A comprehensive 'EAI Lite' solution, TDCI Integration Server is robust, reliable, and scalable, but at the same time affordable in terms of both software and effort.

TDCI Integration Server helps you improve business processes and achieve competitive advantage by:

• Quickly incorporating new applications and partner collaboration capabilities into your systems environment .
• Avoiding individual point-to-point interfaces that often become difficult to operate and a nightmare to maintain, putting your business at risk .

TDCI Integration Server provides a comprehensive, easy to use framework for controlling the flow of information among diverse systems and platforms. It helps speed integration development and minimize maintenance costs while providing a consistent, reliable, and easily managed operational environment.

TDCI Integration Server provides the tools to:

• Integrate multiple applications, data sources, and web services using a common approach.
• Integrate across Windows, UNIX, and IBM iSeries platforms, as well as the Internet
• Maintain the integrity of data within each application and across the enterprise.
• Automate the flow of data and transactions based on schedules and/or business events.
• Provide a single point of control for administration of all integration .

Simple But Powerful Integration Development Toolset

TDCI Integration Server provides a set of modular building blocks for integration across all types of applications, from core business systems such as ERP and CRM, to Internet-based e-business applications and web services, data warehouses, and desktop tools. Little or no programming is required in most cases. Tools include:

• Data Map Designer
• Configurable Integration Objects:
  • Data Objects to move, transform, or manipulate data
  • SQL objects to retrieve or update data from/to any ODBC-compliant database
  • Application Objects to directly execute any program on a Windows, UNIX, or iSeries (AS/400) platform
  • ActiveX Scripting Objects to execute any VB Script or Java Script procedure
  • e-Mail Objects to generate notifications or confirmations, or to send attached documents
• Task Lists
• Scheduler

Open, Standards-based Architecture

TDCI Integration Server uses open standards such as XML, SOAP, and SQL for communication with almost any application, data source, partner, or web service. It is compatible with Microsoft and IBM messaging services, and can interoperate with other integration toolsets such as Microsoft Biztalk.

Reliable Operation

TDCI Integration Server's architecture provides reliable, fault tolerant operations by utilizing proven technologies such as Microsoft Message Queuing Services along with comprehensive error handling.

Simplified and Consistent Administration

TDCI Integration Server provides a single point of control for daily operations and performance tuning Designed as a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in for integration administration, it minimizes operator training by presenting information in a standard manner.