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DataDirect Technologies is the only comprehensive provider of software for connecting the world’s most critical business applications to data and services, running on any platform, using proven and emerging standards. Developers worldwide depend on DataDirect® products to integrate disparate IT systems and to connect their applications to an unparalleled range of data sources using standards-based interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC, and ADO.NET, XQuery, and SOAP. More than 300 leading independent software vendors and thousands of enterprises rely on DataDirect Technologies to simplify and streamline data connectivity for distributed systems and to reduce the complexity of mainframe integration.

Why Do Companies Choose DataDirect Technologies?

Most Comprehensive Product Line

The breadth and depth of DataDirect Technologies’products is unparalleled. Customers depend on DataDirect for comprehensive, reliable data access and for meeting their entire range of mainframe integration needs. The DataDirect Connect® line of data connectivity products supports all major databases, platforms, and connectivity standards. This wide-ranging support enables corporate developers to simplify development, complete projects more quickly, and reduce database vendor lock-in. And it enables ISVs to broaden their market and gain competitive advantage. The Shadow® RTE mainframe integration product line provides the only unified platform for integrating mainframe data, Web services and real-time events. For organizations with significant investments in mainframe systems, Shadow RTE dramatically reduces the cost and complexity associated with mainframe integration.

Proven Technology

DataDirect Technologies has been in business for over 15 years. More than 300 leading independent software vendors and thousands of enterprises rely on DataDirect to simplify and streamline data connectivity and mainframe integration. DataDirect eliminates time-consuming and expensive guesswork from custom application development by ensuring flawless data connectivity. And ISV applications work out-of-the-box to enable faster deployments and increased customer satisfaction, while reducing customer support costs. And with its extensive mainframe integration expertise, DataDirect is uniquely qualified to solve the complexities of supporting new business initiatives that must integrate with critical mainframe systems.

Technical Leadership

DataDirect Technologies has established strategic, development-level relationships with the leading database and platform vendors such as Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, and Sybase, to enable a deep understanding of product direction, release schedules, and rich feature support. DataDirect has been instrumental in the development of data connectivity standards and continues to participate on a number of expert panels, including JDBC 3.0/4.0, JDBC Rowsets, various W3C XML Working Groups, the ANSI SQL/XML committee, and Middleware Group Expert List.

Company Facts

Member of Microsoft’s Visual Studio .NET Integration Program (VSIP), a worldwide technology partnership program.
Sun Microsystems’ J2EE Licensee and member of JDBC, Row Set, and XQJ JSR expert panels. Also, our JDBC product was specifically chosen by Sun to serve as the reference platform for JDBC within its J2EE architecture.
Member of various standards bodies like ANSI and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to help evolve standards around XML and data.
Shipped the industry's first commercial ODBC drivers.
First to port ODBC to non-Windows platforms such as Unix.
First and only vendor to provide a full suite of wire-level protocol ODBC drivers.
Shipped the industry's first commercial JDBC drivers.
First vendor to ship a full suite of Type 4 JDBC drivers for all major databases and full JTA support across all databases.
First vendor to be certified under Sun's J2EE Certification Test Suite (CTS), and the only vendor to offer a full suite of J2EE 1.4 certified drivers.
First vendor to ship a complete set of ADO.NET data providers for the Microsoft .NET platform allowing 100% managed data access.
Shipped the industry's first components for exchanging data between XML and relational formats that are fully compliant with SQL/XML, the XML extensions in the SQL 2003 standard.
Shipped the industry's first embeddable, database-independent XQuery component for processing and aggregating XML, relational, and legacy data.

Some of Our Customers

All major database vendors, including Oracle, IBM, Sybase, NCR Teradata, and Software AG license our connectivity components for some or all of their product offerings.
The top Web/App Server vendors, including IBM WebSphere, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, IONA, and Macromedia, embed our components and use our products in their J2EE certification strategies.
Our components are embedded by leading software vendors such as IBM, webMethods, Sybase, Tibco, Vitria, Evoke Software, SeeBeyond, Informatic, Kronos, SPSS, Mobius Management Systems, MicrosStrategy, Global eXchange Services, Angoss Software, MetaMatrix, DataFlux, and Fujitsu.
We count 90% of the Fortune 100 as our customers, such as AG Edwards, Ahold, CP&L, CSFB, Duke Energy, GlaxoSmithKline, Home Depot, HSBC, ING, Merrill Lynch, NTT DoCoMo, Mizuho, Rabobank, and Siemens.