JDBC
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- JDBC client is 100% Pure Java Type 4 JDBC and JDBC 3.0 compliant, implemented from DataDirect’s leading Connect for JDBC driver
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ADO.NET
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- ADO.NET client is 100% managed code and ADO.NET 1.1 compliant, implemented from DataDirect’s leading Connect for ADO.NET provider
- ADO.NET client is 100% managed code based and offering ADO.NET 2.0 and 3.5 compliant APIs offering pluggability into Microsoft Enterprise Libraries, Data Access Application Blocks (DAAB)
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Specification Compliance
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- Built on the same framework as the DataDirect Connect line of ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, and ADO.NET products, offering a higher level of compliance to the respective standards
- 64-bit ADO (OLE.DB) client improves integration with Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2005, 2008 and 2010
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Testing & Certification
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- Tested using DataDirect's testing suite, the industry's largest, most mature testing framework. This ensures that drivers built with OpenAccess SDK will work with hundreds of third-party applications that use ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, or ADO.NET.
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Performance & Scalability
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- Client API - Faster because it’s based on the DataDirect Connect framework, which is continuously tuned to deliver market-leading performance
- SQL Engine - Enhanced to support large file systems, allowing query results to extend beyond 2GB.
- Wire level protocol – replaced with the faster DataDirect SequeLink wire level protocol
- Superior performance and scalability ready to on-ramp data for Big Data challenges over structured and unstructured data
All these enhancements enable faster end-to-end query time and the ability to handle massive data sets.
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Security
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- Adaptively integrate with the full SSL environments with mutual authentication configurability
- Control access to OpenAccess Server at multiple levels of authentication
- Configure client and server components to require host authentication, Kerberos, or IP range, in addition to data source specific authentication
- SSL data encryption – Supported in ODBC, JDBC, and ADO.NET components
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Management Console and Agent
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- Manage and monitor an OpenAccess Server remotely
- Use GUI or command line management console to start, stop, and monitor services
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Platforms
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- Java and C/C++ support on 64-bit platforms (HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, Linux, and Windows)
- See platform support for all operating systems and languages supported
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Documentation
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- Significant improvements
- Includes complete documentation for new components leveraged from DataDirect’s existing product lines
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