Integrate: How It Works

Arbutus Integrate utilizes the Arbutus LegacyLink™ technology to provide your Windows, web and servers applications or databases with direct connectivity to all of your data.

The Arbutus Administrator or IT function uses Arbutus Analyzer to perform a straightforward file definition process for any files or databases that need to be exposed as tables. (Analyzer has a built in data definition wizard that allows for the easy definition of most types of data)

At this point, any Windows, web or server application or database that can access ODBC data can directly read the data with LegacyLink as if it were stored in a SQL database or data warehouse. LegacyLink™ communicates directly with the Arbutus Data Engines via TCP/IP. There are no additional hardware or software components required for connectivity.

This direct connection to the server-resident application offers a number of benefits:

• The low component count means low infrastructure. This translates directly into low costs, both to install and maintain
• Since no additional software interfaces are required, you are up and running quickly, with your existing equipment
• Having a mainframe resident server gives you the maximum access to your legacy data, including DB2, IMS, VSAM and sequential (QSAM) flat files. You don’t need any additional technologies to transform the data for access
• The interface can supply data through any ODBC, JDBC, OLE/DB or .NET connection