DataDirect Mainframe Integration Products
Each day, more than $20 billion in commercial transactions are processed on mainframes. In addition, these mainframes remain the custodian of more than 60% of the commercial world's system-of-record data. It is not surprising then that modern applications must have visibility into the data and transaction flow of the mainframe.
Reduce Integration Complexity
Traditional approaches to mainframe integration have relied on technologies that were either too rigid or lacked scalability. Often these methods created a bewildering array of point-to-point connections that added costs, complexity, and risk of failure to an organization's mission-critical infrastructure. Reducing this complexity is at the core of DataDirect's industry leading mainframe integration product suite, Shadow RTE.
With Shadow RTE. you have only to invest in a single mainframe integration infrastructure to satisfy your integration requirements. This means you have only one vendor to manage, one product architecture and deployment method to support, and one set of training requirements for all of your mainframe integration and modernization requirements.
Shadow RTE: Mainframe Services Bus - An Essential Architectural Foundation
Shadow RTE provides the essential foundation for secure, reliable and scalable integration of mainframe data, business logic, and screen environments. Shadow satisfies the entire range of requirements for mainframe legacy integration from within a single, integrated product set. Functioning as a single, industry standard Mainframe Services Bus (MSB), Shadow provides seamless interoperability between Java and .NET application development frameworks and a wide range of mainframe data sources and applications.
With Shadow RTE, you get a robust, multi-threaded, native runtime that provides a real-time foundation architecture for standards-based mainframe integration, supporting:
- Web services - Simplify and accelerate mainframe deployments with Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) using Shadow z/Services.
- Real-time events - Drive heterogeneous business processes or maintain data consistency between mainframe and RDMS with Shadow z/Events.
- Direct SQL Access - Streamline access to a wide range of mainframe data and program environments with Shadow z/Direct.
- Web Enablement - Transform mainframe screen-based applications into modern, user-friendly web applications using Shadow z/Presentation.
The Industry Standard for Mainframe Integration
Shadow RTE has been evaluated by the leading industry research firms Gartner and Forrester and is the leading technology for integrating mainframe systems with distributed Java and .NET application development environments. By standardizing on Shadow, you can expect to significantly reduce the complexity associated with mainframe integration and be better positioned to reduce the total cost of ownership for all modern computing initiatives that require access to mainframe applications and data.
Traditional Mainframe Connection Relationship  Click Graphic for a full-sized image |
DataDirect Shadow RTE Mainframe Connection Relationship  Click Graphic for a full-sized image |
