HiT Software, a leader in database access, integration and replication, today announced the availability of the HiT JDBC/DB2 V3.70 high performance JDBC driver, featuring added support for IBM DB2 native data encryption. HiT JDBC/DB2 is now optimized to take advantage of IBM DB2’s DES standard, and combined with HiT Software’s HiT SSL Server, provides end-to-end 256-bit encryption for data traveling between Java applications and IBM DB2 LUW or z/OS databases.

This assures Java developers and IT groups that sensitive SQL data transported over the Internet or VPNs can be securely and transparently encrypted at the highest level. In addition, with HiT SSL Server, IT groups can apply digital certificate authentication and generate certificates, increasing intrusion protection, support for data governance, and overall data security. With SSL 3.0 encryption, HiT Software products support RSA and DSA certificate authentication, when the HiT SSL Server is run at the DB2 server, or on front-end Unix security servers just outside the corporate firewall.

“As businesses expand or migrate to new locations, application development and deployment may be moved to remote offices which require Internet or VPN data traffic.  In addition, with the increase in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application development, the need for secure data transmission becomes critical to the safety of business information,” says Giacomo Lorenzin, CEO, HiT Software.  “In these environments, businesses need to take action to safely and securely transport data between their corporate databases and their applications. Our new JDBC driver for DB2 and our HiT SSL Server are a great combination for a cost-effective and protected application development solution for Java developers, or an added protection to existing Java application traffic to DB2.”

About HiT JDBC/DB2 and HiT SSL Server

The HiT JDBC/DB2 driver (for both DB2 for z/OS and DB2 LUW) is compact, 100 percent pure Java type 4 middleware for DB2 SQL access from custom applications and third party products. HiT JDBC/DB2 implements standard Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) function calls and communicates with the DB2 server to retrieve, update, and insert DB2 data. Leveraging standard IBM DB2 access protocols, including distributed relational database architecture (DRDA), HiT JDBC/DB2 communicates with native IBM server programs and does not require any additional programs installed on the DB2 host system. HiT JDBC/DB2 supports stored procedures, multiple result sets, Static SQL and packages.  Support is also included for the most common DB2 single and double-byte character sets.

HiT SSL Server is an all-Java, standards-based encryption and authentication server to secure SQL data flows over TCP/IP networks. It prevents unauthorized access to data by transparently enabling the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol between HiT JDBC, HiT ODBC and HiT OLEDB products, and the systems where HiT SSL Server is installed.

HiT JDBC/DB2 and HiT SSL Server work with any operating system running JVM 1.5 or later, including Windows, Unix, Linux, IBM i and IBM z platforms.

About HiT Software, Inc.

For more than a decade, HiT Software products have been providing access to critical data, enabling data availability and offering programming-free data integration across enterprise systems. HiT Software’s standards-based products perform real-time, bi-directional replication between all major databases; execute real-time, bi-directional transformations between XML and all major databases; and connect applications to IBM DB2 databases via .NET, OLE DB, ODBC and JDBC standards.  Founded in 1994 and based in San Jose, California, HiT Software is relied upon by thousands of organizations in virtually all vertical markets around the globe. Additional information is available at www.hitsw.com, through e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or by telephone at +1(408)345-4001.