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📣 Enterprise Data Marketplace & Business Data Product Portal: Our fully featured enterprise-grade portal has supported governed self-service since inception—now refreshed for 2025 with modern packaging, improved UX, and enhanced alignment to data mesh and productized data delivery.

Portal & Business Glossary: Collaborative business views, glossary lifecycle workflows, and a revamped marketplace experience.
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Metadata Server: New support for hybrid scanning, modernized APIs, and automation-ready integrations.
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Metadata Studio: UI refresh, enhanced curation and stewardship tools, plus smart governance tagging.
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Adapter Framework: 300+ source integrations including Hadoop, Azure Synapse, AWS Glue, and more.
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Cloud: Now with Cloud-Ready APIs for AI, pipelines, metadata services, and workflow orchestration.
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🌟 Featured Updates

2025 Software Packages Launched: New editions available for cloud, hybrid, and on-prem deployments. Includes AI-ready APIs and simplified licensing.
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Fractional CTO & Strategy Consulting: Expert guidance to accelerate governance, modernization, and metadata ROI. Now available via fixed retainer.
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Enterprise Data Marketplace Enhancements: Updated interface and workflows support productized data delivery, glossary lifecycle, and federated governance.
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Framework & MVM Enhancements: Our Metadata Value Method™ now supports AI pipelines, modern lineage capture, and modular architecture.
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Adapter Framework Expanded: Support added for AWS Glue, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, and more — with 300+ source adapters available.
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Microsoft Azure Certification Achieved for InfoLibrarian™

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InfoLibrarian™ is now a certified Microsoft Azure application, enabling enterprise customers to easily discover, deploy, and scale our metadata management platform from the Azure Marketplace. Azure Certified Solutions are vetted for compatibility and quality by both Microsoft and the publisher—giving you confidence in cloud readiness and seamless integration.

This certification also expands our supported consulting engagements for Microsoft big data, data science, and hybrid cloud initiatives.

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📜 View News Archive & Historic Releases
  • 2015-06-01: InfoLibrarian Server Azure Certified — cloud deployment verified.
  • 2015-01-30: Hadoop Adapter Released — big data ingestion support.
  • 2014-11-17: Server 5.1.4 + Team Edition with bundled metadata adapters.
  • 2014-09-15: Free Evaluation & Server 5.1.3 productivity upgrade.
  • 2013-06-15: Framework 4.1.2 R2 performance and .NET API updates.
  • 2010-06-24: Portal Framework enhanced for metadata services in the cloud.
  • 2005-05-05: Metadata Integration Appliance debuted at DAMA Conference.
  • 2009-01-26: Framework 4.1.2 released — taxonomy and multi-mart support.
  • 2008-06-01: .NET Extension Library released for custom integration.
  • 2007-01-01: InfoLibrarian Enterprise Server 4.1 launched.

Feb 2020 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Corporation Certifies New Data Catalog and Metadata Management Solution on Microsoft Azure in the Cloud.

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As a Microsoft Azure Certified application, enterprise customers can easily find, purchase and deploy InfoLibrarian from the Azure Marketplace. Customers can use Azure Certified Solutions with confidence knowing they have been thoroughly vetted by Microsoft and the publisher for compatibility with Microsoft Azure. InfoLibrarian Expands it certified consulting support on Microsoft Big Data and Data Science platforms.

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Jun 01 2015 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Corporation Certifies Metadata Management Server Software on Microsoft Azure in the Cloud.

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As a Microsoft Azure Certified application, enterprise customers can easily find, purchase and deploy InfoLibrarian Server from the Azure Marketplace. Customers can use Azure Certified Solutions with confidence knowing they have been thoroughly vetted by Microsoft and the publisher for compatibility with Microsoft Azure.

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Feb 15 2020 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Updates Service Offerings

Metadata practices are gaining momentum as companies tackle 'big data'. InfoLibrarian now supports Apache Hadoop Implementations.

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Nov 17 2014 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Releases Upgrade Server 5.1.4 Update

InfoLibrarian releases the InfoLibrarian Server 5.1.4 upgrade, includes Team Edition package, free evaluation and 6 bundled metadata adapters. InfoLibrarian solves the key problem of finding information and documentation within complex IT environments. InfoLibrarian tools enable companies to perform impact analysis and search of data assets. The new release also includes the introduction of a Team Edition productivity package. The Team Edition allows companies to begin leveraging their metadata and documentation immediately. The Team Edition is a full featured, budget friendly quick start option.

InfoLibrarian Pricing and Editions


Jan 30 2015 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Releases Hadoop Adapter For Big Data

Metadata practices are gaining momentum as companies tackle 'big data'. InfoLibrarian now supports Apache Hadoop Implementations.

InfoLibrarian Pricing and Editions

Nov 17 2014 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Releases Upgrade Server 5.1.4 Update

InfoLibrarian releases the InfoLibrarian Server 5.1.4 upgrade, includes Team Edition package, free evaluation and 6 bundled metadata adapters. InfoLibrarian solves the key problem of finding information and documentation within complex IT environments. InfoLibrarian tools enable companies to perform impact analysis and search of data assets. The new release also includes the introduction of a Team Edition productivity package. The Team Edition allows companies to begin leveraging their metadata and documentation immediately. The Team Edition is a full featured, budget friendly quick start option.

InfoLibrarian Pricing and Editions

Sept 15 2014 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Releases Upgrade Server 5.1.3 and Introduces Team Edition Package

InfoLibrarian releases the InfoLibrarian Server 5.1.3 upgrade, introduces the Team Edition package as well as a free evaluation version. InfoLibrarian solves the key problem of finding information and documentation within complex IT environments. InfoLibrarian tools enable companies to perform impact analysis and search of data assets. The new release also includes the introduction of a Team Edition productivity package. The Team Edition allows companies to begin leveraging their metadata and documentation immediately. The Team Edition is a full featured, budget friendly quick start option.

InfoLibrarian Pricing and Editions

Sept 12 2014 PRESS RELEASE - Document Databases and Applications Metadata

InfoLibrarian releases a standard adapter pack to be included with all versions of our products. The adapter pack will enable ingest of metadata from over 300 source tools and applications. Included in the package are adapters for Microsoft SQL Server (complete stack), Oracle, Excel, Databases, XML or CWM-XMI and Web Services. By including this rich set of adapters, companies can onboard their key metadata and documentation right away, delivering a feature rich impact analysis and search portal to the user communities in days.

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June 2014 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Releases Upgrade to InfoLibrarian Studio 5.1.2

InfoLibrarian Studio™

InfoLibrarian releases new InfoLibrarian Studio 5.1.2 InfoLibrarian Studio replaces the current InfoLibrarian Administrator tool. Rich new features include UI enhancements and improvements.


Jan 2014 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Releases Major Upgrade InfoLibrarian Studio 5

InfoLibrarian Studio™

InfoLibrarian releases new InfoLibrarian Studio 5.1.1 InfoLibrarian Studio replaces the current InfoLibrarian Administrator™ tool. Rich new features include drag and drop mappings, taxonomy management and a developer studio style interface. https://www.infolibcorp.com/products


JUN3 2013 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian 4.1.2 R2 New Build Released

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InfoLibrarian Releases Update (061513) for the 4.1.2R2 Server version of the product. InfoLibrarian 4.1.2R2 includes package enhancements, .NET API enhancements, performance enhancements and product fixes and improvements.


August 2012 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian 4.1.2 R2 Released

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InfoLibrarian Releases major version upgrade for the 4.xx version of the products. InfoLibrarian 4.1.2R2 includes package enhancements, not limited to InfoLibrarian Studio™ and InfoLibrarian Server 4.1.2R2™ Other enhancements include, .NET API enhancements, Performance enhancements and product fixes and improvements.


Summer 2012 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Global Partnering Initiative

InfoLibrarian™ set the stage for a Global Eco Management Partnering Reciprocal and is building on that philosophy to engage at any level of business development now and in the future. With our Eco Management Partnering program, InfoLibrarian™ has the capability beyond size alone and can muster super global resources when and where needed. If you or your company wants to become part of the InfoLibrarian™ Global Eco Management Partnering Reciprocal, you may apply by contacting info@infolibcorp.com as a member of InfoLibrarian™ Global family; you will have access to the Global Network of other loyal Eco Management Partners.


June 2011 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian™ 4.1.2 Released

InfoLibrarian™ Releases major version upgrade for the 4.xx version of the products.


February 2010 - InfoLibrarian™ Makes Metadata Management Cloud and Web Services Enabled

The InfoLibrarian Portal Framework™ is a set of components that work together to meet the Metadata management and analysis needs of the largest enterprise data processing systems. InfoLibrarian™ can manage your metadata and make it available via services in the Cloud. Now available publication of a central metadata registry via web services. These metadata services present metadata to be consumed by third party applications.


April 2009 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian™ Desktop Express Released

InfoLibrarian Metadata Framework™ Desktop Express is designed to help small and medium sized business to begin to manage metadata without the requirement to purchase a full-blown Enterprise Solution.

InfoLibrarian™ Desktop is the ideal way to get started today with your POC's, pilot projects or for existing projects that can benefit from metadata management.

InfoLibrarian™ Desktop includes the InfoLibrarian Repository™, Desktop Tools, InfoLibrarian Framework™, comprehensive documentation and a stand-alone version of the InfoLibrarian Portal™ which requires no third party web server


June 2008 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian™ .NET Extension Library

We are proud to announce the availability of InfoLibrarian™ 4.1 Enterprise .NET Extension Library

The Dot NET Extension Library allows organizations wishing to develop framework add-ons, portal enhancements and custom scanners exclusively via a .NET C# API with any of the .NET programming languages including VB.NET, ASP.NET and C#.net. The Extension Library enhances the classic API interfaces with interfaces developed in C# .NET. Please contact InfoLibrarian™ sales for pricing information.

NOTE: The .NET Extension Library is only available to customers using the Enterprise Framework R2.


January 2008 - InfoLibrarian™ Featured in the Gavilan Metadata Research Report

InfoLibrarian™ Participates in the Galivan Research Associates "Metadata Solutions Report™" Gavilan Research Associates (GRA) is an expert consulting firm that helps companies to evaluate and select enterprise technology solutions. GRA is the world’s foremost authority on metadata management applications and vendor/product research. GRA is objective and vendor-neutral.


January 2007 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian™ 4.1 Enterprise Server Release R2

We are proud to announce the release of InfoLibrarian™ 4.1 Enterprise Server The world's premier metadata integration framework. InfoLibrarian™ has evolved since 1998 to be the industry's most robust, open, and cost effective metadata integration solution.

InfoLibrarian 4.1 Enterprise Server™ release features change management and contribution portals to help organizations to achieve governance of their information assets.

New features include interactive lineage and workflow analysis as well as point and click configurable portal perspectives to enable companies to rapidly deploy and adapt InfoLibrarian™ to manage their information assets.


February 2006 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Corporation™ Featured on National Television Press

InfoLibrarian Corporation™ featured on national television NBC News, NBC Today as a Better Business Bureau "Company you can Trust" and that customers are in good hands with us.


October 2005 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Search Appliance™ Announced

Enterprise-Wide Secure Search for Unstructured Metadata

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Index and search up to 10 million items, anywhere documents and data can be found.
The InfoLibrarian Search Appliance™ is ready to go, just plug it into your network and setup indexing of files, databases and web sites. Almost instantly, you can begin searching. It's Fast ... Powerful and Easy!


October 2005 The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN)

InfoLibrarian™ mentioned among top Software companies in what the author calls "The Metadata Rensissance"


21-September 2005 InfoLibrarian™ Presentation with New York State Presentation

The New York State Office of the CIO has defined and issued the Principles Governing The New York State Information Technology Enterprise Architecture to support the business and program priorities of the state. The foundation of this multi-tiered architecture is the Information Layer that will facilitate information sharing across the enterprise through data standardization and integration. A prerequisite of this initiative is to ensure the accuracy of the information within the database - a complex challenge that CIO's and database administrators have encountered for decades. This presentation detailed the progression of techniques employed to accomplish this task, and the application of emerging technologies in New York State.


May 2005 - 9th Annual Wilshire Meta-Data Conference

InfoLibrarian Corporation™ showcased the InfoLibrarian Framework™ and the worlds first Metadata Integration Appliance™ at the 9th annual Wilshire Meta-Data Conference
and the 17TH annual DAMA International Symposium
May 22-26, 2005 • Renaissance Orlando Resort at Seaworld • Orlando, Florida USA
The World's Largest Vendor-Neutral Data Management Conference


May 2005 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Metadata Integration Appliance™ Announced

We are proud to announce the release of the world's first and only Metadata Integration Appliance™.


March 31 2005 PRESS RELEASE - InfoLibrarian Metadata Integration Framework™ 4.0 Released

We are proud to announce the release of InfoLibrarian™ 4.0. The world's premier Metadata Integration Framework. InfoLibrarian™ has evolved since 1998 to be the industry's most robust, open, and cost effective Metadata integration solution.


April 19 2005 - InfoLibrarian™ Featured in the Gavilan Metadata Research Report

InfoLibrarian™ Participates in the Galivan Research Associates "Metadata Solutions Report™" Gavilan Research Associates (GRA) is an expert consulting firm that helps companies to evaluate and select enterprise technology solutions. GRA is the world’s foremost authority on metadata management applications and vendor/product research. GRA is objective and vendor-neutral.


December 07 2004 - InfoLibrarian™ Featured in the Gavilan Metadata Research Report

InfoLibrarian™ Participates in the Galivan Research Associates "Metadata Solutions Report™" Gavilan Research Associates (GRA) is an expert consulting firm that helps companies to evaluate and select enterprise technology solutions. GRA is the world’s foremost authority on metadata management applications and vendor/product research. GRA is objective and vendor-neutral.


October 15 2004 - METADATA SYMPOSIUM 2004 NEW YORK CITY

At the The Data Management Forum METADATA SYMPOSIUM 2003, NEW YORK CITY. InfoLibrarian™ showcased the InfoLibrarian Universal MetaMart™ and InfoLibrarian Portal™ solution.


June 07 2004 - WAREHOUSE CONFERENCE 2004 WASHINGTON DC

InfoLibrarian™ CTO Brian Brewer presented "Solutions Architectures for Metadata Management. An exploration of metadata technologies and standards." The presentation provided and overview of the various existing technologies used to solve the metadata management problem, their strengths and limitations. It Explored emerging standards, and demonstrated a proven framework for integrating a comprehensive real world solution utilizing the InfoLibrarian MetaMart™


September 24 2003 - METADATA SYMPOSIUM 2003, NEW YORK CITY

InfoLibrarian™ 3.0 showcased at the The Data Management Forum METADATA SYMPOSIUM 2003, NEW YORK CITY.


2003–2005
Launch of Metadata Integration Appliance, TDAN coverage, DAMA/Wilshire Conference debut
2010–2015
Azure Certified Metadata Server and Portal, full support for hybrid deployments
2015–2020
Adapter Framework expansion, Hadoop and Big Data support, early AI and automation features
2020–2024
Glossary lifecycle workflows, modern Studio UI, smart tagging and metadata pipelines
2025+
Cloud-native packaging, Enterprise Data Marketplace, Metadata APIs, Fractional Consulting
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