Composite Information Server                 CIS 4.6 Datasheet

The Composite Information Server (CIS) is a multi-threaded, Java-based server that accesses existing data non-invasively, combines disparate data, abstracts and simplifies complex data, and delivers it via data services or relational views.

Data services built and deployed on the Composite Information Server provide a practical approach to services-oriented architecture (SOA). Composite data services form a middle layer of reusable services in a tiered approach that insulates applications from the physical implementation of the data. Composite data services provide information in the form that users need to see it, regardless of how or where it is stored, and even if the data spans multiple sources. Further, CIS delivers data on demand, without compromising performance or security.

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The Composite Information Server features patent-pending IQ (Intelligent Query) optimization technology, which delivers the highest performance in the industry. CIS provides caching capabilities, a metadata repository, and supports multiple methods of handling data security. CIS also includes the Composite Studio, a GUI-based tool for data modeling, data services building, services management, and security configuration.

Key capabilities include:

• Access existing data non-invasively
  o Any data source or structure
  o Insulate existing systems
  o Native or pass-through security

• Combine disparate data
  o High performance query engine
  o Powerful data manipulations
  o XML and relational blending

• Abstract and simplify complex data
  o Resolve mismatch between storage and usage
  o Simplify semantics
  o Unlock packaged applications

• Deliver data via WSDL Web services or SQL views
  o On demand or scheduled
  o Standards-based, reusable
  o Easy to extend and modify

• Easy to learn and use data service development studio
  o Intuitive GUI
  o Microsoft Access™-like interface
  o SQL style scripting

• High productivity tools
  o Powerful transformation utilities
  o Automatic WSDL generation
  o Data model integration

• Scale from project to enterprise
  o High performance
  o High availability
  o Easy to manage