The Midrange Alliance Program is a strategic initiative by Microsoft and industry partners to educate enterprises relying on the iSeries platform about options for leveraging and extending investments in their IBM midrange systems, using Windows and the .NET Framework.

HiT Software offers two products through the Midrange Alliance Program: DBMoto, a .NET Framework-based real-time database replication solution from DB2/iSeries/System i to Microsoft SQL Server, and Ritmo, .NET Framework managed data provider to connect to DB2/iseries from applications compliant to the .NET Framework.

Register for the "Real-time Replication between iSeries and SQL Server" PowerPoint slideshow presented in Irvine, California on October 11th, 2005.
 

	DBMoto 6.1 For real-time replication and synchronization from DB2/iSeries/System i to MS SQL Server, using OLE DB or ODBC database connectivity.
	Ritmo Windows .NET 100% managed data provider for System i, iSeries and AS/400 SQL access.

DBMoto offers a seamless migration path between iSeries and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 using standards based on the .NET Framework. DBMoto allows iSeries customers to take advantage of Microsoft's new platforms without disrupting existing investments in iSeries database servers. DB2/iSeries/System i, is well known for its scalability, reliability and high transaction processing capability while the .NET Framework and SQL Server are known for interoperability and cost-effective development. DBMoto allows customers to simultaneously take advantage of the benefits of both platforms. In refresh mode, DBMoto reads data from a source database, applies administrator-defined mapping rules, and writes the result to the target database. In mirroring mode, DBMoto performs a real time incremental replication based on transaction logs. Powerful, easy to use wizards make setting up a replication a snap. And, unlike other data replication solutions, DBMoto offers unlimited control over data replication and transformation using standard scripting language.

Ritmo/i5 is a Microsoft .NET Framework managed data provider for IBM iSeries. Ritmo/i5 accepts application SQL Server commands via Microsoft ADO.NET or directly via its object properties and methods. It then communicates with the iSeries server to access, retrieve, and update data for optimal performance. Ritmo, with its 100% managed code, is well positioned for use by developers and System Integrators. For applications running in a .NET Framework and requiring iSeries database access, the use of a 100% managed .NET Framework data provider like Ritmo guarantees optimal results. With Ritmo, developers and IT managers are assured of maximum application performance.

 
 
HiT Software is also a member of the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program.