Solutions for Relational Databases

DataDirect Technologies provides the data connectivity products of choice for the world's most critical business systems. Over 300 independent software vendors and thousands of corporate IT departments rely on DataDirect to deliver fast, reliable access to their data.

Whether you're using Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL, or a combination of data sources, DataDirect's ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and XQuery products simplify development and deployment while simultaneously improving performance and scalability.

Why Choose DataDirect for Your Relational Databases?

Why do leading organizations rely on DataDirect for their relational databases? Quite simply, DataDirect customers have found the cost of our products to be a small investment that is returned many times over by these bottom line results. In summary, DataDirect customers:

• Save time and money in development
• Simplify and reduce costs in deployment
• Improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of their applications

DataDirect has been in the data connectivity business for nearly 20 years and we offer the industry's most comprehensive, proven line of embeddable components. You can connect applications running on any major business platform to data stored in virtually any data source. You can also query relational databases as though they were XML documents. This is particularly useful for XML publishing and reporting or for data integration.

Our strategic technical relationships with all the major database vendors enable us to have early access to new database versions and test suites and a deep understanding of product direction, new features, and release schedules. What this means for you is earlier, richer feature support and a product that has been thoroughly tested with your database of choice.

When You Need Support for Multiple Databases

DataDirect is the best choice if your software products or business systems need to access more than one data source or you want to future-proof your application against changes in databases or database versions. Here are some reasons why:

• DataDirect products provide direct communication between the application and the database by eliminating the need for database client libraries. Removing this client layer also does away with the time-consuming and complicated deployment issues related to installing and maintaining different versions of the client software for different databases versions for different applications.
• One DataDirect driver can be used to support multiple database versions. For example, your application can support all versions of Oracle (8i, 9i, and 10g) with a single driver. This greatly simplifies the application upgrade cycle. And because DataDirect drivers are not reliant on database client software, configuration and compatibility issues among different database versions and different versions of the client libraries are eliminated.
• DataDirect products abstract the differences between various corporate databases because they share a common architecture. This makes it easy for developers to update code when the underlying database is changed or upgraded. In addition, all DataDirect products offer SQL leveling — the ability to write a SQL statement that can be executed across multiple databases or database versions.
• DataDirect is committed to adhering to open standards, ensuring no adoption of proprietary extensions that can add time to development cycles when it's time to upgrade the application or database.

To learn more about the economic and technical benefits of choosing DataDirect for your applications, read the Nucleus Research report, ROI Evaluation Report of DataDirect's Data Connectivity Products or read some of our customer case studies.

To speak with an expert about how we support a specific database or a combination of data sources, please call 1-800-876-3101 or submit a Request for Information form and an account executive will contact you.