Solutions for Corporations – Data Connectivity

Save Time and Money in Development

Beverly Enterprises, one of the largest providers of healthcare services to the elderly in the United States, used DataDirect ADO.NET providers in a major initiative to modernize and upgrade critical legacy systems using the .NET platform.

Using DataDirect eliminated the need for a middle-tier data connectivity layer that carried an initial cost of $100,000.

Eliminate Time Spent Configuring Database Client Libraries

DataDirect’s products provide direct communication between the application and the database, eliminating the need for database client library software. Eliminating this layer also eliminates the pain and costs associated with developing and testing your application with multiple versions of the database clients. When you multiply this kind of effort over multiple projects you can significantly reduce costs on projects that can now be completed in less time or with fewer developers.

Less Time Spent Testing

Many data connectivity problems don’t become apparent until the testing phase. In a traditional architecture, troubleshooting where the problem lies and determining a solution can require breakdown and testing of each individual connection to a data source—in some cases, requiring the help of a database administrator.

This extends the testing phase as significant time and resources must now be spent to resolve the issue. And the scale of the problem can grow exponentially depending on the complexity of the application and the number of different databases and database versions.

In a DataDirect implementation, one driver can be used to connect to different database versions, so there’s only one point of testing instead of multiple breaking points. With DataDirect, less time is spent overall in configuring, debugging, and testing connections between all the data sources accessed by an application.

Standardizing on DataDirect Speeds the Overall Development Process

Employing DataDirect as a development standard enables developers to employ a single method for data connectivity that can be used in any environment and applied to multiple data sources. Developers don’t need to learn the idiosyncrasies of each database version in order to complete the connectivity piece of a development project.

When you multiply all these results over time to multiple projects, you can dramatically speed the development process by employing a consistent, reliable means of data connectivity. And with less time spent on managing data connectivity issues, developers can spend more time on the application’s business logic and user requirements.

DataDirect’s streamlined architecture can also save you hundreds of hours per year in deployment costs. Learn more about the impact of data connectivity on deployment.

To learn more about all the results you can achieve by using DataDirect for your critical business systems, read Nucleus Research’s ROI Evaluation Report of DataDirect’s Data Connectivity Products.

To speak with an expert to explore your data connectivity options, please call 1-800-876-3101 or complete a Request For Information form and an account executive will contact you.