Considering Virtuoso as a Data Access Solution

This section discusses the suitability of Virtuoso for complex data integration and migration architectures.

OpenLink's Data Access Drivers provide best-of-class data access to a wide variety of data stores, and that data access is transparent and free from vendor lock-in. Nevertheless, there are times when deployment of OpenLink's Data Access Drivers is not sufficient or optimal for the task at hand.

Problems often arise in complex data integration or migration architectures. The emergence of proprietary client interfaces associated with SQL Server, Oracle, and other DBMSs presents challenges that cannot be addressed solely in an ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, or ADO.NET data access product.

These challenges include:

OpenLink's Virtuoso Universal Server addresses these and other problems presented by today's intricate data access needs. Virtuoso Universal Server functions as "universal middleware" that resolves data migration and integration issues that arise during cross-departmental consolidations, business acquisitions, business mergers, and other re-architecting endeavors.

Virtuoso Universal Server facilitates or provides:

Contact OpenLink Product Support or a regional OpenLink Account Manager for additional information of Virtuoso Universal Server.