Web Grabber Makes Data Extraction a Snap

Online, November 24, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Sydney, Australia, [Date] - Sequentum PTY Ltd., a growing consulting firm and software developer, has launched a tool used to automate web scraping. Sequentum's software, Visual Web Ripper, is also used for automated data extraction and web harvesting.

Visual Web Ripper is a software application used to collect data from web sites. A powerful tool that is customizable, Visual Web Ripper relies on scripting to retrieve both static and dynamic information from nearly any target web site.

Pulling information from web sites for the purpose of data compilation is not a new concept. However, as the size of the web has grown and the tools used to create web sites have matured, getting the information in a usable format has become more difficult.

Visual Web Ripper simplifies the process by combining scripting technology with user-created templates.
Creating templates is easy because Visual Web Ripper displays the target web page in its interface, allowing users to point-and-click their way to data extraction and information gathering.

From then on, users are able to run a data extraction project directly from the designer or use schedule jobs at times that are more convenient. The harvested data is automatically saved to user-specified destination data source.

Visual Web Ripper is capable of saving extracted data in many different formats. The default file format for Visual Web Ripper is Excel XML. You can choose to change the format of the output data at the destination data source. The following are the options that are available when saving information extracted with Visual Web Ripper:

None - Visual Web Ripper extracts the data into the memory but does not save the data to any source. This method is used when users want to employ a custom post processing script while saving the extracted data.

XML - This way Visual Web Ripper saves the output data in a single XML file.
SQL Server - Visual Web Ripper saves the data in one or more SQL server database tables.
MySQL- Visual Web Ripper saves data in one or more MySQL files.
Ole Db - Data is saved in one or more database tables.
CSV - Information is saved in one or more CSV files where the default encoding is ASCII but can be changed to other options.
Microsoft Excel - Data is saved into a single spreadsheet in Excel XML format.

The versatility of Visual Web Ripper allows both IT departments and individual users to collect more information far more accurately and quickly than they could on their own. This is one reason why the popularity of Visual Web Ripper continues to grow.

About Sequentum Pty Ltd.

Sequentum PTY Ltd. is a Sydney, Australia, IT consultancy and software developer established in 2008 [please confirm]. Sequentum is involved with a wide range of software projects, particularly in the areas of search and information retrieval, software design and architecture, database design and optimization, e-Commerce and online marketing. They specialize in rapid software development while delivering reliable products to their customers at a very competitive price tag.

Their flagship product is Visual Web Ripper, a powerful web data extraction and harvesting tool. Combining a user-friendly interface with a robust feature set, Visual Web Ripper is a competitively-priced option for anyone looking to capture data from the Internet.

For more information on Visual Web Ripper, visit www.VisualWebRipper.com. To learn more about Sequentum and their full range of services, see www.Sequentum.com.

Name: Soeren Mondrup

Phone: (508) 933-0425

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