Red Hat has launched an open source project called
Teiid, which provides data
virtualisation, and is designed to simplify data management.
Data virtualisation enables real-time access to data across
different database systems without the need for the user to copy or
move the data from the systems of record. The Teiid software
effectively acts as a SQL database server, which connects to
back-end database servers.
"When Red Hat acquired MetaMatrix in April 2007 we committed to
releasing the data services technology in the open source community
and Teiid is the result of that promise," said Craig Muzilla,
vice-president of Red Hat's middleware business. "The demand for
applications and services leveraging the data stores of a typical
organisation never ends."
Red Hat said Teiid would provide the backbone for future
versions of the JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform.
