two Ways To Deal With SOA's Data Integration Challenge . 2007-09-24 . InformationWeek.
7. Web site: Young software exec moves to open source model . 2007-09-24 . American City Business Journals, Inc. .