GoldenGate Software's Real-time Data Integration Helps Polish Railways With Business Analysis

Sept. 5, 2007 - PRLog -- San Francisco — September 3, 2007 — GoldenGate Software Inc. (www.goldengate.com), the leading provider of high availability and real-time data integration solutions, today announced that it is working with PKP Informatyka, part of Polish State Railways (PKP), to ensure real-time access to key data for improved reporting and analysis.  

The data about the number of train tickets sold, timetables and ticket prices is held in an Enscribe and SQL database running on HP NonStop.   Additionally, PKP Informatyka has deployed an Oracle 10g database running on Linux for all the reporting and analysis activities.  

Using GoldenGate, the data is moved in real-time between the databases running on the HP NonStop platform, where the core transactional application resides, to the Oracle database.  Having the transactional  data in the Oracle database means that it will now be possible for PKP to use advanced software tools for reporting and analytics.  This will allow a high degree of business intelligence and reporting for PKP to have minute by minute access to information about revenue being generated and demand for its services on routes and destinations within its network.

PKP Informatyka, part of the PKP Group, is responsible for supplying the companies within the PKP Group with IT solutions and support. One of the solutions it has supplied is the Group’s booking and ticketing system.  Wiktor Zak, Vice Director at PKP Informatyka, who is in charge of the project to implement the new system, said: “We plan to maximize the advantages of our new HP platform to help passenger forwarders understand the sales and revenue situation from PKP’s ticketing operations on a daily and hourly basis.  

Key to the success of this is the use of GoldenGate’s real-time data integration solution which updates our application and reporting systems pretty much at the same time and this allows PKP to perform accurate and timely analysis.”

GoldenGate is also used for the creation of an on-line copy of the production database on to another HP NonStop computer for disaster recovery in case of outages in the main system.  

PKP Informatyka decided to use GoldenGate because it was recommended by another Polish company already using GoldenGate.  In addition, it was found to be the most effective solution of its type available for the business and technical level requirements needed to support the project.  The project will be fully implemented in the second half of 2007.

“GoldenGate is critical to the success of this project and its ongoing value to PKP as an effective integration technology,” concluded Zak.

Richard Dobber, GM for EMEA at GoldenGate BV, said: “Increasingly the supply of real-time business data is critical to the successful management and day to day running of modern businesses.  Our software addresses the critical issue of delivering and integrating data in real-time between disparate applications to allow the successful operation of key business processes and analysis of data.”

About GoldenGate Software
GoldenGate Software Inc. is the leader in transactional data management (TDM) solutions for maximizing the performance, accessibility, and availability of enterprise data.  GoldenGate's technology offerings enable businesses to capture, route, transform, deliver, and verify transactional data in real time across heterogeneous IT environments. With more than 300 customers worldwide, GoldenGate is used to drive solutions for critical initiatives in high availability, disaster tolerance, and real-time data integration. Customers include Visa, Bank of America, Sabre Holdings, Comcast, Federated Investors, Mayo Foundation, UBS, and Overstock.com.  GoldenGate broadens its global market reach through key relationships with ISVs and systems integrators including ACI Worldwide, GE Healthcare, Teradata - a division of NCR, Amdocs, MySQL AB, and others.  A private company, GoldenGate is headquartered in San Francisco and can be found on the web at www.goldengate.com.


About PKP Informatyka
PKP Informatyka spolka was founded in 2001 as a result of the restructuring process of Polish State Railways.  It has over 40 years experience in IT in different areas. PKP Informatyka has developed and implemented solutions for passenger transport (selling and booking systems) and for freight transport. Its solutions are based on the outstanding products of different, world renowned suppliers (HP, Oracle, SAP, Sun, etc).   PKP Informatyka is headquartered in Warsaw and more information can be found at: www.pkp-informatyka.pl .

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