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March 2008 VOLUME 7 ISSUE 1  

Connection Perspectives
VP & General Manager John Goodson Reflects on DataDirect's Shadow 7 Release

Here at DataDirect we’re very excited about groundbreaking developments in the latest version of our industry-leading Shadow mainframe integration suite. We’re pleased to announce the availability of Shadow version 7 — a product that we feel establishes a new benchmark in mainframe integration middleware. It provides major new enhancements… Read more.

Featured Article
DataDirect Shadow v. 7

DataDirect’s newest version of the Shadow mainframe integration platform, DataDirect Shadow version 7, is a revolutionary release of our industry-leading mainframe integration middleware. Building on the robust capabilities of the industry's only single, unified platform for mainframe integration with important enhancements for SOA and data connectivity, DataDirect Shadow version 7 now makes the mainframe platform a high-performance and truly cost-effective environment for running core business process management and systems automation.
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Case Study
Land Registry Looks to the Future with Shadow Mainframe Integration

The largest property database in all of Europe, Her Majesty’s Land Registry for England and Wales, uses Shadow z/Direct to access data stored in its DB2 mainframe database through a variety of distributed platforms. Read More.
 
Featured Product
DBBalance Embeds DataDirect Technologies' ODBC Database Drivers for Superior Performance and Reliability

DBBalance’s Cross-Database product suite allows companies to establish global, standardized business practices for executing data flow synchronization, data and database object migration, and analysis, across diverse database systems and IT infrastructures. Cross-Database is positioned as a highly intuitive, out-of-the-box product, so when customers reported technical difficulties, the product’s core value proposition was imperiled…
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Featured Product
DataDirect XQuery Speeds Data Integration and Car Crash Information Lookup for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and its Constituents
The Volpe Center, a federal fee-for-service organization within the U.S. Department of Transportation, uses DataDirect XQuery to reduce code complexity, simplify code maintenance, and improve performance and scalability. This allows them to deliver a powerful and reliable data access solution to its key constituencies of automotive manufacturers, industry researchers, and the general public…
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Bloggers vs Bloggers ~ "Verging" Opinions
2008 Predictions Revealed




On the Left, JB says: Bloggers seem nearly required to make a list of predictions… Read on.

On the Right, Jesse says: Statutory requirements clearly spell out… Read on.



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Tech Tips
Tip #1 - How do you display warnings on connection with .NET?

Tip #2 - How to get a list of DB2 packages installed?

Tip #3 - How can you write an XQuery expression that returns a single space instead of an empty string?


News
eWeek: DataDirect Makes Mainframe SOA a zIIP, zAAP Snap – by Darryl Taft 

Gartner Research Report: DataDirect Offering Suggests Future for IBM Specialty Engines

The Clipper Group: For a More Secure SOA at Less Cost, Use System z and DataDirect

DataDirect Technologies: DataDirect Technologies Slashes Mainframe Total-Cost-Of-Ownership for Service-Oriented Architectures with the Launch of DataDirect Shadow Version 7


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