Progress:
The company’s implementation of event-stream data processing to help in the analysis of large numbers of transactions for compliance and performance reasons showed real, well, progress.

Attachmate/WRQ:
Browser-based host access. Terminal emulation. Converting mainframe data to services. ETL. Security. What does this union of two longtime leaders in this space not do?

N Software:
By connecting everything to pretty much everything else, cross-platform data exchanges become easier and more secure, giving Web apps a big enterprise boost.

NetManage:
An emphasis on speed and flexibility in leveraging data from existing systems lands NetManage on this list, as does the ability to help business analysts save money by showing them where efficiencies can be found.

Quest:
Database developers who use the company’s TOAD tool are thought of as princes in their organizations, as SQL code and queries can be created quickly and efficiently.

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