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TIBCO Adapters

Every business is made up of a complex mix of off-the-shelf and custom applications, databases and network technologies. The integration of these disparate systems requires that their data formats be translated into a common format that can be understood by the other components of the integrated system.

TIBCO Adapter™ software enables packaged applications, databases and networking technologies to become active participants in the enterprise information flow. Adapters provide a configuration-based approach to integration, providing simple, automated mapping of incompatible technologies and data formats.

Benefits

  • Unlocks corporate database assets for active sharing with other enterprise resources
  • Improves overall system performance by eliminating repetitive batch requests to packaged application systems
  • Lowers cost-of-ownership through general n-way rather than point-to-point integration
  • Simplifies administration with data transparency provided by subject-based naming
  • Enhances networked applications based on component or object development models

Features

  • Utilizes shared metadata definitions for easy design-time and run-time integration & transformation definition and execution
  • Available messaging types include request/reply, publish/subscribe and publish/reply interactions
  • Choice of message delivery service levels for optimal resource utilization
  • Automated mapping of data types and message or object formats between technologies

Adapters for Packaged Applications

TIBCO Adapters are available for a wide range of off-the-shelf applications from leading vendors. Each adapter integrates with at least one, and usually several, of the interfaces exposed by the applications. TIBCO Adapters provide shared XML metadata definitions, standard error handling and reporting, and GUI administration tools.

TIBCO Adapters are available for many applications and platforms including SAP R/3, Siebel, Peoplesoft, Salesforce.com, Vantive, Clarify, Lotus Notes, Portal Infranet, Kenan and others.

Adapters for Databases

TIBCO Adapters enable an enterprise's databases to become full participants in dynamic business processes, importing and exporting data in real-time for exchange with other databases and applications. Stored procedures can also now be leveraged across the enterprise. TIBCO Adapter for ActiveDatabase(tm) supports the major industry-standard databases, including Oracle, DB2, MS SQL Server, and Sybase.

Adapters for Network Technologies

TIBCO Adapters enable integration with component or object development models as well as with other messaging technologies. In fact, integrating applications based on these network technologies into a TIBCO-enabled e-business infrastructure can expand their functionality to include features such as publish/subscribe messaging and built-in fault tolerance and load-balancing.

TIBCO Adapters for Network Technologies are available for COM, CORBA, and MQSeries.

Development of Custom Adapters

For the integration of custom applications into the e-business infrastructure, TIBCO makes available a comprehensive Software Development Kit that enables enterprises to build their own adapters.