Lighten the Load: Let Non-Mainframers Leverage Your data

Unlocking the power of mainframe data: seamless integration for real-time analysis, AI, and cloud innovation

Mainframe systems hold a goldmine of knowledge about customers, products, operations, transactions and so much more. Smart organizations know there is value to be gained by making this data available for:

• Real-time analysis and business intelligence
• Deploying apps for anywhere engagement
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Cloud analytics and adoption

But before you can turn that data into value, you must be able to access it, understand it and get it where you need it.

Unfortunately, the old strategies of building custom point-to-point integrations for each new requirement or loading into a data warehouse are doomed to fail. It takes too long and consumes too many resources—taxing your mainframe staff who are already stretched thin.

What if you could take the burden off your skilled mainframe team and provide noninvasive data access and integration options to (typically young) developers and analysts who have no knowledge of the mainframe?

To do so, you need a solution that unites differing sources, formats and semantics into a common language—allowing you to quickly connect your enterprise data with new applications and tools, inside and outside your organization, on-premises or in the cloud.

You’ll want to seek a solution that:

1. Transforms mainframe data to be accessible and queried using SQL.
2. Creates a common understanding across data silos via metadata unified into a data catalog.
3. Does not impact existing application performance.
4. Extends mainframe security policies and definitions to multiple access levels.
5. Provides read and write capabilities to connect mainframe to cloud and back again.
6. Executes data queries off the mainframe to save computational resources and costs.
7. Provides single virtual view of multiple data sources without moving data.
8. Allows users to explore data without committing to data movement.

Add a simple point-and-click or drag-and-drop interface that does not require knowledge of the mainframe data source, and you’ve just knocked down a data silo and opened a door to self-service that won’t burden your mainframe staff.

The best data integration solution provides options to meet your diverse needs, enabling those who demand your valuable mainframe data to easily access, virtualize or move data between on-premises infrastructure and the cloud—so you can make the most of your data wherever it resides, no matter which application or tool needs it.

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