Core System Offloading

Keep the core focused. Put its data to work everywhere else.

Keep trusted systems of record in place while Tapstate maintains current operational data for applications, APIs, event platforms, and analytics.

SYSTEMS OF RECORD

AS/400
Db2 for i
ORACLE

TRUSTED TRANSACTIONS

OFFLOADED OPERATIONAL LAYER

CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED
CONSUMER-READY
INDEPENDENT READ PATH

MODERN CONSUMERS

DIGITAL APPSOPERATIONAL APIsKAFKA · MQCUSTOMER SERVICERISK · FRAUDANALYTICS · ODS

Current data is ready for modern use — the core stays focused on transactions.

The Problem

The core still runs the business. Everything new still asks it for data.

As digital services, APIs, analytics, and automation expand, the same systems of record become dependencies for more and more downstream work.

AppsAPIsServiceRiskAnalyticsCORE

More consumers.
More pressure on the core.

Digital apps, customer service, risk systems, APIs, analytics, and automation all need current data—often creating more reads against systems built first for trusted transactions.

SOURCEDirect readBatchScriptAPI

Access paths multiply faster than the architecture.

Direct queries, batch exports, scripts, replicas, and one-off APIs solve individual needs, but accumulate into fragmented dependencies that are difficult to change and govern.

AS/400OracleDb2AppsAutomationAnalytics

Core replacement moves on a different timeline.

AS/400, Oracle, Db2, SQL Server, Sybase, and other systems of record may remain for years while the business needs new digital capabilities now.

Read Around the Core

Take downstream reads off the core.

Keep AS/400, Oracle, and other systems of record focused on trusted transactions while Tapstate maintains current data for modern applications and services.

FRAGMENTED ACCESS

Direct readsOne-off APIsBatch exportsAS/400Db2 for iORACLEDIGITAL APPSOPERATIONAL APIsCUSTOMER SERVICERISK & FRAUDANALYTICS · ODSEvery new consumer addsanother dependency on the core.

READ AROUND THE CORE

WITH TAPSTATE

AS/400Db2 for iORACLEOFFLOADEDOPERATIONAL LAYERContinuouslyupdatedIndependentread pathDIGITAL APPSOPERATIONAL APIsCUSTOMER SERVICERISK & FRAUDANALYTICS · ODSOne current layer serves manyconsumers.
Protect transaction workload
Replace fragmented access paths
Make current data reusable

Modernize Around the Core

Move forward without waiting for core replacement.

Keep mission-critical systems running while a continuously updated operational layer powers new applications, APIs, automation, and analytics.

CORE SYSTEMS CONTINUE

SYSTEMS OF RECORD

AS/400 · Db2 for i

Oracle

IBM Db2

SQL Server

Sybase ASE

…and others

Trusted transactions keep running.

→ CORE ROADMAP CONTINUES

MODERNIZATION STARTS NOW

OFFLOADED OPERATIONAL LAYER

NEW CAPABILITIES MOVE FORWARD

Digital applicationsOperational APIsCustomer serviceRisk & fraudAnalyticsAI & automation
01Keep the core in place
02Launch new capabilities sooner
03Let the core evolve on its own timeline

Operational Offloading

Offload the workload—not just the rows.

Replication creates another copy of core data. Tapstate turns ongoing change into consumer-ready operational state that applications, APIs, event platforms, and analytics can reuse.

SYSTEMS OF RECORD

  • AS/400 · Db2 for i
  • Oracle
  • IBM Db2
  • SQL Server
  • Sybase ASE
  • and others

BASIC REPLICATION

COPY TABLESDATABASE REPLICA
  • Source-shaped tables
  • Another database endpoint

Consumer-specific state and logic remain downstream.

WITH TAPSTATE

CAPTURE CHANGESHAPE RECORDSMAINTAIN CURRENT STATE

OFFLOADED OPERATIONAL LAYER

  • Continuously updated
  • Consumer-ready
  • Reusable across workloads
ApplicationsOperational APIsKafka · MQAnalytics & automation

One maintained layer supports repeated operational use.

Maintained, not merely copied
Shaped for consumers
Reusable across many workloads

What Offloading Unlocks

Establish one current layer. Extend it across more of the business.

Once core data is maintained outside the system of record, the offloaded layer can support customer state, operational APIs, analytical feeds, and AI-driven workflows.

Proven in Real Environments

Built for core systems that cannot simply be switched off.

From high-volume banking environments to AS/400 / Db2 for i manufacturing systems and complex enterprise data exchange, the same pattern applies: protect the core while making current data reusable elsewhere.

A STRONG FIT WHEN

The core is staying

Downstream demand is growing

Access paths are fragmenting

Modernization cannot wait

PRODUCTION SNAPSHOTS

RETAIL BANKING

Keep downstream demand off sensitive production systems.

A retail bank serving 30M+ customers modernized data delivery across a complex 5,000+ table environment, creating reusable fresh data for analytics, reporting, data sharing, and downstream services.

30M+ customers

5,000+ tables

Lower core-system pressure

GLOBAL MANUFACTURING

Bring AS/400 / Db2 for i and factory data into a modern analytics layer.

A global materials manufacturer continuously delivered ERP, CRM, factory, MySQL, SQL Server, and AS/400 / Db2 for i data into a unified warehouse / Snowflake environment.

AS/400 / Db2 for i

Heterogeneous enterprise sources

Warehouse / Snowflake

ENTERPRISE INSURANCE

Turn fragmented real-time delivery into one managed path.

A large insurance group consolidated multiple CDC tools and thousands of pipelines into managed delivery with unified provisioning, monitoring, Kafka push, and target-database delivery.

Thousands of pipelines

Months → Days provisioning

Kafka + target DB delivery

Anonymized production references based on real enterprise deployments.

START WITH THE CORE YOU HAVE

Keep the system.
Change how the rest of the business depends on it.

Start with AS/400, Oracle, Db2, SQL Server, Sybase, or another system of record and build a current operational path around the core.

AS/400OracleDb2SQL ServerSybase+ moreCURRENTOPERATIONALLAYERAppsAPIsAnalyticsAutomationCORE SYSTEMS · TRUSTED TRANSACTIONSMODERN CONSUMERS