Enterprise Connect Data Access is an integrated set of software applications and connectivity tools that you use to access data within a heterogeneous database environment. ECDA gives you the ability to access a variety of LAN-based, non-Sybase data sources, as well as mainframe data sources. It consists of components that provide transparent data access within an enterprise, including access to servers housed on z/OS, AS400, UNIX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows platforms.
Mainframe Connect Integrated Product Suite (IPS), a
suite of products you can purchase separately, allows you to access
and integrate mainframe data and applications. See “Mainframe Connect IPS” for more
information.
Using ECDA, you can maintain a corporate view of distributed operations, even when distributed business units run on a variety of hardware and database management system (DBMS) platforms. Because ECDA is database-independent middleware, it allows LAN-based clients to see a consistent picture of enterprise data, no matter what the data source.
ECDA components allow applications to interact with non-Sybase DBMSs, such as DB2 UDB, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle, as well as Sybase DBMSs, including Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), Adaptive Server Anywhere, and Sybase IQ.
Sybase Central™ is a graphical tool that provides a common interface for managing Sybase products. Each server product is managed by a service provider “plug-in” that operates in parallel with other service providers in the Sybase Central framework.
Sybase Central displays a visual representation of servers and provides a point-and-click interface for choosing options.
ECDA provides the following Sybase Central plug-ins:
Adaptive Server Enterprise plug-in, which allows you to manage and monitor Adaptive Server installations. This plug-in also allows you to set up proxy tables with ASE/CIS for access to remote, non-Sybase data sources.
DirectConnect plug-in (DirectConnect Manager), which allows you to manage DirectConnect servers locally or remotely throughout your business environment.
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