Government regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley and HIPAA are changing the ways companies do business worldwide. The Argent Data Consolidator collects, scans, and consolidates all critical data from across the worldwide enterprise into one or more centralized SQL Server and/or ODBC databases, regardless of the hardware platform. The Argent Data Consolidator can process data residing on Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, SCO, Linux, Novell, iSeries, all legacy mainframes and any other data source.
The Argent Data Consolidator is completely scalable, extremely robust, and provides a complete audit trail for management. Now, companies can effectively comply with audit requests and initiate internal audits in response to "keywords" and behavior uncovered with a searchable centralized database.
Key Features And Benefits
In today's unstable world, it is not a question of need all companies and organizations require the security of data consolidation.
Scalability
The data from up to 1,000,000 servers can be consolidated with the Argent Data Consolidator. The Argent Data Consolidator has a true n-tier architecture, supporting from the smallest to the largest networks. Agents may be installed or all consolidation can be done without installing any agents on the production servers; there is no difference in the price. All common hardware platforms, such as Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, SCO, Linux, Novell, as well as all legacy mainframes are supported. The Argent Data Consolidator can even consolidate the data from networking equipment like routers and switches.
Robust Design
Complete fault tolerance is engineered into the Argent Data Consolidator to handle slow or erratic networks and hardware failures. Engines can be replicated so if one server fails, another server immediately takes over the collecting, scanning, and consolidating of data. Load balancing is provided to handle large amounts of data collection (in excess of 1,000 gigabytes per day).
Automation
The Argent Data Consolidator has a built-in scheduler in order to optimize resource consumption. Customers can schedule data consolidation in real-time, or only during the evenings, on the weekends, or at night, when network load is minimal.
Ease Of Use
Like all Argent products, the Argent Data Consolidator snaps into the Argent Management Console.
Examples of Data Consolidation
The following are just a few uses of the Argent Data Consolidator. With its flexibility, customers can consolidate data from any platform or server.
- Brokerage Firm Archiving And Scanning Email Files
The Argent Data Consolidator can consolidate all brokerage firm's Outlook and Exchange PST files from all brokers' email systems each day into centralized SQL Server databases or ODBC databases. The consolidation can occur outside working hours. While consolidation is occurring, all email messages sent and received can be analyzed for inappropriate language or content.
- Consolidation Of IIS Or Apache Logs
Central data consolidation of all logs from IIS or Apache web servers is essential for all production websites and intranet applications. The Argent Data Consolidator consolidates all these logs, while at the same time scanning for customer-defined errors.
- Consolidation Of Unix Logs
The Argent Data Consolidator analyzes and consolidates Unix logs from any Unix Server Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, SCO and Linux, etc. These logs can be scanned for errors and warning messages while they are being consolidated.
- Proprietary Security Data Files And Logs
The powerful OCX control feature of the Argent Data Consolidator enables customers to analyze and consolidate any type of data, regardless of the internal format. Customers can create OCX controls to analyze confidential files while the files are consolidated.