Resource adapters

IBM Sterling Transformation Extender includes an extensive collection of resource adapters to connect maps to middleware, DBMSs, and utility services.

Resource adapters can indirectly integrate with enterprise applications that consume inputs or produce outputs using message queues, standard transports, file systems, and databases. In addition, resource adapters enable message-based integration with external and internal applications, including applications and services from SAP, Oracle, and others.

• Database adapters support databases such as DB2, Informix, ODBC, OLE DB, Oracle, and Sybase.
• Internet adapters support email, FTP and HTTP.
• Message-Oriented Middleware (MOMs) adapters support Microsoft MSMQ, Oracle AQ, and TIBCO Rendezvous.
• Synchronous adapters support COM+ and Sockets.
• Utility adapters support archive, batch, and directory (LDAP) services.
• File adapters support platform-specific file systems.

In addition to pre-built resource adapters and packs, the Adapter Toolkit provides a standard interface and set of services for implementing your own adapters to connect directly with other applications and services.