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Ascential Delivers On-Demand Data Integration To Harley-Davidson

Ascential Software Corp announced that Harley-Davidson Inc is using Ascential RTI to help power the company's enterprise data warehouse initiatives. Harley-Davidson selected Ascential Software because of the company's proven track record of success, evidenced by its installed base of more than 3,000 customers.

Ascential RTI, a key component of the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite, makes Ascential data integration services available on-demand across the enterprise, optimizing information services and fueling major operational improvements in areas ranging from finance to supply chain to customer service and labor management.

"Ascential Software's solutions are designed to help innovative companies like Harley-Davidson by using data as a strategic asset and optimizing inventory, promotions, warranty processing, and sales performance through data accuracy and availability," said Mark Register, chief marketing officer and vice president of marketing, industry solutions and global alliances at Ascential Software. "Ascential Software's Ascential RTI brings the power of the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite to a service-oriented architecture, empowering companies to build data integration services that can be used anywhere across the enterprise, on demand, which streamlines the data integration process and can help improve reusability and reduce overall costs."

The Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite is a comprehensive data integration solution that profiles, cleanses and transforms data from virtually any application or system regardless of data volume or latency. Ascential Software's integrated offering are designed to help companies streamline operations, improve customer support, expedite business transactions, and make better tactical and strategic decisions on the basis of the best available information. The suite provides unlimited scalability through parallel processing, complete meta data management, any-to-any data source and application connectivity, and delivers on demand data integration seamlessly within an enterprise's service-oriented architecture.