>  Real-Time Access Fast and easy access to data over standard REST and SQL interfaces so your users are more productive and your business more agile.
>  Firewall Friendly Connectivity Securely access data behind any firewall, without requiring SSH tunnels, reverse proxies or any changes to the firewall. This allows public or private cloud applications to access on-premises data encrypted over SSL/TLS.
>  Proven Technology This solution is based on proven and award winning technology that has been deployed in the DataDirect Cloud for more than two years.
>  One Connection, Unlimited Data Sources Develop the data access layer for your external data strategy against a single industry standard API–ODBC, JDBC, REST or OData–to access data across Cloud, RDBMS, Big Data and NoSQL.