An EII-based solution is able to offer an overarching information-umbrella to integrate: Corporate Information Portals and Enterprise Content Management Systems; Enterprise Applications:CRM, ERP and SCM; Business Intelligence and Decision Support Applications; Web services; and, Unstructured and Semi-structured Information Management Platforms.

Against this backdrop let us see how both Nimble and Actuate will benefit from this acquisition:

Nimble Products and Solutions

One of the key features of the Nimble data integration platform is its ability to integrate unstructured/non-relational data into relational/structured data. Nimble is able to integrate flat files, documents, email, and proprietary data residing in many different systems through its XML-based distributed query processing technology providing a unified enterprise-wide view of critical business information in real-time.

Actuate Products and Solutions

The Actuate iServer can generate, manage and distribute interactive business critical information to various users in an organization. Actuate iServer not only provides access and integration but provides tools like e.Report Option, e.Spreadsheet Option, e.Analysis Option, Actuate Query Option) that could be plugged its platform to create actionable information that enables users can use utilize.

Nimble Acquisition: Advantage Actuate

Integrating Nimble Actuate gains in terms of the XML and unstructured data management capabilities developed by Nimble - especially integrating unstructured information such as emails, reports and free form text through its XML based query processing engine.

From an unstructured data management perspective this acquisition forebodes an already perceivable trend towards complete EII and marks a beginning that could lead to more marriages between EII, Business Intelligence, Unstructured Data Management and Decision Support vendors and solutions.