Technical Details for IBM DB2 Connect Personal Edition 6.1

IBM DB2 Connect Personal Edition 6.1 ... servers, you can leverage existing IT investments and save the costs of retraining employees. At the same time, Web-enabling host data can unite distributed workforces, customers and suppliers into efficient value chains. IBM DB2 Connect provides fast, transparent read-write access to all DB2 family servers on IBM platforms. Industry-standard application programming interfaces (APIs) allow application developers to concentrate on developing applications rather than acquiring skills in proprietary data access mechanisms. You can also maintain existing security, backup, accounting and other data management procedures while letting Web and desktop applications access host data wherever it resides.

DB2 Connect Personal Edition provides PC-based desktops transparent access, via direct connection, to data stored on DB2 for OS/390, DB2 for MVS/ESA, DB2 for VSE and VM, DB2 for OS/400 or any DRDA-compliant database server. It is ideal for those who want to avoid the use of gateways and want to connect directly to host databases.