Sybase DirectConnect for z/OS is one of many products that provide the following middleware services:
Distributed database access services
Transaction services
Mainframe integration
Data delivery
Object interfaces
DirectConnect products are LAN-based middleware servers that provide access to non-Sybase data sources. DirectConnect for z/OS is Open Server-based software that supports CT-Library, and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) application program interfaces (APIs).
DirectConnect provides the following middleware services for decision support and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications:
DirectConnect access services that provide access to DB2 UDB systems
DirectConnect Transaction Router Services (TRSs) that provide access to remote transactions
DirectConnect administrative services that provide server-side systems management
DirectConnect for z/OS is compatible with the following products:
Open ServerConnect™ 12.6 and later
Adaptive Server® Enterprise (ASE) 12.5.2 and later
Replication Server® 12.5 and later
Replication Agent™ 12.5 and later
DirectConnect Manager 12.6 and later
Open Client 12.5.1 and later
jConnect™ for JDBC™ 6.0 and later
Figure 1-1 shows the DirectConnect for z/OS environment.
Figure 1-1: DirectConnect for z/OS environment
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