Connect CDC (SQData) provides an efficient and effective mechanism for propagation and/or replication of data utilizing Change Data Capture agents and the Replicator Engine. At this time only z/OS DB2 and IMS Source data can be processed by the Replicator. While the primary targets are Kafka and HDFS Hadoop, Kafka can also be used for workload (currently limited to IMS source data) distribution and parallel processing by Apply Engine Kafka Consumers.