Partnering with Arbutus
If you are a software vendor who wants to extend your reach to include mainframe (zSeries) and AS/400 (iSeries) systems, Arbutus is the perfect partner. Our data access technologies can present virtually any data from these systems as a readily accessible SQL source. This is a particularly powerful alternative when dealing with older legacy systems, where the choices are always limited and always costly.
Arbutus’s ease of setup and use makes our technologies a perfect match for your needs. There is no need for a heavy infrastructure. You can quite literally start seeing results within the first few days. As well, our professional services team has over 60 years of experience in dealing with legacy data and is available, as needed, to compliment the qualified resources you already have.
There are several distinct opportunities for software vendors to partner with Arbutus.
Migration: You can use our technologies to access a new client’s existing data for conversion into a format compatible with your application. We expose all the data as SQL tables, so your existing import tools will work directly with even mainframe legacy data. In addition, our own analytic tools are designed to work with mainframe data types and volumes. This can allow you to perform virtually any data quality analyses before you load the data. This can significantly reduce your conversion timelines.
Research: When converting data from existing (or even disparate) systems, the customer often has a poor understanding of the internals of their data. Even where they do claim to have such knowledge, it is often sorely out-dated or just plain wrong. You can use our technologies to directly query the data on the client’s system. This can allow you to confirm that the data matches the documentation, or even allow you to identify information hidden in undocumented structures. This allows you to get the data mapping right the first time. Once you have a clear understanding of the data you can also use the same tools to migrate the data.
Integration: Where you need to interface your application with existing client applications and data on an ongoing basis, our technologies can provide a simple interface to your client’s existing systems. The same simple SQL interface is used for all data sources, including mainframe and AS/400 legacy systems. We directly access the underlying client data in a read-only manner, which allows you to integrate both transactional as well as query based accesses.
Benefits of Partnering with Arbutus Software:
- Lower costs
- Reduce turnaround times to days instead of months
- Reduce uncertainty and risk
- Expand your scope to include legacy data integration, conversion or migration
- Use our mainframe and legacy expertise on an “as needed” basis
- Exceed client expectations with our value-added capabilities
- Expand the capabilities and profile of your professional services team
Whether you are an ISV, OEM, systems integrator, reseller or professional services firm, the Arbutus technology is designed to be complementary to most types of technology or projects that touch legacy data.
If you are interested in learning more about the Arbutus partnership program, please contact us at info@ArbutusSoftware.com
