If you’re curious about data virtualization tools, you can now tinker for free: Denodo is offering a free version of its data virtualization platform, along with access to a support community.
Trimmed-down, free or limited-use versions of integration tools are nothing new to the industry. For years, vendors have given developers a version of their tool for free download. This allowed companies to learn and test the solution, then quickly scale up to the full version if they liked it.