The term 'legacy' is usually synonymous with 'difficult to access'. This is because legacy systems aren't built on modern standards, and therefore are hard to access with modern tools.
Arbutus LegacyLink™ is middleware that easily links your Windows, server and web applications to virtually any database and legacy data source, regardless of complexity.
LegacyLink™ marries an ODBC driver with the data access and definition capabilities of Arbutus Analyzer. All data sources that have been defined with Arbutus Analyzer can be accessed using LegacyLink. This enables data that Arbutus Data Engines can access to be exposed as a virtual data mart. Not only can you access the data, but you can execute any SQL query your existing application supports, without any additional infrastructure.
Any application that can read ODBC can now directly access and integrate your legacy data. Even though the data may be physically disparate, the Windows user or application is presented with a set of tables that appears as a single unified database.
Key Data Access Benefits
- Supports direct SQL access to most legacy data sources
- Familiar windows tools can directly access even complex legacy from Mainframe and AS/400 sources
- LegacyLink™ can supply legacy data to applications hosted on the web, server and desktop via ODBC, OLE/DB, .NET or JDBC
- Your data is secure, as LegacyLink™ provides strictly 'read only' access
- LegacyLink™ accesses the original data file, in place, without any requirement for data preparation, conversion, or staging
- Data can also be staged, but without the need for data conversion or preparation
- IT professionals can treat legacy data as if it were already loaded into a modern database allowing greater flexibility in managing legacy data access, integration or migration requirements
- Advanced data processing and definition capabilities extend the value that can be realized from the legacy data sources
- Straight forward to set up logical relationships between different data sources
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