TREETIP: Integrate Mainframe Data Sources In Your Big Data Initiatives

tcVISION supports a vast array of integration scenarios throughout the enterprise, providing easy and fast data migration for mainframe application modernization projects and enabling bi-directional data replication between mainframe, Linux, Unix and Windows platforms. This innovative technology offers comprehensive abilities to identify and capture changes occurring in mainframe and relational databases, then publish the required information to an impressive variety of targets, both on-premise and Cloud-based.

Analysts have observed that perhaps 80 percent of the world’s corporate data still resides on mainframes. So it’s no surprise that Bloor Research (http://www.bloorresearch.com/research/spotlight/big-data-and-the-mainframe/), notes that “it is necessary today to place the mainframe as a ‘first-class player’ in any enterprise Big Data strategy.”

In February 2017 we highlighted tcVISION’s support for replication to the leading NoSQL database MongoDB. MongoDB continues to increase in popularity as a back end for operational applications with real-time requirements.

tcVISION also supports analytics and “mainframe offload” Big Data use cases that generally leverage Hadoop HDFS and/or streaming data transport. With tcVISION, data from a wide variety of IBM mainframe data source can be quickly and easily replicated to Big Data targets, requiring minimal mainframe know-how and having minimal impact on the mainframe.

Boost the return on investment for your Big Data initiatives using tcVISION!

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Find out more about tcVISION — Enterprise ETL and Real-Time Data Replication Through Change Data Capture

tcVISION provides easy and fast data migration for mainframe application modernization projects and enables bi-directional data replication between mainframe, Linux, Unix and Windows platforms.

tcVISION acquires data in bulk or via change data capture methods, including in real time, from virtually any IBM mainframe data source (Software AG Adabas, IBM DB2, IBM VSAM, IBM IMS/DB, CA IDMS, CA Datacom, even sequential files), and transform and deliver to virtually any target. In addition, the same product can extract and replicate data from a variety of non-mainframe sources, including Adabas LUW, Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2 LUW and DB2 BLU, IBM Informix, and PostgreSQL.

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Visit the Treehouse Software website for more information on tcVISION, or contact us to discuss your needs.

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: tcVISION v6 Overview and Updates

Several exciting new features and updates are now in tcVISION v6, including new output targets Adabas LUW, DB2 BLU, EXASOL, Hadoop,and MongoDB. Additionally, new input sources include z/OS VSAM Logstream (CICS and Coupling Facility / Shared VSAM),z/OS VSAM Batch Extension, z/OS DBMS to Logstream, CA IDMS v17, CA Datacom CDC, IMS Active Log and SMF data.

Another feature recently announced is the tcVISION “Direct Loader” for BULK_LOAD processing. The function does not require output to a sequential file, and the loader utility for the target DBMS is called via API with data passed directly. Direct loader supports PostGreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server and DB2 LUW / DB2 BLU. The advantage of using the Direct Loader is the elimination of disk access in writing and reading the sequential loader data file. File output is still supported (e.g., where loader data is to be distributed to other machines).

Finally, as mentioned in a previous Treehouse Blog, with tcVISION v6 comes the newly enhanced web statistics functionality and web server. Any standard web browser can access this server (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, etc.)

This valuable feature enables users to view data from the tcVISION Manager Monitor, and statistical and operational information from the tcVISION Manager network.

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Find out more about tcVISION — Enterprise ETL and Real-Time Data Replication Through Change Data Capture

tcVISION provides easy and fast data migration for mainframe application modernization projects and enables bi-directional data replication between mainframe, Linux, Unix and Windows platforms.

Visit the Treehouse Software website for more information on tcVISION, or contact us to discuss your needs.