InterPlex Enterprise Gateway Server

Connect quickly and efficiently Unisys data sources to Information Builder's iWay EDA Server, WebFOCUS, and Oracle databases, among many others, without programming.  InterPlex Enterprise Gateway installed on Windows and Unix computers supplies access adapters to ClearPath data sources.

Key Benefits

• Provides integrated information by supporting interoperability between legacy mainframe data and distributed databases.

• Keep your RDBMS' databases current with real time data access and location transparency by use of triggers, synonyms, procedures and database links.

• Using products such as IBI EDA Server and Oracle, Unisys and non-Unisys databases can be seamlessly integrated, providing data location transparency to applications and end users. 

Capabilities

The InterPlex Enterprise gateway allows access from various data servers to the Unisys ClearPath IX or 2200 file structures. These data servers are, but not limited to, Oracle, Information Builder’s EDA Server, and Enterworks DataServers. The setup for the gateway is as simple as installing and configuring the InterPlex SQL mainframe software, placing a DataServer in your network and creating the appropriate database link to point to the node that represent the Unisys ClearPath IX  data sources.  When accessing  data  from  the  "Unisys NODE",  the syntax  and  availability of the  data is determined by the DataServer’s database 

engine. If all criteria are satisfied, the DataServer will attempt to access the data in the database. At this point, a remote procedure will be executed and the real data will be retrieved from the Unisys via the InterPlex Enterprise products.  With this transparency a user or programmer can use the DataServer’s tools to seamlessly access and update data on a Unisys ClearPath. The combination of an InterPlex Enterprise gateway and a DataServer will transform your Unisys data sources into a network database node.  This transformation allows you to use the DataServer’s tools and development products to create applications without regard to the location of the data.  Having achieved

this transparency, data may reside on a Unisys DMS database one day, but be ported to another DataServer’s database overnight.  If you use these transparency methods, your applications will not need modification or regeneration and end users will not need to be retrained.  In fact, your user community will not be affected, in any way, by the location of the data and database performance will be preserved.