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Welcome to the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2012 ............................................................ 3 Why incremental process-driven IT modernization is relevant for your business ....... 4 Network management for the modern data centre..........................................................11 Next-generation mainframe management ....................................................................... 19 Best practices for application release management...................................................... 24 Peeling the onion of SFTP: options for securing file transfer to and from z/OS......... 30 The 2012 Mainframe User Survey .................................................................................... 39 An analysis of the profile, plans, and priorities of mainframe users Vendor Directory ............................................................................................................... 54 Vendors, consultants, and service providers in the z/OS and OS/390 environment A media guide for IBM mainframers ............................................................................. 133 Information resources, publications, and user groups for the z/OS environment Glossary of Terminology ................................................................................................ 137 Definitions of some mainframe-related terms Technical information ..................................................................................................... 163 Hardware tables z114, z196, and z10; mainframe hardware timeline 1952-2012; mainframe operating system development
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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2012 Mainframe strategy by Mark Lillycrop, Publisher
Moreover, IT modernization decision makers often lack crucial information in order to accurately plan and evaluate changes on a scale of business value and urgency. This would be analogous to an emergency doctor who didnt realize you were bleeding and treated your broken bone first. Both are important, but obviously one is more critical than the other. Process-driven IT modernization yields the maximum business value possible because it focuses modernization on what is critical to your business: the core processes and services that differentiate your enterprise from its competition. Software AGs process-driven approach to IT modernization guides you, so you can wisely choose the modernization efforts that will best realize your strategic IT vision. We help you answer questions like: How can you better enable your business strategy using modernization? Are inefficient or outdated processes affecting your bottom line? Which processes deliver the most business value and should be considered for modernization? Arcati Ltd, 2012
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Figure 3: Your input provides the direction for your modernization roadmap Using process-driven IT modernization, your business can make the leap from creating services to optimizing business value. Leading enterprises in virtually every industry rely on Software AGs process-driven IT modernization solution to improve their business in key areas, such as: The largest optical retailer in Germany, part of Europes largest optical provider, improved their
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removed or replaced, even if its not fit for purpose, until such time as the agreement lapses. While the drive to rationalize suppliers is completely understandable and by itself shouldnt be a problem, its probably fair to say that no single vendor has a monopoly on innovation. It could be argued that all-encompassing agreements can stifle access to more innovative software by shutting out specialist vendors who are able to rapidly react to changing customer requirements. Where is the motivation to develop new and better software, or enhance existing products if you have no competition? Perhaps more pertinent in the current economic climate; how does the customer know theyre getting best value for money if the supplier doesnt have to compete on price? Where is the motivation to generate best value? As a smaller, independent software vendor in an industry dominated by very large corporations pitching all-encompassing software solutions for multiple platforms, we have focused our efforts on developing best-of-breed mainframe network systems software for the past 18 years. We are experts in our field and dedicated to this market. We have seen our innovations copied, repackaged, and then introduced as new by our competitors, which is entirely to be expected in a free-market economy. Whether the practice of ELAs are in the spirit of a free-market economy is a moot point, but we have seen companies so hampered by such agreements that they do not even look at alternatives to their current systems software tools, even though theyre crying out for better solutions. Without question, they are not using competition to their advantage in the way that Henry Ford envisaged. Software companies and their products are Darwinian in nature in the sense that only the strong survive. Products that are outdated, no longer relevant, or too expensive in comparison to the competition will become extinct as rival, Arcati Ltd, 2012
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IBMs Network Logical Data Manager (NLDM) is a component of NetView that allows users to perform problem determination and response time measurement for SNA sessions. VTAM Session Awareness (SAW) data provides information about all VTAM sessions and is used by NLDM to report on logical unit (LU) session status, session partners, and configuration data. Why is SAW data still important? VTAM commands can provide information about active sessions, but details about failed sessions and the reasons why they failed are not so easy 16
to determine, especially after the event. SAW data provides comprehensive information about session failures, including sense codes. With very large numbers of these types of sessions still in daily use, their efficient management is obviously important. The ability to retain this information for long-term trend analysis and network consolidation purposes is equally vital. NLDM was written in the early 1980s. The amount of historical SAW data NLDM can retain is restricted by the file access methods it uses. Its reliance on legacy VSAM KSDS file access Arcati Ltd, 2012
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The future gamification and augmented reality? How about if you could hold up your phone in front of the mainframe or some x86 server, and on screen would appear statistics about usage and performance? You could then take appropriate action to resolve hot spots and capacity issues. All just a dream? Apparently not. It seems that BMC is exploring how it can harness gamification and augmented reality techniques in the next generation of its systems management tools. Suhas Kelkar, a chief technology officer for BMC, has described the server example I gave above. Suhas adds: If someone comes across an intelligent solution they should add it to the knowledge base. But hardly anyone does it. But what if you gamify the system and reward people for doing that? So there we have it... Augmented reality is the appearance on your phone of information about server capacity. And it could be about anything else. Wouldnt it be great to hold your phone over a cable and read off the upstream and downstream broadband speeds? Gamification a new word is the fun part of using software. The part that is all too often missing! Its basically applying game mechanics (the elements that make games fun, engaging, and in some cases competitive) to things that arent typically considered a game, or even fun! Wouldnt it be great to have software on your smartphone that not only identifies what youre looking at (the Web server, or the z/Linux LPAR, or whatever) and provides current performance information. And then makes it fun to resolve any problems that might have been identified. Perhaps the only green screens youll ever see will mean game over! 18 Arcati Ltd, 2012
Embracing the next generation hybrid architecture from IBM Enabling the use of mainframes in private and hybrid clouds Empowering the multi-platform, converging IT workforce Extending management to support multivendor environments. A CHANGE OF STRATEGY MEANS A CHANGE OF PACE Achievements with Mainframe 2.0 Since its launch in 2008, CA Technologies Mainframe 2.0 strategy has made a significant impact at hundreds of large enterprises, helping them to reduce IT costs and simplify management tasks with an emphasis on preparing for the next generation of mainframe IT workers: CA Mainframe Software Manager (CA MSM) has revolutionized the acquisition, installation, deployment, configuration, and maintenance of CA Technologies mainframe software. The CA Mainframe Chorus suite is beginning to set a new standard in ease of use, training, and knowledge transfer to enable the next generation of mainframe workers as they take over from the retiring generation. Our exploitation of IBMs zIIP and zAAP specialty processors has led the market in delivering massive cost reduction through IBMs hardware pricing model. We remain committed to innovating our z/OS management solutions to continue these efforts at reducing costs and simplifying management. Mainstreaming the mainframe as part of Enterprise IT As an extension of our efforts to help clients reduce costs and improve their operational efficiency, we will now extend our focus to help
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Before the IBM System z Personal Development Tool (zPDT), which enables a virtual System z architecture environment on x86 and x86-compatible platforms running Linux. There were other attempts at getting System z or its predecessors to run on a PC. Fundamental Software Inc (FSI) gave us FLEX-ES, which ran on Intel chips and allowed developers to test their mainframe applications on their PCs. The PC itself ran Linux and FLEX ran under that emulating a range of mainframe hardware devices including terminals and tape drives. In 2000 a company called T3 launched the tServer based on FLEX-ES. UMX Technologies also offered Intel server emulation using UMXs Virtual Mainframe software. The company offered Windows compatibility as well. Then there was Hercules, an Open Source software implementation of mainframe architectures. Hercules runs under Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, and Mac OSX. IBM stopped licencing its operating systems for Hercules systems, so users were left with running older public domain versions of IBM operating systems or illegally running newer versions. Platform Solutions Inc (PSI) developed Open Mainframe servers. The companys System64 product line consolidated z/OS, Windows, and Linux operating systems in one secure operating environment based on Intel Itanium 2 processor technology. Sim390 was an application that ran under Windows and emulated a subset of the ESA/390 mainframe architecture. The emulator supported most TCP/IP operations (via socket calls using an emulated IUCV interface), and contained a Telnet 3270 (tn3270) server for remote log-in (with IP address filtering), as well as local 3270 sessions. It was possible to run it on a very small machine, such as a Pentium 75MHz with 16MB memory. 23 Arcati Ltd, 2012
backlog of new and modified applications and streamline release processes so that they can promptly release application enhancements and immediately leverage their new functionality to enhance the success of the business. Understanding the application backlog But its not that easy. Development teams create applications and make modifications, but they rely on operations staff to deploy those application changes into the production environment, and the two groups traditionally havent worked well together. Their motivations differ: developers see their job as creating code and then changing it, while operations groups see changes as anathema, a threat to their core mission of maximizing uptime. So while development may believe that a piece of code is ready (enough) to release, IT operations will probably be wary of putting it into production. And for good reason: according to IDC, 80 percent of downtime is caused by changes, and 60 percent of application downtime is related to new releases or changes to configuration. To address this standoff between development and operations groups, many organizations have tried to create cross-departmental functions whether called QA, release management, or global change and release committed to ensuring the production-readiness of application releases. Most of these cross-departmental functions deploy application releases to testing environments to assess their readiness before putting them on the path to production. These groups may need to deploy a typical application to such environments multiple times, depending on the number of testing stages it must move through, before deploying into the production environment. This takes time, and because of constraints on the number of testing/ staging environments and the resources needed to manage them, it also creates a bottleneck. While this careful testing process is important, businesses cant afford the application backlog that it typically creates. In order to succeed in todays marketplace, organizations need to Arcati Ltd, 2012
Better release management is a logical next step for Agile development shops Weve had repeated conversations with many of our clients about how they scale the success and increased productivity they have seen from implementing Agile processes on projects. One common next step is to invest in better demand management to make sure that Agile teams are building the right things. Better release management processes are another logical step, because a more transparent, flexible release environment allows development teams to release changes when the business needs them. In this sense, better release management is a precursor to transforming IT into BT. The best and brightest thinkers in release management are drawing inspiration from the Agile movement and applying it to infrastructure and operations. We expect to see significant growth in this dev-ops movement as the cloud, new tools, and new thinking create a perfect storm that shakes the traditional us versus them relationship that defines most IT shops today. In the end, the change will be as significant as the process transition from traditional development processes to Agile get ahead of the curve now! Five Ways To Streamline Release Management, February 2011. Forrester Research, Inc. Best practice #4: automate everything Automation is key to successful implementation of all these best practices, helping to ensure high-quality and timely releases. Automation helps capture every step along the way, both as it was planned and as it actually happened. Organizations can use this data to build a common library of repeatable tasks and processes to speed future release processes. And, if the environment ever needs to be rebuilt, this record of what happened, when, can help a new team retrace the steps towards the release. Jeff Westenhaver has over 25 years experience in the IT and Oil & Gas industries. In his current role at Serena Software, Jeff provides global marketing and sales support for the Serena mainframe and application release management solutions. Most often presenting release management challenges and best practices, Mr Westenhaver has expertise in application release management and mainframe performance and operations. Serena is well known and established, especially in the application development community, for its 29 products that support and automate all stages of application lifecycle management, including release management. In a recent survey of Serena customers, 53 percent of respondents identified their companies as using Serena Software technology specifically for release management. Serena products help support the best practices described above to help organizations leverage automation to release changes more often, release more changes each time, reduce the time required to deploy applications, and as a result free up senior technical personnel to drive business innovation, instead of spending so much time monitoring application deployments. Serena customers have improved their application change and release management processes and experienced cost, control, and audit benefits, as well as consistent, wellfunctioning, faster software deployments. And, as a leader in this area, Serena is poised to deliver yet more capabilities and stronger coordination across all application lifecycle management phases. Visit serena.com/ release-management for more information.
Peeling the onion of SFTP: options for securing file transfer to and from z/OS
Tim Full, manager of technical services and head of customer support at Software Diversified Services, reviews options for safely transferring data in and out of the z/OS platform. A lot of our customers have been told to stop using FTP. Theyre told to use SFTP instead. And thats about all the direction theyve been given. Often, that direction is imprecise. What their users want is security and encryption. But they dont necessarily mean the particular security tool, common to Linux and Unix systems, that is named SFTP. For z/OS, there are other ways to secure file transfers, several others maybe too many others. One customer recently explained that the more he looked into securing FTP, the more it resembled an onion: It had layer after layer, and the more he peeled them back, the smellier it became. Its enough to make a grown z/OS admin cry. My intent with this article is to briefly explain some ways to make FTP a secure resource in your environment, to give you a brief taste of the options. In other words, lets peel the secure FTP onion. FTP The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a common, well-known, and easy-to-use application for moving data. The big advantage of FTP is that it is already available in so many places: z/OS, Windows, Unix, Linux, you name it. Almost every system comes with FTP. The client and server are both simple to use. This is illustrated in Figure 1. 30
FTP has been the de facto standard for so long that most implementations come with platformappropriate extensions. The z/OS FTP client and server, for example, handle MVS datasets and ASCII to EBCDIC conversion without skipping a beat. Even JES support is available for submitting jobs and extracting reports. So its too bad FTP deals with privacy and security so poorly. FTP was designed back when the electronic world was small and safe. It transmits clear text. Eavesdroppers can see user IDs, passwords, and data files. In a closed, secure environment, FTP simplicity can save a lot of hassles, but that type of environment is more the exception than the rule. Firewalls, a common precaution, let safe traffic pass. But FTP is troublesome with firewalls because it uses two connections, one for commands and one for data transfers. That second, data, connection, starts with a connection request from outside the firewall, from a server trying to reply to a client request (thats active FTP). Or it starts with the client asking to connect to a previously unknown, ephemeral port chosen by the server and passed in reply to the client request (thats passive FTP). In either case, it takes a special effort to tell a firewall it can trust that outside server. And its near impossible if the FTP commands are encrypted (see FTPS, below). FTP has three other shortcomings worth noting. Data compression is not native to the FTP protocol and is rarely available. Some implementations have a MODE Z extension that supplies compression, but you cant count on it. FTP does not provide any application-level verification of data integrity. It relies on the TCP checksum, a minimal check that is easily fooled. FTP sends user IDs and passwords in clear text, as well as data. So if the FTP server requires Arcati Ltd, 2012
Figure 1: FTP authentication, your IDs and passwords may become public along with your data. So simple FTP is useful, but only so long your use of it passes the anonymity test: is it OK for the data to become public knowledge? Accuracy is not a big deal? Authentication isnt necessary? If yes, yes, and yes, then FTP makes good sense. In the end, far too many secrets are being passed via FTP, and a review of what FTP users are moving into, and especially out of, your z/OS machines is probably a good idea. FTPS, ie FTP over SSL FTP over a secure socket layer (SSL) is a secure twist on native FTP (see Figure 2). FTPS is already available in the z/OS arena, as part of the base FTP already installed. A bit of configuration work adds command and data encryption onto the simple tool weve come to know and love. The protocol is the same. The command syntax is the same. The z/OS-specific features are there: support for MVS datasets, ASCII-EBCDIC, JES. FTPS accommodates x.509 certificates and Kerberos encryption. Outside services VeriSign, Equifax, and others can make sure clients/users are who they say they are. On z/OS, RACF key rings can manage the certificates. Whats the downside? Well, for one, remember simple FTP and firewalls? When commands are encrypted, a firewall cant
But getting the pieces in place requires significant coordination among you and your partners. Both ends of every transmission need both FTP and SSH up and active. FTP clients are common enough. SSH clients and servers are common on Linux and Unix, where admins have come to rely on them. But those admins typically do not run FTP servers, because they never needed them before, and because it means opening another port and another risk. Your partners may resist loading a back-end FTP server. SFTP, aka Secure FTP SFTP is a subsystem built into SSH clients and servers (see Figure 4). While SSH encrypts data and manages connections, SFTP provides a command language similar to, but not the same as, FTP commands.
SFTP takes full advantage of SSH encryption, compression, and integrity checks. It is also semiubiquitous almost always available on Linux and Unix, not on z/OS and Windows. You can get SFTP implementations for free, but the free solutions have significant limitations. For a fee you can install SFTP with extensions for ASCIIEBCDIC translation, support for MVS datasets and the JES queue, and other z/OS-specific features. The ability to offload encryption work to a crypto processor can also be important. Finally, be aware that SFTP command syntax is only similar to FTPs. Users will have to be reeducated, and batch jobs will have to be revised. SFTP might be a great option for you if youre sending data to your Linux farm or to partners who use Linux or Unix.
Figure 7: PGP (Encrypt Data at Rest) PGP (Encrypt Data at Rest) Each in its own way, the above solutions do a great job of protecting data while it travels through the internet, but data in motion is not your only concern. Its pretty clear, sadly, that most electronic fraud is the work of insiders, people to whom youve given intranet access. The FTP to SSH partnerships I described above pass unencrypted data between the FTP and SSH clients/servers. And with a typical VPN, all encryption stops at the firewall. So lets turn to a security solution that is different from all the others. It works inside your organization as well as out, no matter what your file-transfer method. Encrypt your data at rest. Encrypt files inside the organization, regardless of your file-transfer methods. Encrypt data before it walks away on a stolen laptop. Encrypt data before a bad employee copies it to a thumb drive. Encrypt data getting offloaded to archives (just keep track of the keys for later). Encrypt data locally before any file transfer, and know that its safe and encrypted even after its transferred beyond your control. Storing and transferring encrypted files means that only people with the right credentials and keys can extract and read the data. It also means that any transport method will do. Plain, simple FTP becomes a valid choice again. It doesnt 36 matter that IDs and passwords for FTP sessions are in plain text. For encrypted data, anonymous FTP can be safe enough, no IDs and passwords necessary. Encryption-before-transfer works for you even over networks you dont control. Maybe your firewall admin is a little finicky or has other priorities other than yours. No problem there. You still have control over your data. On z/OS, encrypting data at rest probably means using PGP encryption. The PGP encryption protocol uses an open standard see RFC 2440 that has survived more than a decade of intense review. It is widely used on every major platform, so its not hard to get cooperation from your partners. SDS provides an implementation, PGP Command Line 9 for IBM Mainframes, that includes compression and integrity checks. PGP encryption for z/OS data at rest will take a bit of overhead and staging. But once youve introduced it into batch jobs and processes, that step can be as transparent as anything else. Conclusion I hope secure file transfer isnt quite as confusing as it was when we started. You still face decisions, of course. None of the above solutions will likely meet all your Arcati Ltd, 2012
Guide Share Europe an impression Disappointingly, I could only make Day 1 of this years Guide Share Europe conference on the 1 and 2 November at Whittlebury Hall, UK. I watched Circles Ezriel Gross present on Using CICS to Deploy Microsoft .Net Winforms with Smart Client Technology which was really fascinating. Im sure were going to see more sites integrating their Windows technology with the power of mainframe subsystems. Ezriel made quite a complicated integration seem straightforward and obvious. Next I watched IBMs Alison Coughtrie talk about IMS 12 Overview. Another knowledgeable speaker with a lot of information to get over in the time. I certainly think I have a clearer idea of whats new, and perhaps a small insight into where IBM is taking the product. After lunch it was Neil Price, who works for TNT Express and chairs the IMS group for GSE, with a presentation entitled Memoirs of a HALDBA. Neil could have gone on for much longer than the time allowed. And I could happily have gone on listening. Next up in the IMS stream was IBMs Dougie Lawson. Dougie is another fantastically knowledgeable IBMer, who you may have come across when youve had an IMS problem. He talked about The Why and How of CSL. A real bits and bytes expert, who could have talked much longer. The last technical presentation I saw was IBMs Ian Burnett talking about CICS Scalability. Yet again, a fact-filled presentation that would be hard to criticize. But all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy as they say. And the evening presentation was How To Cope With Pressure & Panics Without Going Into Headless Chicken Mode from Resli Costabell. A mixture of psychology, NLP, and audience participation made this a memorable session. If you get a chance to see her anywhere dont miss it! My overall impression of the conference was that it was excellent. I bumped into Mark Wilson (the GSE technical coordinator) during the day as he rushed around making sure everything was going smoothly. And thats why the conference works so well, because people like Mark work so hard to ensure it does. If you missed it, go next year. 37 Arcati Ltd, 2012
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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2012 2012 user survey by Mark Lillycrop and Trevor Eddolls An analysis of the profile, plans, and priorities of mainframe users. Many thanks to all those who took part.
As usual our annual mainframe survey provides a snapshot of the System z user communitys existing hardware and software configuration, and also their plans and concerns for 2012. face of mainframe computing. In addition, we have continued to explore relative cost in more details, asking respondents how fast their distributed server costs are growing relative to the mainframe. And we have investigated how important green issues are to the mainframe community.
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Chart 1: Distribution of respondents Profile of respondents The mainframe user survey was completed by 100 individuals between the 1 November 2011 and the 2 December 2011. Survey respondents were either contacted directly by e-mail or other Web-based means and invited to complete the mainframe user survey on the Arcati Web site. Responses from large mainframe vendors and multiple entries from different people at the same site were excluded from the survey. Respondents were from all over the world and their distribution is shown in Chart 1. 50 percent were from North America and 40 percent from Europe, with 10 percent from the rest of the world. 39 As usual, a wide range of industry types are represented in our sample (Chart 2). This year, there was a more even spread of respondents from different industry sectors. IT accounted for 22 percent, banking 16 percent, and retail 14 percent. That leaves government and insurance with 12 percent, and other with 10 percent. Transport was 6 percent, leaving telecoms and manufacturing with 4 percent each. A third way to categorize respondents is to look at business size. As shown in Chart 3, 46 percent of the companies have in excess of 10,000 employees worldwide, Below that, with 28 percent of respondents, are staff sizes of 1001-5000. With Arcati Ltd, 2012
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Chart 4: Total mainframe MIPS installed Installed MIPS and capacity growth As in previous surveys we have used MIPS as the principal measure of capacity size. We asked respondents to indicate the total mainframe MIPS installed on their systems, and the result is shown in Chart 4. 40 percent had 1000-10,000 MIPS. This is a big increase from last years figure of 24 percent. 22 percent had under 500 MIPS, which is down from last years figure of 45 percent. This is interesting. Does it mean that there are fewer smaller sites out there now? Has the recession caused them to give up on mainframe technology? Or is it simply that people at smaller installations didnt have time this year to complete the survey? 12 percent had 500-1000 MIPS, the same percentage that had over 25,000 MIPS. As in previous years, we use installed MIPS later in the survey to identify differences between small, mid-sized, and larger users. Chart 5 shows the annual MIPS growth of respondents. Nearly two-thirds (62 percent slightly down from last years figure of 66 percent) of mainframe installations are experiencing some
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Chart 6: MIPS growth by installation size growth, with two sites claiming growth in the region of 26-50 percent. 12 percent of sites are reporting a decline in mainframe capacity growth (up from last years 10 percent). 18 percent of sites are not expecting any kind of change in their MIPS this year. Looking at Chart 6, however, we can see that the picture varies considerably depending on the size of the system. All but two of the larger, more mature businesses (above 10,000 MIPS) are experiencing some growth, but the bulk of it is in the 0-10 percent and only very little in the 10-25 percent quadrants. For mid-range respondents, most were looking at growth of 0-10 percent, although a healthy number anticipated growth of
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Chart 9: Primary mainframe operating system release in use Hardware and software currency The IBM mainframe hardware range continues to receive a regular makeover, with new high-end and low-end systems generally being announced on alternate years 2010 saw the new zEnterprise z196 processors. And, of course, 2011 saw the z114 arrive. Delivery dates for each range are provided in the Technical Information section of the Yearbook. Our research suggests that, traditionally, users upgrade on a regular basis to the most recent hardware to take advantage of capacity increases and cost benefits. Bearing in mind that the new z114 machines are only just being delivered, Chart 8 shows that 35 percent of respondents are currently using z10s, followed by 19 percent on z196s. 6 percent are already using the new z114s. 27 percent are still on z9s. Older z mainframes accounted for just 13 percent of all processors in use by respondents. It is perhaps worth pointing out here that many respondents had more than
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percent, and WebSphere Application Server rated 34 percent (again up from last years 26 percent. [Bear in mind that the small percentage attached to SAP probably reflects the smaller number of sites using this product on the mainframe rather than a reluctance to consider Web-service enabling.] We asked whether respondents currently used their mainframe for cloud computing. Only 12 percent of respondents said they did (up from last years 2 percent). 84 percent said they didnt (up from 34 percent). There were far fewer dont knows this year (just 4 percent down from 64 percent last year still it was early days for the cloud computing initiative). We also asked whether respondents were planning to adopt cloud computing as a strategy. 40 percent (way up from 22 percent last year) said they werent at present. 18 percent (again up from last years 8 percent) thought some mainframe applications would be cloud enabled in the future. 22 percent claimed that some of their applications are using the cloud model. It will be interesting to follow these figures in future surveys. As for the future of legacy systems, once again the answer depends to a degree on the size and maturity of the installation. As shown in Chart 12, 73 percent of the largest sites see integration as the way forward and predict a positive strategic direction higher than last years figure of 54.5 percent. In the mid-range (between 500 and 10,000 MIPS), the pro-integration contingent drops to 54 percent (up from 46 percent last year) with 4 percent (down from last years 14 percent) considering porting to Unix or Linux. A similar percentage considered porting to Windows. Below 500 MIPS, only 11 percent plan to integrate (a value well down from last years 44 percent). Relative cost There are many ways of comparing the costs of mainframe systems with those of other platforms, but none of them are straightforward and few are meaningful. CIOs and finance directors all too often have little experience of the factors that contribute to mainframe total cost of ownership and there is still little published data available to help them make informed comparisons. It is
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100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Technology People costs costs Chart 13: How fast is your System z-related expenditure growing annually, on the technology itself and on the people required to manage the technology?
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We asked respondents how fast their System z-related expenditure is increasing, in terms of the technology itself and the people needed to support it. In Chart 13, we compare these results with the growth in mainframe capacity. The vast majority of respondents said that their people and technology costs were seeing single-digit growth at the most (with 8 percent of sites seeing a decline in technology costs and 6 percent of sites seeing a decline in people costs). 18 percent (down from 28 percent last year and 47 percent the year before) of respondents reported capacity growth higher than 10 percent, whereas only 10 percent reported technology costs increasing by that amount, and only 6 percent reported people costs increasing above 10 percent. Perhaps these sites are expecting to make savings on head count through the use of more modern technology. We went on to ask what proportion of the total IT budget is absorbed by mainframe-related costs, and what proportion of enterprise data resides on the mainframe (Chart 14). The result was that, for the first time ever, more than half of our respondents use other platforms to manage the lions share of the corporate data. 44 percent of sites have more data on mainframes, and 56 percent have more on other platforms. Their spend on the mainframe and distributed systems are disproprtionate to the data split, with over 88 percent of budgets going Other off mainframe. The Linux Windows i5 figures absolutely dismiss the view that System z mainframe soaks up financial resources without providing a good return on investment. Again this year, we asked how fast respondents believed their acquisition/maintenance and support costs for distributed platforms were growing relative to the mainframe, for an equivalent amount of capacity or size of user population respectively (Chart 15). In other words, did they think that their mainframe costs were increasing faster or more slowly than their Unix, Linux, Windows, and IBM i costs. Of course, these numbers have to be treated with great caution because we are asking respondents to make direct comparisons, which, as we have just stated, are very complex. Arcati Limited, 2012
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Chart 17: How much software budget goes to IBM and how much to ISVs? without the reliance on experienced mainframers. In other words, the software will identify a problem and, as well as informing a less-qualified human, will take the necessary steps to negate the problem. In addition, vendors are beginning to use GUI-type screens, that younger IT people are more familiar with, to display important information We asked respondents what makes them consider a change of vendor for their mainframe tools and utilities. Its clear from Chart 16 that cost is by far the biggest driver, even though cheaper tools often offer limited functionality. Disappointingly for ISVs, this year 36 percent of respondents (up from 32 percent) claimed they rarely consider changing mainframe software. We also asked how much of users mainframe software budget is spent on IBM/Tivoli software, and how much on products from other vendors. This year (see Chart 17) we found that 54 percent of respondents pay more to IBM/Tivoli for software than to other vendors. This is a massive decrease Arcati Limited, 2012 from last years 87 percent. Does this mean that third-party software has become cheaper or more appealing to purchasers, or both, over the past year? Other issues Two other matters have again been addressed in this years survey. Firstly, we asked about IBMs specialty processors such as the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL), the Application Assist Processor (zAAP) intended for Java applications, and the Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) intended primarily for DB2. We asked respondents which specialty processors they had. 16 percent of sites had all three (up from last years value of 6 percent) and a further 20 percent of sites had two of the three specialty processors (down from last years 28 percent). More sites had zIIP processors (48 percent) than any other. 36 percent had IFL processors, and 30 percent had zAAP specialty processors. 28 percent of sites dont have a specialty processor installed. The full results are shown in Chart 18. 50
Chart 18: Specialty processors installed In the USA, regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), and BASEL II, plus whats estimated to be over 150 state and federal laws dictate the length of time that Electronically-Stored Information (ESI) needs to be retained. These regulations, and they do depend on the industry, have greatly increased data retention periods. Similarly, outside the USA there has been a growth in regulation affecting the length of time that data needs to be archived. 59 percent of sites were compliant or nearly compliant with these new regulations (much higher than last years 40 percent). The figure for sites not having an archiving strategy is 33 percent, pretty much the same last years 35 percent. Clearly, compliance is an important issue and one that nearly two-thirds of organizations are making sure that they are (or soon will be) fully compliant. The full results are shown in Figure 19. 51 Survey comments At the end of the survey, respondents were invited to leave comments or other information. In the main, respondents are perfectly happy with their mainframes. No-one is ever happy about costs, but, usually, as long as they stay within the expected range, nobody gets too exercised about it. That doesnt seem to have been the case this year, though. One irrate respondent told us: The basic cost of a classic mainframe (z/OS, SMS, security, DB2, CICS, MQ, IPLA) usage is making this software cost very noticable in the budget. Executive level management always wants to know what can be done about it. IBM seems confused. One area wants to lower software cost (new processor cost reduction factor) Arcati Ltd, 2012
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No not at present 33% Not yet, but we are implementing a compliance strategy 8% 18% We are almost fully compliant with the latest regulations Yes, our data archiving strategy is fully compliant
Chart 19: Data archiving strategies that comply with the latest regulations while other areas (CICS, Tivoli) are generating base price increases as fast as they can. CICS V3 cost being increased to V4 pricing was abusive. We may have to take it for now, but we will eliminate CICS usage, its just a matter of time. The IBM position that they did this to eliminate the cost factor from stopping people going to V4 was insulting. They did it because they want more CICS revenue regardless of delivering relevant business value (for us) from V4. A second respondent was also unhappy with IBM, informing us that: We need more competition on the mainframe market to break through IBMs monopoly position. Ouch! As you can see, pricing was pretty much a theme of the comments. Another respondent said: software costs are sinking the mainframe. That comment was made against third-party software vendors rather than IBM itself. Our respondents are regularly upset by the lack of understanding about the power and productivity associated with mainframes. One respondent this year commented: The biggest obstacle to mainframe growth is the naivety of our CIO and higher management. Their mindset is entrenched Arcati Limited, 2012 in little or extremely outdated understandings and non-sensible cost comparisons between platforms. For example, say 10,000 Windows users (actually, Windows is largely irrelevant, they are simply MS Office users), each spend a conservative 5mins/day starting up and shutting down Windows. Thats 50,000 Man minutes, 833 Man hours/day doing nothing! 4100 hrs/week at a conservative cost of 10Euros/hour is 41,000 Euros/week 217K Euros a year simply starting up and shutting down an operating system to be able to send e-mails and use MS Office! Another respondent offers a different reason why non-mainframers are reluctant to become mainframers. He says: the monopoly position of IBM stays the main reason to slow down the usage of the hardware for Linux or other operating platform applications (non-z/OS). So a surprising amount of vitriol. Non-mainframer seem unable to grasp the Total Costs of Ownership (TCOs) figures for different platforms. But the reaction to pricing this year and lack of choice has been surprisingly strong. In terms of IBMs monopoly, its been a long time since our survey found many sites using Hitachi or Amdahl machines. 52
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Ajilon Learning
Address: 11770 Haynes Bridge Road, Suite 205, PMB 526, Alpharetta, GA 30004 USA Phone: +1 770 407 2269 Email: info@ajilonlearning.com Web: http://www.ajilonlearning.com Sales contacts: EMEA +44 1625 441120 Activity: Education Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: Windows, i5, Linux Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, Company profile Ajilon Learning is the recognized leader in the provision of e-learning courseware for the IBM mainframe market. Since 1994, across a client base of over 60% of the Fortune 500, we have proven our expertise at developing and delivering mainframe training solutions that increase employee productivity, reduce costs, and eliminate errors. Product/service information Datatrain mainframe e-learning is a complete, broad spectrum, out-of-the-box mainframe education solution. Either web-delivered or via your own LMS, mainframe IT departments will have a comprehensive, year-long mainframe education solution encompassing 150+ e-learning titles, customized learning path development and certification testing.
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Arcis Services
Address: Zwedenstraat 4 bus 9, 1060 Brussels, Belgium Phone: +32 2 534 4977 Email: arcis@advalvas.be Web: www.arcis-services.net Activity: Education/research. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Company profile Michel Castelein has more than 30 years experience in developing and teaching ICT courses. He also conducts course sessions in behalf of IBM. Product/service information Product_info Currently available: 3-day course z/OS Introduction 5-day course z/OS Job Control Language & TSO/ISPF 2-day course z/OS MVS & JES2 Operations 3-day course z/OS VSAM Fundamentals 2-day course z/OS ICF Fundamentals 5-day course (multi-platform) REXX Programming 2-day course z/OS CLIST Programming 5-day course z/OS ISPF Dialog Development 5-day course COBOL Programming in z/OS 7-day course z/OS Assembler Programming 5-day course C Programming in z/OS 5-day course (multi-platform) Java Programming (J2SE) 2-month mainframe academy to train people from scratch.
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ATERAS
Address: 6600 LBJ Freeway Suite 210, Dallas, TX 75240, USA. Phone: 972 664 9005. Email: info@ateras.com. Web: http://www.ateras.com. Activity: Systems integrator/VAR. Specialist areas: Data management and other areas Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, distributed Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge. Company Profile ATERAS has supported global enterprises for 25 years offering value-driven legacy modernization solutions that enable companies to leverage their IT assets for increased business value and improved competitive advantage. Global enterprises benefit from a comprehensive suite of automated tools and services, from IT global assessments, impact analysis, COBOL workbenches, automated documentation to automated database and application migrations. Product/service information ATERAS designed and developed an unique patentpending automation technology called DB-Shuttle, which allows modernization with 100% conversion automation,
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Attachmate
Address: 1500 Dexter Ave N., Seattle, WA 98109, USA. Phone: +1 800 872 2829 Email: salesrecept@attachmate.com. Web: http://www.attachmate.com Sales contacts: EMEA: uksales@attachmate.com AsiaPac: aus-info@attachmate.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management; storage management; security; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge. Company profile Attachmate, owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital, and Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, enables IT organizations to extend mission-critical services and assure they are managed, secure and compliant. Attachmates leading solutions include host connectivity, systems and security management, and PC lifecycle management. Our goal is to empower IT organizations to deliver trusted applications, manage service levels, and ensure compliance by leveraging knowledge, automation and secured connectivity.
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Attunity
Address: 40 Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA, 1880, USA. Phone: 781-213-5200. Email: attunity@attunity.com. Web: http://www.attunity.com. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas; Web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VMVSE, Linux, Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other. Pricing options: One-time charge Company profile Attunity is a leading provider of enterprise data integration software. Using Attunitys products, companies can seamlessly connect to mainframe data sources, stream data changes across the enterprise, and federate heterogeneous information to achieve a single view of their business. Attunity Mainframe Integration Products enable companies to accelerate the integration initiatives that require interaction with mainframe systems, while dramatically reducing the cost of building and maintaining such solutions. Product/service information Attunity provides remote access, open interfaces, secure and highly reliable integration to all the major mainframe information systems including CICS, IMS/TM, IMS-DB, VSAM, DB2, Adabas and Natural: Attunity Connect allows seamless access to relational and non-relational legacy data for business intelligence and enterprise portals, and helps users to build .NET and J2EE applications that interoperate with legacy
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Baer Consulting
Address: 28154 Meadow Trail, Conifer, CO 80433, USA Phone: +1 303 838-3374 Email: contactbci@baer-consulting.com Web: http://www.baer-consulting.com Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, other Company profile Founded in 1982, Baer Consulting Inc. (BCI) provides mainframe systems software administration and management. BCIs primary business is to assist our national client base with selection, implementation, and administration of IBM compatible operating environments. Our clients range from small/medium businesses to Fortune 500 corporations.
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Barra Systems
Address: 25480 Halsey Rd, Brooksville, Florida 34601, USA Phone: +1 (352) 799 7126. Email: nigel.barrable@barrasystems.com Web: www.barrasystems.com Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: Programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, z/Linux. Non-mainframe platforms supported: System i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: one-time charge, monthly/annual license. Company profile Consulting services for all Enterprise Application Integration projects. Let us integrate all your applications across your enterprise in an efficient, reliable, and simple manner, using your existing tools and infrastructure. Specializing in Websphere MQ, CICS, web services, Soap, Java and Linux. Product/service information Specializing in the following areas : Application integration Cloud arhitecture Web services, Soap Websphere MQ Enterprise level QA / CM.
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Blenheim Software
Address 6 Forest Mews, Horsham, Sussex, RH12 4GG, UK Phone: 0870 240 6771 Email: info@blenheim-sw.co.uk Web: www.blenheim.sw.co.uk Activity: Software Vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, other Non- mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other Company Profile We supply companies with the ideal solution to their mainframe and non-mainframe technical software requirements. As such we have extensive experience of
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BMC Software
Address: 2101 Citywest Blvd, Houston, TX 77042, USA. Phone: +1 713 918 8800 or +1 800 793-4262 Web: http://www.bmc.com Sales contacts: America: www.bmc.com/contacts-locations/worldwide EMEA: www.bmc.com/contacts-locations/worldwide AsiaPac: www.bmc.com/contacts-locations/worldwide Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based, workload/usage based, other. Company profile BUSINESS RUNS ON I.T. I.T. RUNS ON BMC SOFTWARE.
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Address: c/ Isaac Newton, 1, office 42, Parque Tecnolgico de Madrid, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain. Phone: +34 902 104 934. Email: angel.gomez@go2bsecure.com. Web: http://www.go2bsecure.com.
Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: System management; data management; security; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390. Non-mainframe platforms supported: Linux; Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile Bsecure - The Mainframe & Security Company is a Spanish company that works in Spain and South America. We provide mainframe services and software distribution to the Spanish and Latin-America marketplace. We specialize in security services and mainframe products. In security we produce special services like hacking, security assessment, RACF administration and Top Secret to RACF conversions. Product/service information We support and work with particular expertise in the following areas: Vanguard Integrity Professionals, covering all aspects of mainframe security Host Systems products to address IBM Catalogs integrity. The main product is CIM (Catalog Information Manager). EPV Products. Performance and Capacity Planning products for all sizes of mainframe customers. Time Machine Products. Batch Performance products to measure and improve all kinds of productions executions doing more with less resources. Professional services and consulting for production environments.
Address: 129 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, MA 01803, USA. Phone: +1 781 272 8200. Email: sales@bustech.com. Web: http://www.bustech.com.
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Address: One CA Plaza, Islandia, NY 11749, USA. Phone: +1 631 342 6000. Web: www.ca.com. Sales contacts: America +1 800 225 5224. EMEA + 44 1753 577733. AsiaPac varies by country. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, VM/VSE, z/Linux. Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows. Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based, workload/usage based. Company profile CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at www.ca.com. Product/service information Next-Generation Mainframe Management from CA Technologies continues to address our customers most pressing needs to reduce costs and simplify management, while delivering innovative solutions that increase agility by: Embracing the next-generation hybrid architecture from IBM Enabling the mainframe in private and hybrid clouds Empowering the emerging hybrid IT workforce Integrating cross-enterprise management. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at www. ca.com/mainframe.
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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2012 Vendor Directory Canam Software Labs, Inc
Address: 5770 Hurontario Street Suite 310, Mississauga, ON LR 3G5 Canada Phone: +1 905 712 3840 Email: info@canamsoftware.com Web: www.canamsoftware.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe Platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux, Other Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile Canam Software Labs, Inc. is a Canadian global supplier of automated software development and integration solutions in the areas of XML, SOAP, JSON proicessing with COBOL or C. With customers in over 50 countries the company has a history of understanding and satisfying technology needs and gaps for the Global 2000 community. With extreme customer focus, aggressive execution and a dynamic work force Canam has enjoyed long term successful relationships with its customers in the areas of banking and finance, transportation, retail, defense, telecommunications and other fields. Product/service information Canam Software Labs, Inc. (Canam) is the developer and manufacturer of XML Thunder, an automated XML, SOAP and JSON software integration solution for COBOL and C language applications. Company profile CASI Software is a provider of software solutions to transform and deliver z/OS print content. Product/service information CASI Software has three main product lines: JES2Mail/JES2FTP transforms z/OS report content into PDF, HTML, RTF, .CSV, and XML, files and securely delivers results to users via email, FTP, and RSS web feeds. JES2Mail/JES2FTPs report content processing and PDF overlay capabilities enable creation of advanced, final-form PDF output to replace printing and other information delivery methods. CICS2PDF/zOS2PDF transforms real-time CICS information into PDFs and delivers that information to users via email or directly to users via web-enabled CICS application. Mail2ZOS / FTPSweeper is mainframe software that receives email contents and attachments or retrieves files from designated servers or FTP sites; decodes, processes and stores these emails, attachments and files into MVS datasets; dynamically composes job streams for execution; and sends e-mail or text message notifications regarding mainframe processing status.
CASI Software
Address: 10231 Slater Avenue, Suite 117 Fountain Valley, CA 92708, USA. Phone: +1 800 378 1109. Email: info@casisoft.com Web: www.casisoft.com Activity: Software vendor. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other.
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Address: 736 Fox Hollow Road, Afton, VA 22920, USA Phone: +1 540 456 8210 Email: bshimizu@colesoft.com. Web: http://www.colesoft.com. Sales Contacts America: 1 800 XDC 5150 EMEA +1-928-771-2003. AsiaPac +1-928-771-2003. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Programming/testing. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS. Pricing options: Workload/usage based. Company profile Cole Software is dedicated to the continued development of powerful software for sophisticated mainframe programmers. Many of the industrys foremost programmers use Cole Softwares core product, z/XDC, the indispensable debugging tool for Assembler programs. Cole Software is an Advanced Business Partner in the IBM PartnerWorld program. Product/service information Cole Software announced the availability of a beta test program for z/XDC release z1.10 in August 2008. This latest beta version of z/XDC includes support for IBM System z10 processor machine instructions and A La Carte configuration options. A major enhancement available with z/XDC z1.10 is the support for displaying and debugging IBM C/C++ programs with the new c/XDC Feature. This feature is seamlessly integrated into the existing z/XDC technology.
Address: 3010 Grand Concourse, New York, NY 10458, USA Phone: +1 718-733-1861 Email: jcmcgil@attglobal.net. Activity: Consultant.
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Compute (Bridgend)
Address: 8, Merthyr Mawr Road, Bridgend CF31 3NH, UK Phone: +44 (0)1656 652222. E-mail: admin@cbl.com Web: http://www.cbl.com Activity : Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; programming/testing; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/LInux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: System i, AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based, other Company profile Since its inception in 1970, Compute (Bridgend) Ltd has become respected internationally for its commitment to the production of system software, mainly for IBM Mainframe Computers. CBLs objective is to continue to produce software for the user which is easy to use yet provides fast and powerful data handling. Product/service information The SELCOPY Product Suite includes the powerful SELCOPY batch utility language in which new applications can be developed more easily than using compiled languages such as Cobol but executing at comparable speeds. Complementing the SELCOPY batch utility programming tool is SELCOPYi which offers a modern windows style interface providing multiple edit sessions supporting both ISPF and Xedit features.
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Compuware Corporation
Address: Compuware Corporation, One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226, USA Phone: +1 313 227 7300. Web: http://www.compuware.com Sales contacts America: 1-800-COMPUWARE EMEA: +44 1753 444000 / info@uk.compuware.com. Activity : Software vendor.
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ConicIT
Address: 20 Ben Gurion St, Givat shmuel, Israel Phone: +972 3 7341327. Email: info@conicit.biz.
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CONNX Solutions products, CONNX, CONNX DataSync, and InfoNaut Professional, have been implemented by over 3,000 organizations worldwide. Government and business entities use CONNX and CONNX DataSync in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, education, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, aerospace, and information technology. Product/service information CONNX for IMS, VSAM, DB2 and Adabas CONNX provides real-time, read/write, SQL access to mainframe data source, using open data access standards (ODBC, OLE DB, JDBC and .NET). With CONNX, companies can connect to various enterprise or departmental mainframe databases using any standards-based compliant tool/application. CONNX allows companies to integrate multiple relational and nonrelational data sources, no matter where they reside. As a result, a single SQL view of the data is presented as if it exists in a single relational database. CONNX DataSync CONNX DataSync is a change data capture tool that captures incremental changes from mainframe source databases (IMS, VSAM, DB2 and Adabas) and delivers them at user-defined intervals to single or multiple database targets. This is done in a fraction of the time required by full extracts. Several functions can be performed with CONNX DataSync: Data extracts, transformation and scheduled or on-demand full reloads and incremental updates. CONNX DataSync can be used to support Business Intelligence or event-driven business process management applications.
CopperEye Ltd
Address: Suite 47, Aztec Center, Almondsbury, Bristol BS32 4TD, UK Phone: +44 (0) 1454 203610 Email: contact@coppereye.com
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Address: 22 Maskit St, POB 12897, Hertzelia 46733, Israel. Phone: +972 9 9540470 Email: sales@csl-int.com. Web: http://www.csl-int.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, VM/VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: Linux Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based, other Company profile CSL International provides software services to the enterprise market for the last 5 years. Our engineers combine zSeries (z/VM and z/OS) internals skills as well as very strong Linux abilities. These combined skill set allowed us to respond to the industry need for a simple yet powerful virtualization management solution that makes the zSeries the perfect infrastructure for virtual Linux server farms - We call this solution: CSL-WAVE. Product/service information CSL-WAVE is a best-of-breed simplification, provisioning, and management solution for zSeries- based virtual server farms running Linux. CSL-WAVE answers all the expressed needs of our customers in terms of simplification and effective management. CSLWAVE targets the emerging need for management of sophisticated virtual server environments such as Clouds and large consolidation projects. Our solution provides a graphical representation of the virtual data center with advanced expert system abilities. CSL-WAVE enables management of every virtual object and operation procedure of the virtual server farms: server attributes and server cloning, network switches, disk storage and storage quotas, script management and much more. One of the most important value points CSL-WAVE provides our customers is freedom from the need that Linux sys-admins must have z/VM skills. Using CSL-WAVE
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CSC
Address: Royal Pavillion, Wellesley Road, Aldershot, Hants GU11 1PZ, UK. Phone: +44 (0) 1257 236017. Email: dmcmahon@csc.com. Web: http://www.csc.com. Activity: Outsourcer. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, VM/VSE, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions and Services, the Managed Services Sector, and the North American Public Sector. CSCs advanced capabilities include systems design and integration, information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support, and management consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 92,000 employees and reported revenue of $16.2 billion for the 12 months ended July 3, 2009.
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Address: 2460 Lancaster Rd, Ottawa, ON K1B 4S5, Canada. Phone: 613-523-5500 Email: kallingham@dkl.com Web: http://www.dkl.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Data management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux
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Address: 8378 Six Forks Rd, Suite 203, Raleigh, NC 27615, USA. Phone: +1 919 676 0847. Email: sales@dignus.com. Web: http://www.dignus.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: Monthly/annual license
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DTS Software
Address: 4350 Lassiter at North Hills Ave, Suite 235, Raleigh, NC 27609, USA Phone: +1 919 833 8426 Email: info@DTSsoftware.com Web: www.DTSsoftware.com Sales contacts: America +1 770 922 2444 Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Storage management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: Other Company profile DTS Software is recognized as a worldwide leader in enterprise storage management technology. From the original industry-standard Space Recovery System (SRS) that eliminates storage-related production failures, to the advanced Virtual Tape interface of the DLm Control Center (DCC), DTS products are noted for their sophistication, reliability, and ease-of-use. Our integrated suite of products help organizations to monitor, manage and control your storage subsystems. For over 20 years, we have specialized in these storage solutions and have developed them for the IBM z/OS, Hitachi VOS3, and Fujitsu MSP operating systems. Our corporate headquarters are located in Raleigh, NC and our products are sold in the US and Canada through our sales office in Conyers, GA. We distribute our products worldwide through a network of international distributors who cover all the major international markets. We are dedicated to providing reliable designs, technical innovations and a commitment to excellence. Product/service information DTS Software is recognized as a worldwide leader in enterprise storage management technology. Our family of products provides an integrated suite of storage management programs that allow you to get the most out of your storage dollars. Our products improve disk space utilization, prevent storage-related errors, allow installations to monitor the storage subsystem in real time, and proactively control the use of storage space. From the original industry-standard Space Recovery System (SRS) that eliminates storage-related production failures, to the advanced allocation of ACC, to the modernization of assembler exits via EASY/Exit, to the innovative storage monitoring using MONitor and Explorer
DPI Software
Address: P.O Box 14613, Lenexa, KS 66215, USA. Phone: +1 919 426 6518 Email: ronp@filemarvel.com Web: http://www.filemarvel.com Sales contacts: America +1 913-599-7987; dpisoft@kc.rr.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Data management; programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: n/a Pricing options: One-time charge; monthly/annual license; processor/capacity-based Company profile DPI Software is a software development company dedicated to making z/OS and the IBM mainframe a usable platform for many years to come. We focus solely on developing system software for z/OS. Our tools have been available for many years, especially FileMarvel which has over a hundred Fortune 500 users around the world. We believe that mainframe software should be affordable and that maintenance fees should include automatic upgrades to new versions of the software. Product/service information FileMarvel Use FileMarvel to look at and maintain any kind of dataset VSAM, SAM, BDAM or source, JCL etc in a PDS. Even tape. Things you can do to your datasets using FileMarvel include browsing, editing, changing the layout, copying, sorting/merging, printing and allocating datasets. Displays can be formated in a number of ways including hex, character and (of particular interest to application programmers) laid out to match a copy member. DumpMarvel DumpMarvel is an ISPF-based abend dump formatter and analyzer that helps you analyze a z/OS application or system program abend quickly. z/OS or MVS dump analysis becomes a breeze because you can find your way around the dump more quickly, locate storage areas, and skip irrelevant control blocks. For new programmers, it provides a more logical and less daunting view of a program dump. For experienced programmers, it increases the amount of information that can be obtained from a complex application or system software dump.
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EPV Technologies
Address: Viale Luigi Mancinelli 106, Rome, Italy Phone: +39 0686399398. Email: epv.info@epvtech.com. Web: www.epvtech.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge Company profile EPV Technologies is an Italian company based in Rome and Milan. It was founded in June 2003 with the goal of developing and selling the EPV line of products. EPV Technologies mission is to develop products that provide high-quality and ready-to-use information to customers allowing them to give a better service and save money by improving their Capacity Management processes. EPV Technologies founders have more than 25 years experience mostly in Capacity Management projects. They built a very strong technical background working for many years for Boole & Babbage, BMC Software, SAS Institute, and then as independent consultants. Since the beginning, EPV Technologies sponsors and presents at major technical conferences in Europe such as CMG and GSE in Austria, Germany, Italy, and UK. EPV Technologies partners: Benny Tal Marketing Software Solutions in Israel and Northern Europe Inspired Solutions in UK and Ireland JVL in France Senmesoft in Canada SoftPlex Inc. in Japan TPS-DATA in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. ECCOX in Brazil and other SA countries.
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EZ Legacy Limited
Address: Missenden Abbey Management Centre, London Road, Great Missenden, Bucks HP16 0BO, UK Phone: +44 1494 867981 Email: info@ezlegacy.com. Web: www.ezlegacy.com. Sales contacts: America usinfo@ezlegacy.com EMEA emeainfo@ezlegacy.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Asset and change management; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, VM/VSE, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, Unix, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other Company profile Established in 2003 and now with more than 50 customers worldwide, EZLegacy is a market leader in application understanding and measurement addresings 95% of mainframe systems users globally. We have a proven track record of value delivery with high profile clients such as Standard Bank, Maybank, Thomson Reuters, JAL and CA plus strategic partnerships with large software and services providers such as CA, SAP, Serena, IBM, CSC and Axiomme EZSource is a unique, fully integrated product suite which provides robust, automated analysis and metrics for the end to end application lifecycle. This enables our customers to deliver tangible business value by reducing costs, improving quality and prioritising future IT spend. Product/service information Using EZSource, our customers have delivered cost savings in the order of : Planning and Assessment, 50 to 80% Design, Development and Testing, 30 to 50% Support and Maintenance, 30 to 40% Documentation, 60 to 90%. EZSource:Analyze automates source code analysis to deliver a deep, accurate and context driven analysis, integrated through a common repository to give you the right information at the right point in the lifecycle.
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Flynet Limited
Address: King William House, Burwell, Cambs CB25 0DU, UK Phone: +44 1638 611111 Email: Sales@FlynetViewer.com. Web: www.FlynetViewer.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, zLinux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other Company profile Is your strategy in place when it comes to web, cloud, BYOD, etc? Are you torn between creating new feature-rich web-based applications and continuing with writing new, fast, low-cost, green-screen applications? Are faced with a diminishing pool of mainframe application expertise? Is there a constant demand for new mainframe services? FlynetViewer is the leading solution for modernising and integrating mainframe applications with web and internetbased technologies. It allows you to do far more with less mainframe expertise and IT budget. As pioneers of integrating new technologies with mainframe and legacy screen based applications, Flynet developers were responsible for creating the first dial-up terminal emulator, the first mainframe to internet gateway, and most recently the worlds first cloud-ready terminal emulator. Since 1994 Flynet has been supporting a global and varied customer base supporting solutions with 10 to 10,000 users.
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Supports legacy Assembler and COBOL at the source level and all application code in the QR at the object level with source assist for C and PL/1. First product to implement storage fetch logic to pinpoint where an application can appear to produce incorrect results intermittently. Green screen menu driven for programmers getting started. Continually supporting CICS installations worldwide since 1974
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GT Software
Address: 235 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA Phone: +1 404-253-1300 Email: sales@gtsoftware.com Web: http://www.gtsoftware.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: Other Company profile GT Software serves the largest mainframe organizations over half of Fortune 1000 companies are customers delivering the most productive and comprehensive toolset on the market. GT Softwares longstanding positive customer relationships demonstrate the quality of our products and people, and our ongoing ability to deliver real, usable solutions to meet customer needs. GT Softwares product strategy is to continue to provide unparalleled capability to leverage the mainframes proven functionality, power, stability, and performance to its fullest potential. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Atlanta, GT Software is a privately held company that is currently represented in the U.S., Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa and South America. Product/service information For more than 20 years, GT Software has delivered mainframe integration solutions that are simple to use, without sacrificing sophisticated results. The Ivory product family from GT Software is the latest example of our mainframe innovation. Ivory is an integrated toolset that enables rapid Service Oriented
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HORIZONT
Address: Garmischer Str. 8, 80339 Munich, Germany Phone: +49 89 540 162 0 Email: info@horizont.it.com Web: http://www.horizont-it.com Sales contacts: America info@segus.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; storage management; asset and change management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based, other
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IBM
Address: New Orchard Road, Armonk, New York 10504, USA Phone: +1 914 499 1900 Web: www.ibm.com/contact/us/en/query Sales contacts (hardware): America Ernie Fernandez +1 914 642 3713 EMEA Martina Koederitz +33 1 41885653 AsiaPac Sheddrick Harrison +81 3 5572 2728 Sales contacts (software): America Dot Alexander +1 914 642 4952 EMEA David Wilson +44 1256 344682 AsiaPac Erik Elzerman +65 6418 2230 Activity: Hardware and Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge; monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other. Company profile IBM is the worlds largest information technology company. Measured by revenue, it is the biggest provider of IT services ($43B), hardware ($28B) and rental and financing ($3B). 2003 revenues were $89B. IBM has approximately 319,000 employees and conducts business in some 170 countries.
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Identity Forge
Address: 5885 Cumming Hwy, Suite 108-350, Atlanta GA 30518, USA. Phone: +1 678 266 3399 x201. Email: info@identityforge.com Web: www.identityforge.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license Company profile Identity Forge (IdF) is a leading provider of identity and access management solutions for mainframe, midrange and/or other legacy systems. Our solutions securely provide real-time bi-directional password and identity synchronization and communication between mainframe, midrange and legacy systems with identity management systems, web services or enterprise applications. IdF has been providing Identity and Access Management solutions and services for mainframe, midrange and legacy systems since 2001. Building upon IdFs core technology Pioneer & Voyager Agents and the LDAP Gateway. Identity Forge has recently released its vendor editions. The new vendor editions provide out of the box integration along with a complete set of enterprise class features for most of todays leading identity management vendors. Identity Forges solutions and services are used worldwide. Our solutions are being used by Norfolk Southern Corporation, GE Healthcare, The Boeing Company, HBOS PLC, Charles Schwab, ING House, KK Bank, Country Wide, Scott Trade, JM Family Enterprises, Inc., Embarq and many others. Product/service information The Advance Adapter provides native real-time collection of identity events and bi-directional issuance of
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InfoSec Inc
Address: 14001-C St. Germain Drive, Suite 809, Centreville, VA 20121, USA. Phone: +1 703 825 1202 Email: sales@infosecinc.com Web: http://www.infosecinc.com Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; security; programming/testing; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 ,VM/ VSE, Linux Pricing options: Monthly/annual license Company profile InfoSec Inc provides high-quality software and services to mainframe customers resulting in increased operational efficiencies, improved compliance and decreased costs. Our goal is to help you to leverage your mainframe investment. Product/service information InfoSec provides mainframe consulting resources to help our customers continue to leverage their mainframe investment. Our specialty is mainframe security and compliance, but we can perform any mainframe-related services including systems programming, database
Informatica Corporation
Address: 100 Cardinal Way, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA. Phone: +1 650 385 5000 (800-970-1179 in the USA). Web: http://www.informatica.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Data management; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license Company profile Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is a leading provider of enterprise data integration software. Using Informatica products, companies can access, integrate, migrate and consolidate enterprise data across systems, processes and people to reduce complexity, ensure consistency and empower the business. More than 2,100 companies worldwide rely on Informatica for their end-toend enterprise data integration needs.
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Interskill Learning
Address: 11770 Haynes Bridge Road, Suite 205 PMB 526, Alpharetta, GA 30004, USA. Phone: +1 770 407 2269 Email: sales@interskill.com Web: http://www.interskill.com Activity: Education Specialist areas: System management; data management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 ,VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: Linux Pricing options: Monthly/annual license Company profile Experience Since 1993 across a client base of over 1,500 companies, including over 60% of the Fortune 100 we have proven our expertise at developing and delivering training solutions that form the backbone of our clients employee training on these mission critical systems. We have always prided ourselves on being entrusted with a task of such importance. We are the only eLearning provider with current, technical training for the IBM z/OS, midrange space. We will continue to manage our development projects with an emphasis on maintaining currency while expanding into topics that are relevant to the mainstream IBM mainframe shops across North America. Our alliances are primarily with third party LMS (Learning Management System) providers such as SumTotal, Knowledge Planet, Thinq, and Pathlore that enable us to integrate our content with their platforms. Product/service information Products & Solutions Interskills offerings include a comprehensive range of products: zSeries, iSeries, and Unix Courseware: The industrys most comprehensive, technology-based education
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iTech-Ed Ltd
Address: iTech-Ed House, 16 Brinkworth Close, Chippenham, Wilts SN14 0TL, UK Phone: +44 1249 443256. Email: trevor@itech-ed.com. Web: http://www.itech-ed.com. Activity: Consultant. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, Windows Company profile iTech-Ed Ltd provides a source of highly technical information and expertise for people using IBM mainframes, servers, the Internet, mid-range computers, PCs, and tablet devices. iTech-Ed provides consultancy on a wide variety of mainframe-related areas, produces technical articles and White Papers on current trends in computing, performs software reviews, writes up research in technical areas, and edits marketing copy to avoid ambiguities and eliminate any technical errors. The company can also provide in-house training (with documentation) in a variety of mainframe-related areas, as well as Microsoft Office training. iTech-Ed also designs and creates Web sites to fit W3C standards. CEO Trevor Eddolls work in the mainframe community has been recognized and he has been awarded the prestigious title of IBM Champion. Regular blogs can be found at mainframeupdate.blogspot. com and the Destination Z Web site. Articles have appeared regularly in technical journals and on Web sites. Since 2004 iTech-Ed Ltd has offered motivational training for staff as well help with personal development and life coaching.
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Logicalis UK
Address: 110 Buckingham Avenue, Slough, Berks SL1 4PF, UK Phone: +44 (0) 01753 777200 Email: info@logicalis.com Web: http://www. logicalis.com Activity: Hardware vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: System i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual licence, processor/capacity based, workload/usage based Company profile Logicalis is an international IT solutions and managed services provider with a breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration; data centre and cloud services; and managed services. With its international headquarters in the UK, Logicalis Group employs nearly 2,500 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures and data centre solutions to meet the needs of over 5,000 corporate and public sector customers. Logicalis partners with Cisco, HP, IBM, and Microsoft on an international basis and has specialised solutions for enterprise and medium sized companies in the financial services, retail, manufacturing, and professional service sectors helping these companies benefit from cutting-edge technologies in a cost effective way. We also work with Service Providers and many public sector organisations in local government, education and healthcare. The Logicalis Group has annualised revenues of over $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, Latin America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications service providers, specialising in the areas of advanced technologies and services.
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Looksoftware
Address: 9/622 Ferntree Gullu Road, Wheelers Hill, Melbourne, Australia Phone: 61 3 9535 4444. Email: info@looksoftware.com Web: http://www.looksoftware.com Sales contacts: America: 678-354-1094, toddf@looksoftware.com EMEA: 61 3 9535 4444, kimf@looksoftware.com AsiaPac: 61 3 9535 4444, kimf@looksoftware.com. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/VSE Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity based, workload/usage based Company profile Dynamic application modernization and integration solutions for customers and application vendors. Our on-the-fly architecture automates the modernization process, requiring no changes to your back-end System z applications. Front-end modernization supporting: Rich, thin and mobile multi-channel GUIs Integration with virtually any desktop, web and backend application Delivery of core applications in popular UIs like Outlook and Google Integration with most portals Offline support. Back-end modernization supporting: Creation of SOA compliant Web services from unchanged back-end applications Two-way Web services support DDM, ADO, RPC, 5250, 3270 support. Composite Solutions Environment: Supports on-the-fly delivery of new solutions Assemble composite application components with external applications and services.
Longpela Expertise
Address: 1 Lilly Street, South Fremantle WA 6162, Australia Phone: +61 404 757 821 Email: info@longpelaexpertise.com.au Web: http://www.longpelaexpertise.com.au Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: System management; programming/ testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, other Company profile We provide mainframe technical and systems programming consulting services throughout Australia, South Asia, and South Africa. We have over 18 years experience in System z mainframes and related systems software including z/OS, CICS, and IMS. Product/service information Longpela Expertise offer three service streams: 1 Systems programming services. Our consultants can cover for systems programmers on leave, perform assembler programming projects, assist with skills such as dump reading and performance analysis, or simply add an extra resource to get a project moving. General Mainframe technical advice to groups such as auditors, managers, and non-mainframe technical people. We can answer your Mainframe questions, and help you control your project. From a one hour phone call to longer term on-site projects, we can provide an expert to use when and where you need.
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Macro 4
Address: The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 4SS, UK Phone: +44 1293 872000 Email: market@macro4.com Web: http://www.macro4.com Sales contacts: America: +1 800 766 6224 market.usa@macro4.com EMEA: as UK AsiaPac: as UK Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, Unix, Linux Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile For your critical business applications, Macro 4 is the software specilaist that enables performance improvement by making the complex simple. Organizations are often hindered by the unnecessary IT complexity which results from business growth and technology evolution. Our philosophy is to derive enhanced performance by making the complex simple. This approach has come about through a dedication to understanding user needs developed during the 40 years we have been serving our customers. Macro 4 solutions: Assist IT operations to analyze and fix failures in mission critical applications, quickly and efficiently. Allow developers to interactively develop, troubleshoot and resolve program errors with unprecedented speed. Deliver files and test data to developers, allowing a precise and secure testing and debugging environment. Measure and report on application performance, quickly identifying opportunities for performance improvement.
Product/service information Macro 4s solutions are a world-leading range of software tools that increase operational efficiency in IBMs mainframe environments. Today, these solutions
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Mainframe Co Ltd
Address: ul. Zielona 18, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland Phone: +48 22 7156950 Email: info@mainframe.pl Web: http://www.mainframe.pl Activity: Integrator Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license Company profile Independent software vendor, professional services, outsourcing of mainframe enviroment generally everything about your mainframe environment.
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Disaster and local recovery The Backup and Recovery Manager suite provides powerful, flexible tools for managing and recovering data sets through tracking MVS backup utilities Catalog Baseline supports the empty catalog methodology at the disaster recovery site, providing you with a simpler, cleaner solution. SYSchange backs up, inventories, protects and provides change control for libraries at the member level.
Maintec Technologies
Address: 8311 Brier Creek Pkwy, Suite 105 #513, Raleigh, NC 27617, USA
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Mainframe-on-Demand (Mainframe Access on Pay-per-use Model) Maintec provides affordable access to latest Mainframe infrastructure for development, training, additional short term capacity increases and outsourcing needs. Clients leverage Maintecs Mainframe infrastructure, without investing the time, expense and manpower it would take to build their own! Key Benefits: Mainframe-on-Demand model lets enterprises to have Mainframe access on a very cost effective Pay-per-Use Model. Solution to temporary spikes or long term increase in the capacity demands or both on your application delivery infrastructure.
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Micro Focus
Address: 22-30 Old Bath Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 1QN, UK Phone: +44 1635 32646. Web: http://www.microfocus.com.
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Micro Focus SOA Express Unlocks embedded business processes in existing mainframe applications and delivers them to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) through Web services. Uses your existing mainframe skills and processes No proprietary middleware infrastructure Integration with all major platforms, including WebSphere IBM Ready for SOA certified. Micro Focus Data Express Manages test data to allow you to meet data privacy and performance needs. Automatically extracts a representative and anonymous subset of data Respects referential integrity for high quality testing Supports compliance with international regulatory standards and laws such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and EU Data Privacy.
MOST Technologies
Address: 4, Haharash str., Hod-Hasharon 45244, Israel Phone: +972-3-9115511. Email: info@mosttechnologies.com. Web: www.mosttechnologies.com. Sales contacts: America: MOST Technologies, Inc, 400 Northridge Road, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30350, USA, Tel: (678) 420-7470. AsiaPac: MOST Technologies Japan K.K.#301 1-1416 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 106-0031, Tel: (81) 3 5412-8662, Fax: (81) 3 5412-8664, Email: info@ mosttechnologies.co.jp. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other
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Address: 14301 FNB Parkway, Suite 400, Omaha, Nebraska 68154, USA Phone: +1 800-640-4674. Email: dnassif@msiinet.com. Web: http://www.msiinet.com. Activity: Integrator. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile MSI Systems Integrators is a leading provider of comprehensive information technology solutions that combine hardware, software and services. From storage, networking, and servers to enterprise software, output management, data center solutions, consulting and services, MSI enables information technology for business. MSI uses its deep technical skills and partnerships with technology leaders to help companies become more responsive, productive, and resilient. Product/service information MSI Systems Integrators offers the complete breadth and depth of IBM product offerings, including all mainframe systems and applications. There are several key areas where MSI can provide best-of-breed solutions, including: security management balancing risk of exposure and user access is a difficult challenge for many organizations. Working with partners like Vanguard and Stonesoft, MSI can help you assess your exposures and implement an enterprise security strategy to meet the needs of your business as well as meeting government and industry requirements. server consolidation combining workloads onto fewer systems creates unique security and management issues. By incorporating firewall and VPN solutions from Stonesoft, MSI can implement a secure network within your zSeries system that leverages the speed of internal communications versus external connections
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Address: 155 East Main Avenue, Suite 130 Morgan Hill, CA 9503, USA Phone: +1 408 201 7000 (or 800 421 5035 toll-free in North America). Email: info@newera.com. Web: http://www.newera.com. Sales contacts: EMEA: Fitz Software +353 21 4832131/sales@ fitzsoftware.com. AsiaPac: Serus Software Zolutions +61 2 6234 8014/ russell.pantlin@ssz.com.au. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; asset and change management; security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based Company profile NewEra Software, Inc. was founded in 1989 with the specific goal of developing, marketing, and supporting innovative system management software tools and services. Thanks to the continued support of thousands of systems professionals worldwide that have come to depend on NewEra and its z/OS tools - Stand Alone Environment (SAE) and Image Control Environment (ICE), which includes Image FOCUS, The Control Editor, New z/ OS Release Analysis, NoTSO, IPLCheck, and StepOne. NewEra is an active participant at many z/OS-centric Conferences, including SHARE, GUIDE SHARE EUROPE, IBM System z Technical University, and ISACA. It is a member of several IBM ISV programs, Destination z, and a supporter of IDCP, an educational initiative at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Product/service information Image FOCUS is an Image Control Environment (ICE) application whose primary function is to provide Inspection and Baseline Services to z/OS, its subsystems and parallel sysplex. It monitors, detects and reports on changes made and, goes one step further to verify the changes for syntactical correctness and referential integrity following its Virtual IPL. Another ICE application, The Control Editor, will ensure z/OS baselines are maintained, configuration changes, both staged and dynamic, are identified and changes to the policies that dictate the operation of the sites External Security Manager do not go unnoticed. New Release Analysis accurately simulates the operational environment of every available release of z/OS. It helps begin your migration to any new level of z/OS and reduces the time and expense by at least 50%. IPLCheck is an integrated set of Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) Health Checks that evaluate z/OS configuration settings against Industry Best Practices to pinpoint the causes of potential system initialization failures. StepOne has been designed specifically for IS Auditors facing the challenge of auditing IBMs zEnterprise and z/OS. NoTSO gives users access to ISPF when MVS is down and they have no access to JES, VTAM and/or TSO. Stand Alone Environment (SAE) provides immediate access to system datasets without an active MVS system. It has five integrated applications including Fast DASD Erase, used to completely erase mission-critical, personal, financial and healthcare data at the end of Disaster Recovery (DR) tests and when decommissioning DASD, in accordance with many governmental and industry regulations and standards.
Address: Suite 885, 279 Balestier Road, #01-01 Balestier Point, Singapore 329727 Phone: (65)9626-7045 Email: peter@ogsconsult.com Web: www.ogsconsult.com Activity: Systems integrator/VAR Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/VSE Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based , workload/usage based, other Company profile OGS Consulting Pte Ltd covers Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and China supporting mainframe sites to provide training, consultancy, and legacy migration services related to the z/OS and z/VSE platform. OGS also partners with principals for software distribution of database, performance, and utility tools. Product/service information OGS provides training in the mainframe environment including z/OS, JCL, VSAM, CICS, and COBOL. Legacy migrations include migrations between databases and/or platforms (one of which is the mainframe). Software tools include DB2 z/OS database tools for performance, administration, and backup/recovery. Other tools include storage management, tuning, and productivity add-ons.
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datasets are moved whether they are on DASD, physical tape or virtual tape. Data collection is unobtrusive and does not interfere with production. Non-destructive, repetitive testing can be done to allow for verification of results before switching production from one data center to another. Only data changed between repetitions is collected for the next test. The repetitive testing process allows the user to revert to the original production system in the event of unexpected results thus ensuring uninterrupted production. Products include DR Automation DASD Backup Supervisor (DBS) automates the process of building JCL to create and recover DASD full volume backups and stack them on high density tape media. DBS automates replication technologies such as TimeFinder, Snapshot, and Flashcopy. Virtual Data Recovery (VDR) duplicates and catalogues ATL or VTL resident datasets for disaster recovery and data availability. VDR LE is similar to VDR but is especially designed to provide a reliable DR solution for the new breed of tapeless VTL products from IBM, EMC, Bus-Tech, and others. DR/Xpert automatically identifies, backs up and recovers critical mainframe application data. It eliminates redundant backups, thereby making the most effective use of your backup resources. DR/Xpert complements popular mirroring technologies. It also audits and tracks application backups for compliance requirements and offers selective encryption capability to protect your companys data. Tape Storage Management Tape/Copy (T/C) offers dataset stacking to consolidate tapes, tape migration from one format to another, media refresh, and ATL/VTL management. Performance Optimization Virtual Tape Advanced Recall (VTAR) provides an efficient and flexible process to ensure that virtual tape datasets required by applications are in the VTL cache when called, thus eliminating delays caused by waiting for backend recalls on the VTL. HSM Advanced Recall (HSM/AR) performs a function similar to VTAR for HSM migrated datasets to improve production run times for applications calling HSM datasets that have been migrated due to HSM policies. Data Security CopyCrypt (CC) is a data encryption solution that compresses and encrypts tape data for secure offsite storage or delivery to other organizations.
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highest level of capability in terms of availability, scalability, and low-cost computing. Oracle Database RAC supports the transparent deployment of a single database across a cluster of servers, providing fault tolerance from hardware failures or planned outages. RAC provides scalability using any hardware, regardless if you prefer small systems or large boxes. For application relability, scalability and availability, Oracle offers the Oracle WebLogic Application Grid. Oracle WebLogic Application Grid works with any application server including Oracle WebLogic Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server, and JBoss Application Server or in a pure grid environment without an application server
PDFlib GmbH
Address: Tal 40, 80331 Munich, Germany. Phone: +49 89 29164687 Email: info@pdflib.com Web: http://www.pdflib.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management; storage management; security; Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, others Pricing options: One-time charge, processor/capacitybased Company profile Munich-based PDFlib GmbH, founded in 2000, develops leading edge development tools for server-centric generation and processing of PDF documents. Customers of PDFlib GmbH are using the software for automated and high volume generation and processing of PDF documents in business and prepress workflows or for online billing systems. The development tools of PDFlib GmbH are readily available for all common environments of operating systems and programming languages. PDFlib GmbH operates worldwide with main markets in North America, Germany and Japan. PDFlib GmbH is led by Thomas Merz, internationally renowned expert on PDF. Product/service information The PDFlib Product Family PDFlib is the leading developer toolbox for generating and manipulating files in Adobes well-known Portable Document Format (PDF).
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Address: 345 North Canal, Ste C202, Chicago, IL 60606, USA. Phone: +1 312 756 1000 Email: info@pirgroupinc.com Web: http://www.pirgroupinc.com Activity: Integrator Specialist areas: Web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5 Pricing options: One-time charge Company profile PIR Group specializes in the development of automated migration utilities. These tools assist companies in modernizing their applications by allowing them to move off the mainframe. PIR Group has partnered with multiple IBM business partners to provide customers with a total computing solution. Product/service information COBOL KeePIR for the AS/400 automates the conversion of legacy applications. Mainframe CICS online / batch programs are converted into native AS/400 COBOL, DDS and CLP. MVS/VSE JCL is converted into AS/400 CL. The mainframe database is duplicated under DB2/400. COBOL KeePIRs use of native COBOL screen handlers guarantees identical functioning of the interactive screen and online processes. Automated conversion options can enhance the look of screens. Batch program processing time is reduced. The batch programs/reports function and look the same. The JCL is converted one for one while customization/flexibility has been built into the tool-set. Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile We are passionately committed to the maintenance and improvement of valuable legacy applications. We preserve investments in applications and staff. In doing so, we make an important contribution to the corporate success and continuity of our customers.PKS stands for: Intelligent Tools Made in Germany: We achieve a high degree of automation with custom-tailored tools of the highest quality. This guarantees optimal costeffectiveness at minimal risk for customers around the world. Implementation Expertise: We have a high degree of specialized knowledge, traction, and are true gogetters. We not only look for solutions, but we also implement them. Mutual collaboration: From our experience, we know that 1 + 1 = 3: The combination of application and technological know-how is what makes our projects so successful. Accountability: Our customers trust us when it comes to the future of their most important applications. Both the owners and staff of PKS are aware of this responsibility and are personally dedicated to the success of projects.
Product/service information Optimizing Application Development Eclipse based IDEs (RDz); application understanding; improving code quality Adabas / Natural migration Adabas to RDBMS migration; Natural and Java coexistence; Web 2.0 for Natural MAPs Application transformation consolidation from 4GL to Cobol; zIIP Enablement - Cobol to Java; custom-made transformation solution.
PKS Software
Address: Georgstrae 15, 88214 Ravensburg, Germany. Phone: 0049 751/56140 229 Email: sales@pks.de Web: www.pks.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: System i
PKWARE
Address: 648 N. Plankinton Ave, Suite 220, Milwaukee, WI 53203, USA. Phone: +1 414 289 9788 Web: http://www.pkware.com Sales contacts: America: 1 888 4 PKWARE. EMEA: +44 (0) 207 470 2420 AsiaPac: +81 3 5456 5599
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Shadows unique exploitation of IBMs new mainframe specialty engines allows customers who have purchased the System z Integration Information Processor (zIIP) and System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP), the added benefit of diverting workloads to these unmeasured environments, which has the proven ability to dramatically lower Total Cost of Ownership by up to 99% and improve performance.
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Rocket Software
Address: 275 Grove Street Suite 3-410, Newton, MA 02466-2272, USA Phone: +1 (617) 614-4321 Web: www.rocketsoftware.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; programming/testing
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Address: Dralda House, 24-28 Crendon Street, High Wycombe, Bucks HP13 6LS, UK Phone: +44 (0)1494 45 13 13 Email : courses@rsm.co.uk Web: http://www.rsm.co.uk Activity: Training Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, Linux Pricing options: Monthly/annual license Company profile Founded in 1980, RSM is the UKs leading independent provider of technical education & training for users of IBM mainframe systems. Working in partnership with the British Computer Society (BCS), RSM has been instrumental in developing and launching the Mainframe Technology Professional series of examinations and qualifications. Product/service information Publicly presented and customised, one-company training and education courses covering such areas as: z/OS, CICS Transaction Server, DB2 for z/OS, WebSphere MQ, IMS TM & DB, WebSphere Application Server, TCP/IP for z/OS.
RSM Partners
Address: The Courtyard, Buntsford Drive,Stoke Pound, Bromsgrove, Worcs B60 3DJ, UK Phone: +44 (0)0870 050 1004 Email : info@rsmpartners.com Web: www.rsmpartners.com Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools ; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other Company profile RSM Partners specialises in IBMs System z (mainframe) platform. From the network and associated hardware, to the z/OS operating system through the various subsystems and associated middleware RSM leads the way in the UK with its specialised focus on the z platform. Over the years RSM has built a flawless reputation for consistently delivering a best practise approach: whether specific skills; technical consultancy; support services; software; or training. Commended by clients and IBM alike, RSM regularly receives high praise from senior management, not only for our professional conduct and approach, but for our industry knowledge and commercial awareness. Product/service information RSM is highly valued for our assured handling of software migrations; the implementation & deployment of IBM & 3rd party z software; and delivery of training.
SAS Institute
Address: SAS Institute Inc, 100 SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513-2414, USA Phone: +1 919 677 8000 International Headquarters: SAS Institute GmbH, PO.Box 105340, Neuenheimer Landstr. 28-30, 69043 Heidelberg, GERMANY Phone : +49 6221 4160 Web: http://www.sas.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management Company profile Business intelligence. With SAS business intelligence, you can integrate data from across your enterprise, and deliver fast access to self-service reporting and
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Address: 13, avenue de Verdun 92130 Issy Les Moulineaux, France. Phone: +33141383500. Email: info@scort;com. Web: http://www.scort.com. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Asset and change management; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based Company profile Scort is a major European software vendor specializing in mainframe applications integration in new Services Oriented Architectures (SOA). Product/service information SCORT solutions offer a unified and scalable bridge between mainframe and J2EE worlds, thus maximizing past and future investments.
StarTool DA provides intelligent dump analysis and debugging for mainframes. It helps diagnose the cause of ABEND conditions through automated dump diagnostics, interactive call tracing support, and dump archiving. StarTool FDM provides a comprehensive environment for editing and managing PDS, PDSE, sequential, extended
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Software AG
Address: Uhlandstrasse 12, 64297 Darmstadt, Germany Phone: +49 6151 92 0 Email: webinfo@softwareag.com Web: www.softwareag.com
Softlib Software
Address: 65th Yigal Alon St. Tel Aviv, Israel Phone: +972 3 5615190. Email: info@softlibsw.com. Web: http://www.softlibsw.com. Sales contacts: America: +1 551 226 6069 . EMEA: +32 477 202 911 . Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: System i, AIX, Other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual licence, other Company profile Softlib is a pioneer and leading provider of Knowledge Delivery and Management software, helping our customers accelerate time to resolution in their IT, support and helpdesk organizations. Our customers include financial organizations, insurance companies, government agencies, manufacturing companies, High Tech, Medical equipment, Telecom etc. Our intelligent software products help mainframe experts get to the right knowledge quickly and easily, thus improving productivity. Product/service information iSolve is the only technical reference covering all possible information sources - vendor technical information, Web news groups, Web forums and internal/corporate sources. iSolve for Mainframe covers abend codes, commands and all other essential information Mainframe experts need to get their job done. Built for system and application programmers, iSolve is delivered as a Cloud or On-
Sales contacts: America: www.softwareag.com/Corporate/contact_us See http://www.softwareag.com/Corporate/Company/ offices for offices worldwide. EMEA: www.softwareag.com/Corporate/contact_us AsiaPac: www.softwareag.com/Corporate/contact_us. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/ management; other. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: other Company profile Software AG is the global leader in Business Process Excellence. Our more than 40 years of innovation include the invention of the first high-performance transactional database, Adabas; the first business process analysis platform, ARIS; and the first B2B server and SOA-based integration platform, webMethods. We offer our customers end-to-end business process management (BPM) solutions. With our process-driven IT Modernization solution, we transform customers core applications into an adaptable and cost-efficient platform. Our industry-leading brands, ARIS, webMethods, Adabas, Natural, CentraSite and IDS Scheer Consulting, represent a unique portfolio encompassing: process strategy, design, integration and control; SOA-based integration and data management; process-driven SAP implementation; and strategic process consulting and services. Software AG had revenues of 1.1 billion in 2010 and has 5,500 employees serving 10,000 enterprise and public
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Address: Nibley House, Low Moor Road, Doddington Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN6 3JY, UK Phone: +44 (0)1522 881300 Email: marketing-info@software-europe.co.uk Web: http://www.software-europe.co.uk Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security, programming/testing, web
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Address: 1515 Second Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101, USA Phone: +1 619 849 2800. Email: sales@solimarsystems.com. Web: http://www.solimarsystems.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, Other Non-mainframe platforms supported: Windows, i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux Pricing options: One-time charge, Monthly/annual license Company profile Founded in 1991, Solimar Systems Inc is a leading developer of enterprise output management solutions for digital document creation, production and distribution environments. Installed in thousands of sites around the world, including nearly 40% of the Fortune 100, Solimar solutions satisfy a wide range of customer requirements by combining integrated connectivity, data stream transforms, print optimization, document re-engineering/repurposing and sophisticated print queue management with secure web-based document presentation, distribution and tracking. Experts in legacy and modern data streams, Solimar solutions provide essential infrastructure to organizations in a variety of industries including insurance, financial services, banking, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, healthcare, government, education, retail, manufacturing, utilities, distribution and print service bureaux.
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Sosa Cousins
Specialist areas: Data management; asset and change management; programming/testing; Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: Other Unix, Linux Pricing options: Monthly/annual license Company profile Sosa-Cousins, Inc is a hand- on InformationTechnology consulting firm with over 35 years of global experience in consulting and systems development for the financial, insurance, and travel industry. Our belief is that by using teamwork we can achieve the best load control management system tailored to your application. Expertise lies in:
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SV Group
Address: V. Ravnice 15,HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Phone: +385-1-2958742. Email: info@svgroup.hr. Web: http://www.svgroup.hr http://www.svgroup.hr/index_eng.html Sales contacts: EMEA: +385-1-2958745. Activity: Integrator. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; security; programming/testing; network performance/management; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge Company profile Based in Croatia, SV Group d.o.o. is a project-oriented information company founded in 1995, providing: design, implementation, security, management and maintenance of information technology solutions endto-end, application integration and business process optimization, solutions that connect the right people with the right information at the right time. We are an IBM Business Partner Solution Provider for IBM zSeries hardware, storage hardware and software, z/ OS software and IBM Passport Advantage software (DB2, Lotus, Rational, Tivoli, WebSphere). Product/service information Services include: sale of IBM zSeries z9 hardware, storage hardware and software, z/OS and Passport Advantage installation, customization and maintenance of z/OS and PA software consultancy and supervision of complex information projects design and implementation of standards and security in information systems provision of continuous availability and disaster recovery services
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Syspertec Communication
Address: 196 Bureaux de la Colline, 92213 Saint-Cloud Cedex, France Phone: +33 (0)1 46 02 60 42 Email: cominfo@syspertec.com Web: www.syspertec.com Sales contacts: America: (925) 937-5816 / info@syspertec.us. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Security; Web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, workload/usage based. Company profile SysperTec is an international software publisher of over 20 years of experience with on-the-fly protocol conversion between mainframe and heterogeneous servers and terminals. The company helps perpetuate life and value of the legacy enterprise applications by integrating new technologies (TCP/IP, HTML, XML...) that raise productivity and modernize ergonomics. SysperTec relies upon experts of 20 years experience in the development of software products to simplify the integration of enterprise applications and networks. These solutions facilitate interactive communication from/to mainframe applications and data. SysperTec has for objective to provide customized solutions that allow the seamless evolution of enterprise information systems including cost reduction, user comfort, high performance and simplicity of implementation. SysperTec has licensed over 300 products all over the world in banking, service, insurance, government, manufacturing, and distribution. Product/service information Web enabling solution: VIRTEL is a simple, fast, powerful, and cost-effective solution to help users extend legacy applications such as CICS, IMS or TSO to the Web, adapt their presentation and functionality, and reuse their proven core functions to
Systemwerx
Address: PO Box 1195, Bedford, MK42 8WY, UK Phone: +44 207 0606601. Email: sales@systemwerx.co.uk. Web: www.systemwerx.co.uk. Activity: Software vendor and consultancy. Specialist areas: System management, security, web integration and legacy reengineering tools. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows. Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile Systemwerx has, for over 10 years, provided our customers with solutions to their business needs. Our system specialists provide our customers with pratical experience in the development of business applications and exploiting operating system, networking, database, and cryptography across multiple platforms.
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TeamQuest Corporation
Address: One TeamQuest Way, Clear Lake, Iowa 50428, USA Phone: +1 641-357-2700 E-mail: info@teamquest.com Web: www.teamquest.com Sales contacts America: sales@teamquest.com EMEA: emea@teamquest.com AsiaPac: asiapacific@teamquest.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS., OS/390, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing Options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, other Company profile TeamQuest Corporation is the global leader in IT Service Optimization (ITSO). Specializing in software that helps IT organizations consistently meet service levels while minimizing costs, TeamQuest provides quick and accurate capacity modelling and performance solutions. Companies around the world trust TeamQuest to help them improve IT service delivery while mitigating risks, allowing them to proactively optimize IT resources while minimizing infrastructure costs. TeamQuest software is especially wellsuited for use in heterogeneous and virtualized computing environments. Complementing and supporting ITIL best practices, SOA and BSM goals, TeamQuest software can help organizations manage IT from both the business and IT perspectives. Product/service Information TeamQuest Performance Software is made up of a suite of four integrated products that help organizations optimize IT services, from performance management and reporting
T3 Technologies Inc
Address: 1408 Westshore Blvd, Tampa, Florida 33607, USA Phone: +1 813 288 9800. Email: info@t3t.com. Web: http://www.t3t.com. Sales contacts: EMEA: Concorde House, Trinity Park, Solihull, Birmingham B37 7UQ UK. Phone +44 (0) 121 635 5571 Activity: Integrator Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS,OS/390, VM/VSE, Linux Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license Company profile Since our inception in 1992, T3 has been dedicated to providing the mainframe community with more cost effective solutions than traditional systems. Our tServer is now the worlds best selling mainframe under 80 MIPS and has helped over 600 clients maintain and modernize their data centers.
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TechMaint, LLC
Address: 4360 Hanover Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27127, USA Phone: +1 336-724-1638 E-mail: techmaint@techmaint.com Web: www.techmaint.com Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; security; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Company profile TechMaint has a team of consultants that work in the z/ OS operating system space. Most consultants have over 30 years experience as system programmers. TechMaint is partners with major IT vendors that provide staff augmentation and also work on system type projects. MVS, OS/390, and z/OS maintenance and migrations including disaster recovery, security, and network. TechMaint has a group of Unix, AIX, Solaris, and application developers on the mainframe. Product/service Information TechMaint services consists of many years experience in the mainframe space including most third-party products. Security, disaster recovery, hardware installations, and most z/OS services.
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Trident Services
Address: 1260 41st Ave Suite K, Capitola Ca 95010, USA. Phone: +1 831 465 7661 Email: sales@triserv.com.
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TRILOGexpert
Address: Ammerthalstr. 21, 85551 Kirchheim near Munich, Germany Phone: +49 89 99199 0 Email: contact@trilogexpert.com Web: www.trilogexpert.com Sales contacts: America: AQM Solutions, Inc. Phone: +1 508 405 4346. Email: contact@aqm-solutions.com. Web: www.aqmsolutions.com
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Value-4IT Limited
Address: 7 Wright Road, Long Buckby, Northampton NN6 7GG, UK. Phone: +44 (0) 845 0579386 Email: info@value-4it.com. Web: www.value-4it.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: System i, AIX, distributed Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other Company profile Value-4IT are an independent software & professional services company offering diverse and in-depth business facing experience for IBM Mainframe (MVS), UNIX, Linux and Windows platforms. Our experienced personnel provide our valued customers with a wide range of business, process & technical skills for maximizing the business value for IT resources within your organization. Therefore our philosophy is a combination of pragmatic and structured delivery via TCA, TCO, & ROI methodologies, safeguarding the timely implementation of cost efficient IT solutions for business improvement initiatives. Value-4IT are IBM and Microsoft Business Partners, while being the authorized UK distributor for several leading IBM Mainframe ISVs, focusing on software cost reduction. Product/service information Value-4IT are focused on delivering cost efficient and strategic IT solutions that meet or exceed business requirements. Our customer-facing personnel all have many years experience working with leading IHVs, ISVs, and Professional Services organisations, designing and integrating value-added solutions for many global Blue Chip customers.
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Address: Park Lodge, 60 London Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1AY, UK Phone: +44 (0)1403 268251. Email: info@wdr.co.uk. Web: http://www.wdr.co.uk Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management, other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Product/service information Established nearly 40 years ago by two senior ex-IBM Executives, WDR is one of the UKs leading IT specialists. The early years, through hands-on consultancy, training courses, seminars and systems development, were dedicated to improving performance and management predominately in the IBM mainframe market. Always the niche company, WDR remains attracted to the difficult challenges that others may miss. WDR has since broadened its focus from mainframes to mid-range systems to networks and distributed systems to the desk-top and server-based systems of today. Throughout, we have remained current in all these activities. WDR have an attractive office and training centre at Horsham, an old market town in West Sussex in the South of England, and maintain facilities to give seamless support to our many prestigious clients.
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Xbridge Systems
Address: 1941 Landings Drive, Mountain View, CA. 940430, USA Phone: +1 866 356 1515 Email: sales@xbridgesystems.com Web: www.xbridgesystems.com. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, Windows, Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, Company profile Xbridge Systems is committed to providing businesscritical mainframe data access, query, delivery, discovery, and loss-protection solutions to companies that aspire to know their data. Product/service information Xbridges DataSniff software product is the first step in PCI compliance - and is the worlds FIRST and ONLY automated data discovery solution for the mainframe. DataSniff helps you understand the extent of your PCI exposure and automatically defines the scope of your PCI initiative. DataSniffs unique capabilities allow clients to quickly and easily comply with data security regulations (PCI, HIPAA, SOX, HiTech Act, etc.) by searching for, discovering, and mapping the location of potentially sensitive data at rest throughout the enterprise, then providing that data map as a template for a pinpointed implementation of encryption, tokenization, or deletion services.
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Zosterops Ltd
Address: 9 Borelli Yard, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7NU, UK Phone: +44 (0) 845 121 8335. Email: info@zosterops.co.uk Web: http://www.zosterops.co.uk. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: Monthly license charge; workload-based pricing. Company profile Zosterops is the UK distributor for German developer APS|ENTERprise and US company, Javelina Software. Founded in 2005 by ISV veteran Colin Reardon, Zosterops aim is to bring best-of-breed operating system and network software products to UK customers. Product/service information Zosterops provides tools to assist with the design, development, documentation, management and monitoring of mainframe batch schedulers, Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS previously OPCA) and BMCs Control-M. With the ability to download complete schedules and calendars from the mainframe to a desktop/server, VISUAL|job allows the user a complete view of the most complex scheduling environment, as well as enabling the user to define new schedules and test existing flows.
zSoftware
Address: Kloosterwei 320, 2361 XR Warmond, The Netherlands Phone: +31 71 3011178. Email: info@zsoftware.nl. Web: www.zsoftware.nl.
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Although there are now relatively few publications focusing specifically on the mainframe, there are plenty of ways to gather information and comment on large systems. Apart from traditional magazines, there are numerous e-zines, blogs, discussion groups, and other online resources, and this media guide offers a personal selection for readers to sample. A list of the main mainframe user groups is also included, which, though not exactly media, are one of the best sources of information available. Please feel free to suggest other sites/titles for inclusion in the next edition of the Yearbook (email mainframe@arcati.com). zJournal Thomas Communications zJournal is the leading independent journal for z/OS and OS/390 users. It provides detailed coverage of developments on the IBM mainframe platform, and its e-mail companion zFlash contains regular updates and product news as well as highlights from the magazine. zJournal is now available from the MainframeZone Web site. www.mainframezone.com/z-journal Mainframe Executive Thomas Communications Mainframe Executive is aimed at CIOs and IT managers in enterprises with IBM mainframe systems. This is a less technical, but no less informative, stable mate of zJournal. www.mainframezone.com/mainframe-executive Technical Support Magazine NaSPA started publishing Tech Support magazine after a hiatus of a couple of years. However, its difficult to tell from their Web site how many issues have been produced or when the last one was. www.naspa.com INSIGHT-SPECTRA C3B Consultings INSIGHT-SPECTRA is a successor to its Middleware-Spectra publication. The October 2011 edition contains articles on topics such as: MoDM, MAD and MEM: managing mobile devices in the enterprise; Cloud ecosystems and their impact on the future of enterprise sofware and IT; Xooming: experiences with a Motorola Xoom Tablet; and Why understanding what IT costs matters. http://www.insight-spectra.com Enterprise Systems Based on the once-celebrated Enterprise Systems Journal, the Enterprise Systems website and newsletter provide some very interesting articles and discussions on mainframes and other platforms. recent articles include: Storage Progress in 2011 and 3 Predictions for 2012; Cloud Computing: Weve Only Just Begun; and Disaster Recovery Driven By Tight Budgets, New Technology. www.esj.com IBM-MAIN listserv The IBM Mainframe discussion list has been maintained for many years by the University of Alabama, and continues to be well supported. Unlike the high-level blogs, this is the place for very specific technical discussions. Subscribers can sign up to receive useful summaries of message threads. bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html 133
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Theres a group of techie/creative people working in and around IBMs Hursley Park Lab in the UK. They produce an interesting blog is at http:// eightbar.co.uk/ There are a number of very insightful blogs at IBMs My developerWorks. You can click on the links from https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ mydeveloperworks/blogs/?lang=en_us Always up-to-date is Mark Fontecchios blog at Mainframe Propeller Head. Hes been a reporter for TechTarget since 2006. The URL is http:// itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mainframeblog/ An occasional blogger is Steve Baugh, styling himself The CICS Guy. His blog is at http:// thecicsguy.wordpress.com/ IBM Destination z hosts a variety of bloggers, who write on different topics each week. You can find the blog at http://www.destinationz.org/ Community.aspx. Other mainframe-related blogs that weve come across so far include: DB2utor by Troy Coleman at http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/db2utor; An Experts Guide to DB2 Technology by Chris Eaton at http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2luw; The Master Terminal at http://themasterterminal. com; Practically Secure by Alan Harrison at http://practicallysecure.blogspot.com; Its All About Mainframes! by M Manoj at http://manojmainframe.blogspot.com; Mainframe World by Trevor Eddolls at http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/ mainframe-world; Drunken Data by Jon Toigo at http://www.drunkendata.com; Jeff Jonas by Jeff Jonas at http://jeffjonas.typepad.com; Irving Wladawsky-Berger by Irving Wladawsky-Berger at http://blog.irvingwb.com/blog. IBM pages can be found on Facebook at http://www. facebook.com/pages/IBM/107572525938726 for just IBM. At http://www.facebook.com/pages/ IBM-DB2/10442975871 for DB2. At http://www. facebook.com/IMSFans for IMS, and http://www. facebook.com/group.php?gid=4907254593 for CICS. There are mainframe-related discussions on LinkedIn. For example, theres MainframeZone at http://www.linkedin.com/ groups/MainframeZone-2196066 and System z Advocates at http://www.linkedin.com/ groups?mostPopular=&gid=155723. For IMS users theres the Virtual IMS user group at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Virtual-IMSuser-group-3792561. Theres the Virtual CICS user group at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ Virtual-CICS-user-group-3847862. Theres the ESJ: Mainframe/Data Center Discussions for Enterprise IT Pros at http://www.linkedin.com/ groups?gid=2993481. IDUG: The World Wide Independent DB2 Users Community at http:// www.linkedin.com/groups/IDUG-World-WideIndependent-DB2-46747. Theres the The mainframe academy at http://www.linkedin.com/ groups?gid=112716, and many others. If you go to YouTube (www.youtube.com) there are numerous short videos about mainframes and mainframe-related topics. On Twitter, heres a fairly random assortment of good tweeters to follow: @IBM_CICS, @ m y z c o m m u n i t y, @ B a r r y S c h r a g e r 1 , @dianegjohnson, BMCMainframe, @virtualcics, @virtualims, @bethflood, @martinpacker, @WilliamDataSyst, @wcfink, @PlexSpy, @jondbray, @mwambeke, @ToolboxforIT, @CAUKI, @CAmainframe, @MainframeZone
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Glossary of Terminology
Definitions of some mainframe-related terms
This glossary is intended as an aide memoire for experienced mainframers and a useful reference for those new to the z/OS world. If you would like to suggest any new entries for the next edition, please send them to mainframe@arcati.com (we will even list you as a contributor!). 3270 IBMs family of dumb, block-mode synchronous screen and printer terminals, which became the standard for terminal/mainframe connectivity. 3270 data stream Format used by 3270 devices for communication, and much used for emulation to make PCs look like dumb terminals. 5250 Terminal standard for the iSeries/400, System/3x etc. ABARS Aggregate Backup And Recovery Support. A disaster recovery feature within DFSMShsm for automatically creating files containing back-ups of critical data. The main use of ABARS is to group all the datasets relating to a particular application together. Abend ABnormal ENDing. IBMspeak for an unexpected termination to a program run, eg a crash. Above the line In z/OS, z/VM, and VSE/ESA, above the line refers to virtual/real memory locations with an address greater than 16MB. The 16MB limit resulted from earlier operating systems supporting 24-bit addressing. ACB Access Control Block. The control block used to tie an application program to a VSAM dataset. Access control Enforcing rules governing use of computer resources by restricting both the use and type of use to authorized individuals and the computer resources they are responsible for. Access method IBM-specific jargon for software that moves data between main storage and I/O devices. ACF/VTAM Advanced Communications Function / Virtual Telecommunications Access Method is IBMs proprietary telecommunications software. ACID This acronym describes the properties of a transaction. Atomicity refers to a transactions changes to the state either it all happens or nothing happens. Consistency refers to the state of a transaction. It must not violate any of the integrity constraints associated with the state. Isolation refers to the transaction not being affected by others. Durability refers to the survival of changes to state after a transaction completes. ACL (1) Access Control Lists control which users or groups of users can access which files and programs. They are part of the security system and are checked by RACF. ACL (2) Automated Cartridge Library. Synonymous with ATL (Automated Tape Library). ACO Automated Console Operations. Automated procedures that replace or reduce the number of actions an operator takes from a console in response to system or network activities. ADA Programming language much loved by the military (ADA is a US government standard), which uses it for writing systems for controlling guided missiles and the like. Withdrawn August 1994.
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Hardware tables: System z z114 2818 System z z196 2817 System z z10 EC 2097 (700 Series) System z z10 EC 2097 (400/500/600 Series) System z z10 BC 2098 Mainframe hardware timeline 1952-2012 Mainframe operating system development
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Model 2817-401 2817-402 2817-403 2817-404 2817-405 2817-406 2817-407 2817-408 2817-409 2817-410 2817-411 2817-412 2817-413 2817-414 2817-415 2817-501 2817-502 2817-503 2817-504 2817-505 2817-506 2817-507 2817-508 2817-509 2817-510 2817-511 2817-512 2817-513 2817-514 2817-515 2817-601 2817-602 2817-603 2817-604 2817-605 2817-606 2817-607 2817-608 2817-609 2817-610
IBM MIPS 240 459 672 879 1,082 1,280 1,476 1,667 1,855 2,039 2,220 2,397 2,571 2,742 2,909 588 1,123 1,642 2,147 2,639 3,118 3,586 4,042 4,486 4,919 5,342 5,754 6,156 6,547 6,929 768 1,460 2,131 2,783 3,417 4,035 4,635 5,219 5,788 6,341
MSUs 30 58 85 110 135 160 183 207 229 252 274 296 318 339 359 74 140 204 265 326 385 442 498 552 604 655 705 754 806 849 97 182 263 344 421 497 569 640 709 777
Model 2817-719 2817-720 2817-721 2817-722 2817-723 2817-724 2817-725 2817-726 2817-727 2817-728 2817-729 2817-730 2817-731 2817-732 2817-733 2817-734 2817-735 2817-736 2817-737 2817-738 2817-739 2817-740 2817-741 2817-742 2817-743 2817-744 2817-745 2817-746 2817-747 2817-748 2817-749 2817-750 2817-751 2817-752 2817-753 2817-754 2817-755 2817-756 2817-757 2817-758
IBM MIPS 16,476 17,171 17,862 18,550 19,234 19,915 20,592 21,266 21,937 22,604 23,268 23,929 24,586 25,241 25,893 26,543 27,191 27,837 28,482 29,124 29,765 30,403 31,040 31,675 32,308 32,938 33,568 34,195 34,820 35,443 36,065 36,683 37,297 37,907 38,514 39,117 39,717 40,313 40,905 41,494
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IBM MIPS 920 1,729 2,497 3,226 3,930 4,609 5,266 5,900 6,512 7,103 7,674 8,225 8,757 9,284 9,805 10,321 10,831 11,336 11,836 12,331 12,821 13,306 13,786 14,262 14,732 15,198 15,660 16,120 16,577 17,031 17,482 17,931
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IBM MIPS 18,376 18,819 19,259 19,696 20,131 20,562 20,992 21,418 21,841 22,260 22,677 23,090 23,500 23,906 24,309 24,709 25,106 25,500 25,891 26,279 26,664 27,045 27,424 27,800 28,171 28,539 28,902 29,261 29,616 29,967 30,314 30,657
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IBM MIPS 218 413 600 779 954 1,125 1,291 1,453 1,612 1,766 1,917 2,063 471 891 1,292 1,675 2,048 2,410
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IBM MIPS 361 372 381 398 401 402 429 440 449 451 456 480 501 508 511 533 538 563 572 582 615
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