Scenarios
The Arbutus technology allows any Windows application
to directly connect to virtually mainframe
and AS/400 legacy data, without the high cost, complexity
or prolonged implementation cycle typical of legacy
data access. This includes your non-relational (flat)
files on the mainframe, in addition to VSAM, IMS or
DB2. Data from any of these sources can appear as a
relational table in a unified database. To a Windows
application, this virtual database is indistinguishable
from a data warehouse.
Arbutus’s data access technology
offers compelling benefits when addressing challenges
in a variety of different application areas. Following
is a summary of some important application areas,
together with common challenges that the Arbutus
technology can eliminate.
Area |
Challenge |
BI |
Inexpensively accessing vast legacy data stores |
Data Conversion |
Efficiently addressing ad-hoc data conversions |
Data Migration |
Accessing your legacy data with modern tools |
Data Mining |
Allowing tools access to the vast legacy data pools |
DQM |
Ensuring ETL transforms don’t mask data quality problems |
Data Warehousing |
Easily validating requirements before implementation |
EII |
Integrating disparate mainframe data sources |
ETL |
Cost effectively accessing mainframe legacy data |
Exception Reporting |
Supporting business logic triggers without data repositories |
Query & Analysis |
Supporting departmental information needs without data marts |
Virtual Data Marts |
Effectively addressing small data marts |
Web Services |
Accessing legacy information that is not in the data warehouse |
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