ODBC and OLE DB middleware for DB2.HiT Software have announced new releases of its ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. and OLE DB middleware products for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) DB2 databases running on the midrange operating systems i5/OS and OS/400 (iSeries), DB2 Version 8 on the mainframe operatng systems z/OS and OS/390, as well as DB2 8.2 on AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , Linux, Sun, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and Windows. Major features in these releases are support for the latest versions of the IBM DB2 databases; updated security cipher suites; and significant performance enhancements for INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements as well as increased performance for standard SELECT statements. HiT Software is the only company along with IBM that offers two middleware product lines for IBM DB2 connectivity: one specific for iSeries midrange systems and one for the mainframe, as well as other platforms. While the new .NET data access standard is gaining ground on the Windows platform, ODBC and OLE DB continue to be the most popular way for organizations to connect to databases. Whether it's an off-the-shelf application using ODBC, or an in-house developed application connecting to the DB2 database, ODBC and OLE DB remain the preferred SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. middleware. HiT Software ODBC and OLE DB products support IBM Distributed Relational Database Architecture (DRDA (Distributed Relational Database Architecture) An IBM architecture for distributing data across multiple heterogeneous platforms. It also serves as a protocol for access to these databases from IBM and non-IBM platforms. DRDA uses LU 6.2 as its transport protocol. ) and IBM Optimized Database Server protocols, and they interoperate as a standard client requester with DB2 databases. Additionally, HiT Software ODBC and OLE DB products support SSL v3.0 when used with HiT SSL Server to securely authenticate and encrypt data flows between applications and DB2 servers. Availability Trial versions are downloadable from the HiT Software web site at: http://www.hitsw.com/products_services/downloads.html. |
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