Rocket Data Mainframe Data Support

Rocket Data provides comprehensive integration support for companies embarking on mainframe modernization initiatives that involve access to IBM's Db2 database. Key features include:

• Rocket Data provides performance improvements for Db2 IFI log event capture for Db2 for z/OS Rocket Data z/Events Db2 IFI log capture has been improved to eliminate large amounts of the capture processing resulting in significant improvement in capture performance.
• Rocket Data offers full feature support for Db2 for z/OS versions 9, 8 and 7, supporting extended limits for names, columns, and tables; performance enhancements such as DYNAMIC SQL caching, and 64-bit virtual storage support. Rocket Data release tolerance allows developers to upgrade existing mainframe integration applications when needed.
• Rocket Data z/Direct provides modern distributed applications with high-performance direct SQL access to Db2 mainframe data via industry-standard client drivers. For Db2, Rocket Data z/Direct employs a single comprehensive driver strategy, which simplifies deployment and maintenance by eliminating the need to manage multiple distinct drivers based on application requirements for Db2 access.
• Rocket Data z/Services exposes business logic implemented as Db2 stored procedures via Web services. In this scenario, all Rocket Data z/Direct interfacing features are available when accessing Db2 stored procedures with Web services. Rocket Data also supports bi-directional Web services, allowing Db2 to act as a consumer of distributed service functionality.
• Rocket Data z/Events detects, captures, and publishes real-time Db2 mainframe data event logs (state changes), transforming events into XML and pushing them asynchronously via multiple messaging protocols. Complex Event Processing (CEP) allows the Rocket Data event manager to logically evaluate multiple Db2 events, enabling decoupled, parallel, asynchronous processing.

Rocket Data provides comprehensive integration support for mainframe modernization initiatives that involve access to IBM's IMS database. The list of key supporting features includes:

• Rocket Data ANSI SQL92 engine now supports IMS secondary index - For IMS 8.1 or higher and using the ANSI SQL92 engine, the Rocket Data Server supports statements that contain a WHERE clause referencing a column that maps to a field with a secondary index. This improves performance by allowing direct access to the segment data and avoids the sequential scan that is performed when the only access can be obtained through the root key.
• Rocket Data z/Direct provides modern distributed applications with high-performance direct ANSI SQL-92 access to IMS DB mainframe data via industry-standard client drivers. With ANSI SQL-92 support, Rocket Data abstracts IMS DB data access to a common and consistent approach, broadening the pool of developers that can substantially contribute on mainframe integration projects. Finally, Rocket Data's ANSI SQL-92 access exploits zIIP specialty engines in offloading almost all incremental processing to broker SQL requests, helping to lower mainframe Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) even further.
• Rocket Data z/Services exposes IMS DB data as SOAP-based Web services, transforming IMS DB into a SOAP-callable relational database. Rocket Data's native Web services deployment is a robust, multi-threaded runtime server residing within a started task on the mainframe. When transforming IMS DB data via Web services, Rocket Data supports multiple interfaces, including OTMA, CCTL/DBCTL, and ODBA. Rocket Data also supports bi-directional Web services, allowing IMS DB to act as a consumer of distributed service functionality.
• In a non-invasive fashion, Rocket Data z/Events detects, captures and publishes real-time IMS DB mainframe data event logs (state changes), transforming events into XML and pushing them asynchronously via multiple messaging protocols. Complex Event Processing (CEP) allows the Rocket Data event manager to logically evaluate multiple IMS DB events, enabling decoupled, parallel, asynchronous processing. And, Rocket Data z/Events can capture IMS DB data changes from one or more IMS regions in a manner that ensures the integrity of the capture, enhancement and delivery processes.