Because data is retrieved in bulk and then stored for SAN use, users are spared costly repeat trips to the mainframe. The Fibre Channel link between the mainframe's controller and the Corigin server ensures that data is retrieved quickly. Corigin's software also takes care of securing access to the mainframe data.
Corigin's proposition has proven attractive to a handful of big customers, including AXA Financial Inc., First International Bank of Israel, and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., which are using it for applications like the one noted above. Corigin cites data warehousing, financial reporting, and customer resource management (CRM) as its likeliest prospects.
It may surprise some that Corigin hasn't broken into more SANs. But then again, its application is highly specialized. Further, its competition includes products from mainframe-attached vendors that typically sell utilities with their own controllers. Examples include InfoMover from EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) and RapidExchange from Hitachi Data Systems (HDS).
One of these rivals sees potential for reselling Corigin's wares, which don't require the use of a particular vendor's hardware. HDS has been reselling Corigin software to customers in the U.K. since 2002.
Corigin execs don't seem to mind if the pace to success is more slow and steady than Olympian. Product development continues: Besides supporting Escon and Fibre Channel mainframe links, Corigin software will shortly support Ficon, IBM's proprietary connection.
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