Introduction to Classic federation

Classic federation supports information management initiatives that require accurate, trusted mainframe data integration.

Classic federation delivers the non-relational data on mainframes that you need to stay competitive in a global economy. To keep pace with shifting requirements and accelerating rates of change, an enterprise-scale business must integrate information in diverse proprietary systems on demand. Classic federation delivers up-to-date mainframe data to your data management solutions.

Classic federation provides the latest information to people, processes, or applications. Continue to use your mainframe data as you always have, while sharing it with the rest of your information infrastructure. Whether your business requires mainframe data in e-Business, business intelligence, or data integration solutions, use Classic federation to deliver and manage mainframe information as you need it, when you need it:

Derive maximum value from information assets across your organization.
Ensure that mainframe information assets readily participate in all information-dependent initiatives, regardless of format.
Increase productivity by reducing dependence on the many proprietary APIs that define the mainframe data environment.
Provide data currency (latency) at the precise level that your business applications require, whether that latency is real-time, yearly, or anything in between.
Accelerate time to value and time to market with one consistent approach to integrating mainframe data with the processes, methodologies, and tools that you choose.