Db2 Connect
Db2 Connect leverages your enterprise information regardless of where that information is. Db2 Connect gives applications fast and easy access to existing databases on IBM® enterprise servers. The applications can be on demand business applications or other applications that run on UNIX or Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Db2 Connect offers several editions that provide connectivity to host and IBM i database servers. Db2 Connect Personal Edition provides direct connectivity, whereas Db2 Connect Enterprise Edition provides indirect connectivity through the DB2 Connect server.
With Db2 Connect, you can accomplish the following tasks:
- Extend the reach of enterprise data by providing users with fast and secure access to data through intranets or through the public Internet
- Integrate your existing core business applications with new, Web-based applications that you develop
- Create on demand business solutions by using the extensive application programming tools that come with DB2 Connect
- Build distributed transaction applications
- Develop applications by using popular application programming tools such as Visual Studio .NET, ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), OLE DB, and popular languages such as Java™, PHP, and Ruby on Rails
- Manage and protect your data
- Preserve your current investment in skills
Users of mobile PCs and pervasive computing devices can use Db2 Connect to access reliable, up-to-date data from z/OS and IBM i database servers.
Db2 Connect provides the required performance, scalability, reliability, and availability for the most demanding applications that your business uses. Db2 Connect runs on AIX®, HP-UX, Linux®, Solaris, and Windows.