Enterprise Connect Data Access

Enterprise Connect™ Data Access (ECDA) is an integrated set of software applications and connectivity tools that allows you to access data within a heterogeneous database environment.

ECDA gives you the ability to access a variety of LAN-based, non-Sybase^® datasources, as well as mainframe datasources. It consists of components that provide transparent data access within an enterprise, including access to servers housed on zSeries, iSeries, UNIX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows platforms.

With 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 datasource.

ECDA components allow applications to interact with non-Sybase DBMSs, such as DB2 UDB, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle, as well as Sybase DBMSs, including Adaptive Server^® , SQL Anywhere^®, and Sybase^® IQ.

Specifically, DirectConnect™ server component of ECDA works as a gateway to support Adaptive Server and Replication Server^® interoperability with various non-Sybase databases.

• Sybase Central Plug-Ins
  Sybase Central™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.
• Enterprise Connect Data Access Capabilities
  ECDA provides transparent access to a variety of datasources for Adaptive Server.
• ECDA Components
  ECDA components are Sybase and non-Sybase supported.
• Related Products and Options
  There are several related Sybase data integration products and options you can purchase separately that extend the capabilities of your system.