At a time when the volume of data and number of data sources continues to grow exponentially, data connectivity is the key to gleaning insight from real time BI, big data and IoT data analytics.

Data prep for analytics is more complicated than ever before. Users and applications need data from the greatest possible number of sources: the more comprehensive the collection, the deeper the insight into business operations, customer preferences and market opportunities. Data connectivity – the ability to move data easily between heterogeneous sources and targets – is critical to this effort.

To consolidate data from highly diverse sources, IT teams have normally turned to ETL data processes to ensure data connectivity. But traditional ETL tools have likely reached the limit of their effectiveness for processing vast sets of real-time streaming data. IT teams often become mired with complex processes and manual coding and can’t keep up with the pace of data entering the organization.

To maximize data connectivity, organizations need solutions that can simplify data ingestion, replication and consolidation across all major data sources and targets. That’s where Qlik provides true value.

Qlik Replicate®: a powerful data connectivity solution

Qlik Replicate supports universal data connectivity by empowering organizations to accelerate replication, ingestion and streaming across a wide range of heterogeneous databases, data warehouses and Big Data platforms. Serving as the foundation for a modern and efficient data pipeline, Qlik Replicate enables automated, real-time and universal data connectivity for sources and targets on premises and in the cloud.

The key to data connectivity is Qlik Replicate’s support for the industry’s broadest range of databases and platforms. These include:

• RDBMS: Oracle, SQL, DB2, MySQL, Sybase, PostgreSQL
• Hadoop: Hortonworks, Cloudera, MapR
• Data warehouses: Exadata, Teradata, IBM Netezza, Vertica, Pivotal, SQL Data Warehouse
• Streaming platforms: Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform
• Cloud: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
• Legacy: IMS/DB, DB2 z/OS, RMS, VSAM
• Applications: e.g., SAP
• For a complete list of connectivity options, please refer to the support matrix

Benefits of data connectivity with Qlik Replicate

When choosing Qlik Replicate to promote data connectivity, organizations can:

• Quickly and easily set up data ingestion and replication jobs. Qlik Replicate provides an intuitive graphical user interface that eliminates the need for manual coding and automatically generates target schema based on source metadata.
• Ensure real-time updates and synchronization with advanced Change Data Capture (CDC) technology. Enterprise-class CDC capabilities enable instantaneous database replication of change data to the target.
• Minimize impact on production sources. Zero-footprint architecture and agentless data replication help dramatically improve source production performance. Enable faster migration and time to analytics. Qlik Replicate allows organizations to integrate data sources quickly, maximizing data connectivity while speeding and simplifying SQL migration, cloud data migration, business intelligence and data analytics projects.