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The Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014

The independent annual guide for users of IBM mainframe systems SPONSORED BY:

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Contents Welcome to the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014............................................................. 3 Research Report – Software Diversified Services’ E- Business Server: Encryption, Compression, Key Creation and Management?........................................................... 4 The Challenge: Actively Control MLC Costs for IBM’s System z....................................11 Mainframe meets mobile................................................................................................... 14 Your Business is Dynamic – Are You? Empowering the Dynamic Data Center .......... 22 The 2014 Mainframe User Survey..................................................................................... 31 An analysis of the profile, plans, and priorities of mainframe users Vendor Directory................................................................................................................ 46 Vendors, consultants, and service providers in the z/OS environment A media guide for IBM mainframers .............................................................................. 125 Information resources, publications, social media, and user groups for the z/OS environment Glossary of Terminology................................................................................................. 129 Definitions of some mainframe-related terms Technical information...................................................................................................... 157 Hardware tables – zEC12, z114, and z196; mainframe hardware timeline 1952-2013; mainframe operating system development

SPONSORS Action Software 49 CA Technologies 23, 61 DataKinetics 70 Software AG 14, 106

Software Diversified Services Type80 Security Software William Data Systems zIT Consulting

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Mainframe strategy by Mark Lillycrop, Publisher

Welcome to the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 We are very grateful – as always – to all those who have contributed this year by writing articles, taking part in our annual user survey, or updating their company profiles. In particular I must thank the sponsors and advertisers, without whose support this Yearbook would not be possible. 2013 was again a difficult year for businesses, with the cold wind of recession still blowing and organizations still trying to get more for less. IBM’s third-quarter earnings included a $1 billion revenue miss, which resulted in its shares losing 7%. Much of the blame for the revenue shortfall was IBM’s hardware business, which is going through choppy water and saw a 40% drop in sales in China. In fact, IBM missed not just revenue but profit for two of its last three quarters. Chief Executive, Virginia ‘Ginni’ Rometty, e-mailed staff stating that the company needed to “do better”. And followed that with some executive changes. IBM’s cloud strategy seems to be picking up with its recent acquisition of SoftLayer. But there have been questions about IBM’s accounting. We found out in July that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating its cloud-revenue figures. On the bright side, with 12 research laboratories across the globe, IBM still holds the record for the most patents generated by a company, and has done so for 20 consecutive years. Apart from SoftLayer Technologies, 2013 saw IBM acquire Star Analytics and The Now Factory for their analytics business; UrbanCode for automation; Trusteer for cyber security; Daeja Image Systems for document management; and Xtify and Fibrelink Communications for mobile skills. In terms of hardware, the big story of 2013 was the announcement of the zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12), which features a 4.2GHz processor, and, for cloud computing, it can consolidate up to 40 virtual servers per core or up to 520 in a single footprint. It offers similar capabilities to the IBM zEC12, including specialty processors. There’s the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) engine for running Linux applications, and the System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) and System z Integrated Information Process (zIIP) for off-core workload processing. The big difference is that the zBC12 has a maximum memory of 496GB compared to the zEC12’s maximum of 3TB, and it has more limited connectivity options. A new zBC12 starts at $75,000. IBM also claims that it can help customers save up to 55% over their x86 distributed The Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 environments. Publisher: Mark Lillycrop Editorial Director: Trevor Eddolls Contributors: Guido Falkenberg, zIT Consulting Clabby Analytics, CA Technologies © 2014, Arcati Limited. All company and product names mentioned in this publication remain the property of their respective owners. This Yearbook is the copyright of Arcati Limited, and may not be reproduced or distributed in whole or in part without the permission of the owner. A licence for internal e-mail or intranet distribution may be obtained from the publisher. Please contact Arcati for details.

In terms of software, this year we’ve had Version 13 of IMS. There have been ‘45 years of IMS’ celebrations, and celebrations about the speeds achievable with this new version. Also announced was Version 10.5 of DB2 (code-named Kepler). And perhaps the most important was z/OS Version 2.1. What can we expect from 2014? It looks like Big Data and Hadoop are going to become much more familiar. We’ll see far more going on in the cloud – there will be more people using more things ‘as a Service’. And, mobile computing, rather than being new and different, will become a natural part of every IT infrastructure. As always, in 2014 the mainframe will continue to offer outstanding performance and reliability at the heart of the world’s business-critical applications.

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Research Report – Software Diversified Services’ E-Business Server: Encryption, Compression, Key Creation and Management? Clabby Analytics takes an in-depth look at SDS and at the new “SDS E-Business Server” – and then poses some critical questions. Introduction Software Diversified Services (SDS), a wellestablished independent software vendor (ISV) and technical services provider, recently announced that it has acquired the rights to sell, support, and maintain McAfee’s former E-Business Server environment. Our initial take on this acquisition is that this is a “good strategic move” for SDS. It provides the company with an advanced, multivendor encryption and compression security environment that complements the company’s other security and management offerings (including Net’Q and Net-Examine, its VitalSigns monitoring offerings, and VFTP-SSH) and squarely positions SDS as a leader in the PGP (pretty good privacy) marketplace. What we like most about the new SDS E-Business Server is that it offers: • Rich Encryption – the SDS E-Business Server is a rich encryption environment that offers support of the following security algorithms: Triple-DES (3DES), CAST5, IDEA, Twofish, AES (128-, 192-, and 256-bit encryption), Blowfish, RSA v3 and v4 (up to 4096 bits), DSA, ElGamal, SHA-1, SHA-2, MD5 and RIPEMD-160; • Excellent Compression – in some cases, up 4

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to 50% compression rates. Compression improves security by eliminating recurring patterns in the data before it is encrypted. Compression not only saves file space, it also lightens the load on the network (thus reducing latency) and it can lead to reduced processing time; Application Program Interfaces (APIs) – that allow encryption to be integrated with applications and processes using the provided APIs; Key Creation/Management – SDS’ E-Business Server can generate, disable, re-enable, and/or revoke keys – as well as change trust criteria using advanced key management; Multivendor Support – multiple platforms are supported including Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and z/OS); and Non-repudiation – non-repudiation is a means of using electronic signatures so a sender cannot deny that a file was sent (this is especially useful when conducting internal security audits).

In this Research Report, Clabby Analytics takes a closer look at SDS and at the new “SDS E-Business Server” – and we ask the following critical question: “how will SDS grow the base of its new SDS E-Business Server?” First Things First: About SDS SDS (founded in 1982) is an independent software vendor as well as technical services provider. The company’s software portfolio includes over 20 mainframe security and management products – and now, a cross-platform encryption/compression product with the addition of McAfee E-Business security software. Strategically, the company’s current foci are data security and compression, performance monitoring, report distribution, and client-server applications. This includes PC software related to the mainframe industry. The current SDS portfolio contains systems and network monitoring, security and encryption, index and search, report and © Arcati Ltd, 2014

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Mainframe strategy backup, session and print management, file transfer and compression, and CICS utilities. It is important to note that SDS is known for providing high quality software, documentation, and technical support. SDS technical support works hand-in-hand with SDS software developers and has been rated number 1 by the prestigious IBEX Bulletin. SDS’ Target Market: The PGP Marketplace The target market for the SDS E-Business Server is the PGP marketplace – a market that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication services for data-at-rest (stored data) as well as data-onthe-fly (data communicated over networks). The way that PGP encryption works is that it uses a combination of technologies (including hashing, data compression, symmetric-key cryptography, and public-key cryptography) to safeguard data. Keys are created and bound to users – and these keys are managed using automated key management services. The reason that IT executives use PGP services is that they are looking to protect their data from both external as well as internal threats: • External Threats o IBM recently published its mid-year 2013 X-Force security report (known simply as the “Trend and Risk Report”). This annual report shows that Chief Information Security Officers need to increase their knowledge of the evolving vulnerability and attack landscape (including the use of mobile and social technologies) in order to more effectively combat security threats. o This report emphasizes that known vulnerabilities (such as unpatched Web applications and endpoint software vulnerabilities) create opportunities for breaches – but also notes that attackers are improving their skills and now capitalizing on user trust coming from new approach vectors such as social media, mobile © Arcati Ltd, 2014

technologies and waterhole attacks. o This report also highlighted that DistributedDenial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are being used as a diversionary technique, allowing attackers to breach other systems.

To protect stored as well as networked data from these external threats it is wise to securely encrypt that data. This is why IT executives purchase PGP servers. • Internal Threats o Dishonest and disgruntled employees continue to represent a huge threat to internal information systems security (including fraud, theft of intellectual property, and sabotage). The CERT Insider Threat Center now uses a database with over 700 insider threat cases in order to track and remediate internal threats. But some estimates show that internal threats may account for up to 80% of all security breaches. The SDS E-Business Server uses some of the industry’s most advanced algorithms to encrypt and decrypt data. It uses a key-based approach to encrypt/decrypt data – and it uses straightforward APIs to overlay security over applications and processes. These algorithms and related keybased approach help protect data on-the-fly or at-rest. As for internal threats, the SDS E-Business Server uses unbreakable signature creation and authentication that provides non-repudiation services using electronic signatures (so a sender cannot deny that a file was sent). This feature is particularly useful when doing internal security audits. A Closer Look: The SDS E-Business Server Product Offering SDS E-Business Server is a multi-platform software tool that encrypts, authenticates and compresses data. Further, it can create and verify digital signatures in order to prove the origin of data and ensure message integrity. 5

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Mainframe strategy The way that security works within the SDS E-Business Server environment is that it generates, disables, re-enables, and revokes encryption keys – and allows changes in trust criteria. These keys can work across various platforms including Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Linux (both SUSE and RedHat), Solaris, and IBM z/OS – thus enabling multiplatform support. The SDS E-Business Server also provides key-management services, allowing users to create, find and store keys. The SDS E-Business Server also generates X.509 certificates that allow enterprises to create inhouse certificate authorities. From an implementation perspective, security services are built into applications and processes using application program interfaces (interface instructions) that allow IT administrators and developers to embed encryption, digital signing and authentication into application and batch processes. As for application/process integration, the SDS E-Business Server is a command-line application that can easily be integrated with existing processes and scripts including z/OS JCL,

batch processes, the TSO environment, and REXX (SYSREXX) during system startup and in system operator commands. Further, SDS E-Business Server security can be easily integrated into C and Java applications, and into scripts on Linux, Unix, Solaris, and z/OS USS. Particularly noteworthy are the encryption algorithms that are available on the SDS E-Business Server. These algorithms include symmetric Triple-DES (3DES), CAST5, IDEA, Twofish, AES (128-, 192-, and 256-bit encryption) and Blowfish support. Asymmetric algorithm support includes RSA v3 and v4 (up to 4096 bits), DSA and EIGamal (Diffie Hellman). Hash support includes SHA-1, SHA-2, MD5 and RIPEMD-160. Notice that these are core to McAfee’s security business – and that SDS E-Business Server benefits from algorithms implemented by one of the strongest security software makers in the industry. It is also important to note that SDS E-Business Server compression is very strong. It can reduce

Source: Software Diversified Services, September, 2013 Figure 1: SDS Worldwide Sales and Support Coverage 6

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Mainframe strategy file sizes (sometimes up to an impressive 50%). And file size reduction can lead to decreases in consumption of bandwidth, processing time, and disk space. The SDS E-Business Server can also encrypt/decrypt files of 4GB and larger. Further, EBCDIC-ASCII conversions can be handled on the fly. Also, the SDS E-Business Server offers unbreakable signature creation and authentication that provides non-repudiation services using electronic signatures. We think that this feature is particularly important for enterprises that wish to conduct internal audits. The Big Question: How Will SDS Grow Its SDS E-Business Server Base? SDS is an independent software vendor that has a strong focus on security and management software development. The company makes its money by developing security and management software – as well as by providing technical services related to its software offerings. To understand how SDS will grow its E-Business Server base it is necessary to look more closely at the company’s sales, support and development situation. Sales and Support From a sales and support perspective, the company already has a worldwide network of distributors in North and South America, Europe, Africa, the Near and Far East, as well as in Australia and New Zealand (see Figure 1). With this broad expanse of sales and support coverage, SDS already has the resources that it needs in place to support the existing installed base while driving new sales in various geographies. A more important question is: “how will SDS make its SDS E-Business Server a more compelling offering such that the company can grow the E-Business Server base?” The answer to this question can be found in the following subsection (Research and Development). © Arcati Ltd, 2014

Research and Development From a research and development perspective it is important to note that SDS already has a wealth of security developers who currently build, support and enhance several other SDS security products. These resources can also be used to help support and enhance the new SDS E-Business Server environment (and other resources can be added as needed to support the expected growth of the platform). What is involved in supporting and enhancing the SDS E-Business Server over the long run? As SDS sees it, much of the support and enhancement activity for its E-Business Server centers on keeping current with the numerous algorithms involved in encrypting and decrypting data. Standards organizations control these algorithms – so it is important for SDS to monitor each standard’s RFC (request for comment) activities in order to stay current with planned changes to the standard algorithms. SDS has added development staff to support ongoing development of E-Business Server. If the need arises, SDS will promptly employ additional E-Business developers. As for product enhancements, SDS is very customer centric when it comes to enhancing its software portfolio. The company is confident that it can port or write the necessary code to address customer change requests. Remember, SDS is a 30 year old vendor with a stellar reputation for keeping its offering current and thriving – so there is historical precedent that shows that SDS knows how to keep its products up-to-date from a features/function perspective as well as from an enhancements perspective. Should We Stay or Should We Go? Given that customers originally purchased their E-Business Servers from McAfee, a logical question from the installed base should be “should we stay or should we go?” From our perspective, existing customers of McAfee’s E-Business Server need to weigh the benefits of continuing to use the 7

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Mainframe strategy E-Business Server under the auspices of SDS, versus moving to another PGP offering. The key arguments for staying with an installed E-Business Server environment are: 1. Moving costs can include design and test migration, data backup, the actual migration and retest – and then application recertification (where auditors approve the PGP product and related processes). SDS E-Business Server can save customers from a migration process of indefinite length and expense, and uncertain outcome. 2. Removing an installed environment can be difficult because E-Business encryption and decryption services have been integrated into customers’ batch and online environments. Pulling and replacing that encryption can be cumbersome. 3. Remember, existing customers have already invested in process integration, personnel training, and supporting infrastructure. Moving to another platform means re-investing in training and infrastructure – potentially for little or no gain. 4. SDS plans to actively invest in the development of new SDS E-Business Server features and functions. Staying current or leap-frogging ahead of competitors is core to the SDS strategy for its E-Business Server. So, again, moving to another platform buys little in terms of new features and functions. Another important consideration for existing customers who are considering a migration to another PGP offering has to do with compliance. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards council has announced that systems no longer supported by their vendors will fail PCI compliance. This shows that the PCI standards council understands that systems without regular maintenance cycles are at increased risk for compromise and attack, thus risking credit card compromise. SDS plans to regularly update and maintain its E-Business Server, thus ensuring that it will remain a viable security platform in the eyes of security auditors and standards organizations. 8

From our perspective: given the cost of migration (including new licensing, new training, replacing the currently integrated processes with new ones, and more) – and given SDS’ intent to continually add new enhancements to its SDS E-Business Server – it makes little sense for installed-base users to move to another PGP environment. Why Most Existing Customers Will Stay with SDS E-Business Server On October 4th, 2013, Adobe Systems Inc. reported that up to 2.9 million of its customers may have been affected by a data breach. After sophisticated attacks on its network Adobe found that its source code had been accessed – and that customer information such as names, encrypted credit card or debit card information, and “other information related to customer orders” may have also been accessed. The key word in the previous sentence is “encrypted”. SDS E-Business Server users know that they have to do their utmost to protect corporate and customer data – which is why they invest in PGP products. But some of the reasons that they have chosen the SDS E-Business Server include: • Small insurance company – “E-Business just runs and we don’t really have to worry about it. But having SDS take over the support, maintenance and more importantly enhancements, makes the product even more foundational for us”. • Large bank – “We’ve been using E-Business for about ten years and it’s tightly integrated within our applications. We’re glad SDS will be looking at enhancing the product and listening to our future requirements”. • Large insurance company – “It just runs and you almost don’t know it’s there. We’re happy with the function”. • State government – “I wish all software vendors had support like SDS provides; you’re always responsive and you know your stuff!” • Manufacturer – “I would like to say how much I appreciated the expert support I received during our SFTP project. I could not have © Arcati Ltd, 2014

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Mainframe strategy completed it without the SDS support and technical services team”. • Insurance – “When I call SDS, I always know I’ll get a live person who answers my questions the first time, every time”. The necessity for encryption services, plus ease of deployment and operation, plus outstanding service and support all ensure that likelihood that existing customers will stay with the SDS E-Business Server is very high. Summary Observations McAfee positions the acquisition of its E-Business Server product as a “strategic partnership” with SDS – a way to better serve the McAfee customer base through a third-party relationship. We, however, see this acquisition differently. With the acquisition of McAfee’s E-Business Server environment, SDS is expanding its existing security software portfolio, adding new encryption/ decryption, key management and non-repudiation functions to its suite of security products. This is a good strategic move by SDS because it expands the company’s security portfolio and positions the company to offer broader security services to its customers. As is the case during many acquisitions, IT buyers should be asking: “should we stay with the new vendor or move to another platform?” The place to look for the answer to this question is at the new vendor’s sales/support/development organization. From a sales and support perspective SDS has a broad, worldwide distribution network that is prepared to aggressively market and support its new SDS E-Business Server. We believe that SDS is strategically committed to growing its E-Business Server base – and, accordingly, we expect that field sales organizations will be chartered with aggressively driving sales of this new product. Flat sales were the reason why McAfee chose to pass over the reins of its E-Business Server to SDS. We think that SDS will be far more aggressive in promoting this product. © Arcati Ltd, 2014

As for the SDS development organization, it is important to note that SDS already offers several other security products – so it knows how to build and support products that encrypt/decrypt and compress data. It is also important to note that SDS development sees the task of keeping the product current as an exercise in keeping up with encryption standards (so it should be straightforward to keep-up with algorithmic changes in the industry). As for enhancements, we have noticed several SDS customer testimonials that laud the company for great support and for its responsiveness. This shows us that the company is very customer-centric. And we expect that it will be this customer-centric focus that will drive future enhancements of SDS’ E-Business Server. After evaluating both the E-Business Server and SDS, we conclude that given the company’s broad, worldwide distribution network, its strong reputation for service and support, and its deep security developmental expertise, SDS has the resources needed to support existing customers while opening new opportunities for its SDS E-Business Server. We recommend that existing customers stay with SDS for encryption/ decryption/compression and non-repudiation services – and we recommend that new prospects consider SDS’ new E-Business Server to protect data-in-flight as well as data-at-rest. Clabby Analytics is an independent technology research and analysis organization. Unlike many other research firms, we advocate certain positions – and encourage our readers to find counter opinions – then balance both points-ofview in order to decide on a course of action. Other research and analysis conducted by Clabby Analytics can be found at: www.ClabbyAnalytics.com. Telephone: 001 (207) 846-6662 Software Diversified Services (SDS) can be found at www.sdsusa.com, 763-571-9000.

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The Challenge: Actively Control MLC Costs for IBM’s System z zIT explains more about getting the most out of workload balancing at peak times and the issues around that. The introduction of Workload License Charges (vWLC and aWLC) in data centers brings up the questions of how the available peak time capacity can be balanced optimally in such a way that high priority workload is prioritized across LPAR boundaries and how defined capacity settings can be optimized, while at the same time minimizing the MLC costs. Two central issues are of interest: • Making sure that during cost relevant peak time only time critical workload runs, thus avoiding that workload that is not time critical does add more MSU to the MLC invoice.

• Making sure that active capping really leads to savings, as limitations without savings reduce the productivity and the acceptance of capping unnecessarily. Both issues require 24/7 monitoring and management, which cannot be done manually. Our two products zDynaCap and zPrice Manager are unique and provide the necessary functionality to flexibly monitor and manage MSU capacity automatically in real time. They focus on different customer situations: while zDynaCap is the easy, fast and ‘plug and play’ product, zPrice Manager is the very detailed and sophisticated MSU capacity control product for customers with complex environments that want to manage their capacity on a very granular level, also across CECs. We suggest our customers to start with zDynaCap in order to get a very fast and easy payback with minimum effort and a first feeling of the possible savings. If necessary and effective, the second step can be to switch from zDynaCap to the more powerful product zPrice Manager.

Figure 1: Example DynaCap screen © Arcati Ltd, 2014

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Mainframe strategy zDynaCap®: Automated Capacity Balancing and Optimized DefCaps • Plug and play product delivered with a first user-specific set up. • Automatically balances the capacity within user-defined groups of LPARs, based upon the user-specific parameter information. • Automatically sets a Defined Capacity value when the current usage goes down, while the R4HA value still goes up: “savings without limitations”. • Enables its users to flexibly control WLC costs: o Total costs o Costs per product by grouping LPARs based upon product usage. • Enables its users to define nested groups (groups within groups) for higher granularity. • Allows complete insight and control of MSU usage, and with that, the MLC costs. • Offers an extended browser-based reporting feature: o The cockpit view shows current usage information and many important usage details. o Extended reports allow you to check the subcapacity usage and IBM’s monthly license charge MSU levels: real time and historical. An example of the output is shown in Figure 1. For more information ask us: info@zitconsulting.com or refer to our website: http:// www.zit-consulting.com/zdynacap-2/capacitybalancing-reduces-the-monthly-ibm-softwareinvoice?lang=en. zPrice Manager®: Automated Real-Time Capacity Monitoring • Delivers the information you need to control WLC through real-time monitoring • Enables you to take appropriate action to avoid unplanned peaks in usage and costs • Shows when products are activated and how many MSUs are required and creates alerts if necessary • Helps avoid unexpected capping situations – 12

also automatically • Offers reports that can be used to check the subcapity reports and IBM’s monthly license charge invoice • Enables you to predict when thresholds will be reached, such as for OTC products • Helps you plan your new ESSO contract in an optimal way

zPrice Manager creates budget stability and helps you achieve substantial cost reductions. It supports you in areas where other products or methods (such as IBM Workload Manager or Group Capping) fail to provide an effective solution. For more information ask us: info@zit-consulting. com or refer to our website: http://www.zitconsulting.com/zprice-manager-3/zpricemanager-details?lang=en. zIT Consulting is the leading provider of powerful and efficient tools to control Software costs on IBM’s System z Mainframes (MLC and OTC). Our Mission is to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) making the zSeries platform even more attractive for end users. We currently have a solid customer base in various industries: our clients can be found in Banking, Insurance, Retail, Transport, Outsourcing. Their environments range from 100 MSUs to many thousands with great satisfaction and substantial savings. Our team has a full understanding, deep knowledge and long experience in all matters related to Software costs: Contract calculations, System Architecture, WLM Settings, Capping Issues and Application Tuning. © Arcati Ltd, 2014

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Mainframe strategy Capacity Balancing and Optimized Capping Reduces the Monthly IBM Software Invoice zDynaCap: Same Service at Lower MLC Costs thru Capacity Balancing and Optimized Capping Many different factors impact how Workload License Charges (WLC) calculates the monthly IBM mainframe software invoice, often the largest single invoice in a data centre. The savings strategy sounds simple; allocate the MSU’s only where they are needed. The problem; due to the magnitude of factors that have an influence, the sensitivity of the matter where small mistakes can cause outages - and the complexity of pricing rules on System z, it is necessary to constantly monitor and manage the MSU usage, 24*7. That is a task that simply cannot be done manually!

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Mainframe meets mobile By Guido Falkenberg, Senior Vice President, Product Marketing, Software AG, explains that mobile technology is one of the major forces affecting the information industry today. Find out more about how Software AG helps customers with core applications on the mainframe extend their reach to mobile apps. Mobile technology is rapidly changing how we do business and engage with government, business, institutions and each other. Consumers expect to shop, get quotes, apply for goods and services, and receive real-time updates on scheduled flights, deliveries and service calls. Business users (employees and partners) expect perpetual access to resources that support them in accomplishing

their jobs throughout the day. Mobile has the potential to transform employee productivity, accelerate processes and improve the customer experience. How much has your organization embraced mobile technology? Have you looked beyond the customer experience to see where mobile could transform how you operate your business? What will be the impact on your future if you delay entering the mobile foray? Pervasive access Mobile computing enables “pervasive access”— the ability to access information at any time, from any place. Today, the widespread adoption of mobile technology has created savvy users who demand that personal and business functions be available at their fingertips when they are in the

Figure 1: When mainframe meets mobile, your users benefit from the native UI design and navigation 14

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Mainframe strategy office, at home, traveling and even on vacation. The need for pervasive access is a reality—a reality that presents opportunities and challenges for those who maintain “bet your business” core applications (in COBOL, Natural, etc.) on the mainframe.

These considerations cannot be addressed in a silo. In order to set up a successful enterpriseclass mobile platform, you must plan and execute your mobile strategy against these concerns holistically. Let’s get started.

Before you embark on extending your mainframe applications to mobile devices, consider how you will: • Securely connect your core applications to the mobile world? • Provide a consistent user experience across a variety of mobile devices? • Manage and control how mobile apps interact with your core applications?

Secure access to mainframe applications The most efficient way to make core application information and functions available on a mobile device is to expose them as services and events. Web services offer a standardized method for communicating between mobile apps and core applications. Typically, as shown in Figure 2, mission-critical core applications can communicate with mobile apps from one of three access areas:

Figure 2: Unlock your core applications by creating services that can be re-used in mobile apps © Arcati Ltd, 2014

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Mainframe strategy • User interface • Business logic • Data

and conversational communication. Its powerful and easy-to-use wrapping technology and flexible programming interfaces turn existing application functions into business services.

User interface access User interface access, communicating directly with terminal screens (e.g., 3270), is a good approach when the information or transactions needed by the mobile app already exist in a core application.

With true bi-directional service wrapping, mobile apps can access and update information in the core application and database. This level of inbound and outbound access offers advantages over other levels of access as business logic, and security functions can be applied to information before it is supplied to a mobile app and before information from the mobile app is applied to the target (core) database.

Using webMethods mainframe integration technologies (e.g., ApplinX), you can expose the core application-screen functionality and external data as services. You can also combine information from different screens and data sources to improve the users’ interaction with the mainframe application, improving processes while you are at it. This non-invasive approach to bringing core applications to mobile devices has no impact on the core application itself as it requires no code understanding and no changes or addition to the code. Imagine taking your green-screen interface for existing functions like customer look up, inventory status, or flight details and turning them into an eye-pleasing, user-friendly mobile app as shown back in figure 1. Business logic access When you need to deliver complex business logic functions to your mobile app, business-logiclevel access is your most optimal approach. With webMethods mainframe integration technologies (e.g., EntireX), developers can quickly and easily generate services (e.g., .NET, Java®, REST or SOAP) from a number of different programming environments (e.g., Natural, COBOL, C, PL/I, RPG, IBM® Assembler) and make them available for use by mobile apps. webMethods is a secure, high-performance communication infrastructure that uniquely combines message-queuing capabilities with built-in support for synchronous request/reply 16

This approach is ideal for managing interactions for tightly coupled, time-critical user applications. Imagine a sales representative wanting to check a buyer’s credit or a consumer looking for an insurance quote for his auto. Any activity that requires the mobile user to enter information that is sent back to the core application for processing then returns a result is a candidate. Data access Data access is ideal for mobile apps requesting information from the target database of a mainframe application. By enabling mobile apps to use standard SQL to access and/or update non-relational and relational databases, webMethods opens up many mainframe database environments (e.g., Adabas, DB2®, VSAM, IMS™) to share information with mobile devices. Using this technology, a single SQL request made from a mobile app can simultaneously access (or pull) data across any number of databases. If you wish to push data from your core application databases to a mobile app, look at replication as an option. A replication solution proactively transforms and delivers select Adabas data based on pre-defined “subscriptions” to mobile apps in real-time. A mobile user looking up customer account information, product information or service terms © Arcati Ltd, 2014

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Mainframe strategy are good examples of “pull” apps. Examples of a “push” app include a mobile user receiving notifications of account transactions, schedule changes, or package/service delivery.

Through the gateway, you can also monitor where, when, how and by whom your applications are used—thus eliminating many of the concerns that accompany providing your users pervasive access to your vital mainframe applications.

Connect and manage application services Now that you have prepared mainframe-based services, where will you store and manage the life cycle of these elements?

While providing secure integration between your mobile app and mainframe applications, you can also provide responsive interactions by leveraging in-memory data stores. webMethods Integration Platform (e.g., Terracotta BigMemory) uniquely stores data in-memory to deliver ultra-fast access to your data. This ensures responsive interactions occur even faster between your mobile app users and your core data.

Software AG’s best-in-class webMethods Integration Platform enables secure connectivity to your back-end applications and provides a servicebased Application Programming Interface (API) to your mobile apps. With an integrated infrastructure such as this, you can manage the entire process of planning, designing and developing APIs and securely expose your APIs to mobile apps. Along with mainframe integration and API management, the webMethods Integration Platform also covers SOA, BPM, B2B, managed file transfer and cloud SaaS integration. Enterprises betting on a mobile-first strategy can securely provide and holistically manage the life cycle of services with the webMethods Integration Platform. Secure and responsive mobile app integration Now that your mainframe applications are unlocked through secure access points, how will you integrate your mobile apps? Pervasive access, as we mentioned earlier, also presents pervasive issues related to securing your data, transactions and business. webMethods provides a secure gateway between your mainframe applications and mobile apps. Because mobile apps access your core applications using Web services, the gateway provides an environment where you secure your services. This ensures that only designated users, applications and/or devices can gain access to your missioncritical applications. 18

Design and develop cross-platform mobile apps Now that your core applications are ready for mobile apps, how do you provide a consistent user experience across a variety of mobile devices? It could be a daunting task as there is an ever increasing array of mobile devices on the market, each using one of a number of different operating systems (i.e., Android®, iOS®, Windows® Phone OS, BlackBerry® OS). To compound matters, each different device utilizes its own programming language (i.e., Objective C/C++ for iOS; C#, C+ and Visual Basic for Windows Phone OS; Java for Android). Luckily, webMethods provides you with an invaluable suite of tools for developing, testing, deploying and managing mobile apps across multiple platforms. Figure 3 shows how webMethods Mobile Suite supports the full mobile app life cycle with a well-integrated suite of products. This proven solution offers best-inclass secure integration, mobile app development, deployment and management, as well as device management functionality. Mobile Suite provides developers a single Eclipse™-based development environment to visually build and test mobile apps for a wide array of devices and operating systems. The end-result © Arcati Ltd, 2014

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Figure 3: Develop and deploy your mobile apps to many devices with webMethods Mobile Suite is a native app with a familiar user interface and user experience, access to native functionality and a consistent performance across all smartphones and tablets as shown in Figure 4.

enterprise data. In a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) environment, companies are beginning to look to mobile app level controls to handle the most pressing security problems associated with mobile devices.

Deploy, manage and monitor enterprise mobile apps Mobile Suite comes with enhanced mobile application management and mobile device management capabilities to simplify the task of deploying and managing mobile apps for the public or for a selected group (e.g., employees, freelancers, etc.).

With Mobile Suite, you can: • Apply enterprise policies to mobile apps and devices • Distribute internal mobile apps to employees via an enterprise app store • Manage the increasing number of personally owned devices (BYOD) by controlling which devices have access to your applications • Ensure the security of services and data delivered to mobile devices • Govern employee use of consumer app stores • Monitor the distribution and usage of enterprise apps • Automatically collect and analyze crash reports/ system logs

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Figure 4: The mobile suite delivers a native UI design and navigation for each function, as shown here for Apple and Android devices, which provides a consistent and familiar experience for each mobile user

Conclusion Never feel locked in by your core applications. With innovative service-enablement technologies available today, there are many ways to unlock your mainframe assets and bring them to the mobile world. With Software AG’s webMethods Mobile Suite and mainframe integration technologies, 20

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Figure 5: Imagine what is possible when mainframe meets mobile

and mainframe integration technologies when you wish to: • Maximize mobile opportunities across your business applications • Ensure secure service integration from a variety of back-end applications • Develop mobile apps using a common Java code base for all mobile platforms • Manage the full app life cycle throughout development, deployment and production • Centrally manage mobile devices and the usage of mobile apps So now imagine how your mainframe can meet mobile to add value to your business by streamlining processes. For example, a U.S. college saves $1 million annually by providing a student portal accessible by mobile devices that leverages data housed in its ERP systems built on Adabas-Natural. Now students can manage their entire educational experience from their mobile devices, from enrolling and selecting courses to measuring their success against goals. © Arcati Ltd, 2014

Or consider how a major airline can improve employee productivity by deploying a crossplatform mobile app for flight crew members that integrates to their mainframe back-end. Crew members can now access their schedules and receive notifications on delays or cancelations on their mobile devices anywhere, anytime. They also can trade their slots with colleagues in real-time as shown in Figure 5. What could you accomplish if your mainframe met mobile? Software AG has more than 5,500 employees in 70 countries and had revenues of €1.1 billion in 2011. The company is headquartered in Germany and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FRA: SOW). Learn more at www.softwareag.com. Software AG - Get There Faster Software AG | Uhlandstraße 12 | 64297 Darmstadt | Germany 21

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Your Business is Dynamic – Are You? Empowering the Dynamic Data Center Understanding how disruptive technologies impact your business is critical to defining IT priorities and strategies to drive innovation and deliver business results. 80% of IT executives say consumerization is increasing IT workloads1. Consumer-driven IT Changes Everything Organizations everywhere are under increasing pressure to innovate to gain competitive advantage and promote business growth. The consumerization of IT – and the need to employ new business models and technologies to meet related demands – is largely responsible. To address this changing IT landscape, you may be involved in multiple initiatives, including: • Supporting large-volumes of Big Data and related analytics • Implementing a cloud strategy to gain flexibility and efficiency for quick delivery of cloud services • Embracing mobility by instituting a BYOD program, ramping up mobile app development efforts and enabling mobile management of your IT infrastructure • Engaging customers through social media and encouraging social networking Implementing these initiatives calls for maximizing your IT resources, enabling you to make the most of your limited IT staff and budget and deliver real value to your business. With the right strategy and tools, you can reduce IT costs and boost productivity – re-allocating resources to drive innovation.

2012 Consumerization of IT Survey, InfoWeek, February 2012.

Data Center Disruption is Already Underway The role of the data center is rapidly evolving from simply supporting established business processes to continuously driving innovation through the optimal alignment of IT resources. Moving forward, the most effective organizations will progress to a fully integrated and dynamic data center where: • Information systems management is highly automated. IT staff is empowered to perform tasks and access relevant information quickly to accelerate service delivery and problem resolution. • Applications execute across heterogeneous architectures and are managed as a whole, not within silos, allowing greater visibility into operations and performance. • Workloads are assigned to the best-suited server, enabling improved service quality to the business. Undeniably Strategic System z continues to be the most reliable and cost-effective platform to provide these capabilities and will retain its place as one of the most critical components of the dynamic data center. 80% of global IT decision makers confirm the mainframe will play a strategic role in their IT plans.2 Avanade 2011 Cloud Global Survey, “Mainframe as a Mainstay of the Enterprise 2012 Survey,” August 2012, Decipher Research.

Innovation and the Dynamic Data Center The key to successful innovation is an efficient, dynamic data center that provides a holistic view of your enterprise IT infrastructure, while simplifying and automating your underlying business processes. Operating in a dynamic data center helps you: • Optimize performance in real-time • Accelerate your response to business opportunities • Drive down costs 23

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Mainframe strategy Closing the Gap Given the volume of today’s workloads, maintaining a high-performance IT environment 24/7 is a growing challenge. The gap between business demands for innovation and IT capacity is increasing.

management disciplines – ranging from network and system infrastructure management, to database, storage, security and compliance management. Using an innovative role-based management workspace, CA Chorus™ helps empower IT staff to maximize productivity and reduce operational costs by providing decisionmaking, management and planning services from a single location. With features that facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing among expert and novice System z staff, customers have the tools to help solve today’s immediate challenges while laying the groundwork for the dynamic data center.

With IT resources already stretched thin, your team won’t be able to take on additional initiatives without making sacrifices somewhere else. Leverage the power of the System z within your dynamic data center to drive innovation and close the productivity gap. Implement solutions that will allow you to simplify and automate IT processes, streamline your efforts and accelerate IT service delivery and related business results.

Innovation Takes Flight at EL AL Airlines Ranked by the International Air Transport Association as one of the world’s three most efficient air carriers, Israel’s EL AL Airlines demonstrates an equal commitment to the efficiency of its System z environment. Using CA Chorus™, the company expects to: • Shorten the on-ramp for novice System z users and administrators • Help DBAs visualize EL AL’s complex DB2 relationships • Detect and troubleshoot problems faster

What is CA Technologies doing to help you close the gap? Empowering your dynamic data center to help meet business demands - see Figure 1.

With CA Chorus™: • Everyday IT tasks become easier, more efficient and less costly to perform, whether completed by more experienced or novice IT staff – so everyone works more productively. • Your IT resources and budget go farther thanks to these efficiencies, so you can move fullsteam ahead with strategic business initiatives.

Transform Management for Greater Productivity CA Chorus™ is the “one and only” platform of its kind, and has revolutionized System z management in the dynamic data center. A rich visual environment integrates multiple

Simplify IT Management for Optimized Efficiency CA Chorus™ is designed to improve the user experience by providing a simplified, consolidated, discipline-based view of your dynamic data center

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Figure 1: What is CA Technologies doing to close the gap

through a visual workspace (see Figure 2) for easier completion of daily tasks. This uniform approach combined with extensive monitoring and drill-down capabilities helps administrators solve problems more quickly and optimize performance. Innovate Through Cross-enterprise Visibility You need to make sure your critical applications are running optimally to deliver maximum value to your business and meet growing demands. This requires full visibility into the performance of customer-facing applications across your enterprise. CA Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management (Cross-Enterprise APM) provides a unified view of both distributed and mainframe transaction health, helping you to: © Arcati Ltd, 2014

• Monitor real-time performance, 24/7, from a single pane of glass • Proactively detect performance problems, and analyze and resolve them faster leveraging easy-to-understand triage maps and dynamic instrumentation • More predictably meet SLAs and business demands for high-quality service delivery This improved visibility promotes enhanced collaboration among your siloed support teams. In turn, their increased information sharing can help boost the efficiency and responsiveness essential to consistent application performance and greater customer satisfaction. CA Cross-Enterprise APM (see Figure 3) helps 25

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underlying infrastructure components. This empowers users to more rapidly trace, identify and address the cause of any performance problems.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Mainframe strategy Enable Powerful Workload Automation Across the Enterprise Set a new standard for the delivery of business services by unifying and automating complex workloads across your enterprise. CA Technologies Cross-Enterprise Workload Automation delivers pure business octane for today’s business that is looking to exceed customer expectations. CA Cross-Enterprise Workload Automation helps you to reduce the complexity and cost of managing application workloads across physical, virtual and cloud resources. Specifically, it helps you to: • Improve the availability of business services and meet SLAs through automated multiplatform job scheduling and management and intelligent resource utilization • Respond to business events in real-time by employing policy-, priority- and trigger-based workload processing and through alerts that enable authorized users to initiate swift, corrective action from their mobile devices • More effectively handle processing spikes by dynamically provisioning and processing workloads from a physical infrastructure to a virtualized private or public cloud • Increase enterprise visibility and improve regulatory compliance through a consolidated, dashboard view of service operations and rolebased administration and reporting Customers Benefit from CA CrossEnterprise Workload Automation Innovation is alive and well in HDFC Bank’s data center. By using CA Cross-Enterprise Workload Automation to streamline key processes, the company eliminated 600 operational tasks and saved 40 operational hours daily. The result? Better customer service and improved product quality.

More Responsive, Less Costly Workload Management Reduce cost to manage workloads by up to 70%* “We run several thousand jobs each day, and perform critical work nightly. The number of jobs under CA Workload Automation grows monthly. We have a tiny operations staff, and we would not be able to maintain our SLAs without the automation and reliability offered by CA Workload Automation.”1 — Senior IT Vice President, Large Enterprise Financial Services Company

* Based on companies interviewed in The Total Economic Impact of CA Workload Automation. Orchestrating Mainframe and Distributed Workloads In A Single Solution, Forrester Consulting, April 2012. (This a commissioned study by CA Technologies.) TechValidate Survey of a Large Enterprise Financial Services Company, www.techvalidate.com/product-research/ca-workloadautomation, TVID: 5CC-59D-8BD.

Accelerating Innovation in the Cloud Many leading companies are leveraging System z as part of their cloud infrastructure to reduce costs, increase service levels and provide unparalleled levels of security. Whatever your stage of cloud adoption, CA AppLogic for System z can help you reduce provisioning and de-provisioning tasks from weeks to minutes and more efficiently manage your entire application lifecycle to ultimately speed your response to business needs. This turnkey platform helps you to more rapidly deliver critical Linux-based applications on System z and gain greater visibility into their operation by: 1 Simplifying the process of designing, testing, deploying and scaling complex cloud applications. This includes the ability to: • Remotely create and configure a business service using a drag-and-drop approach and have it running in minutes • Manage applications throughout their entire 27

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lifecycle, including centralized management of patching • More quickly and easily replicate similar applications or multiple instances of an application • More readily access (and incorporate) back-end System z assets such as CICS transactions and DB2, IDMS and Datacom databases

2 Managing Linux-based apps on System z as part of a hybrid cloud infrastructure – with activities such as tracking, changing and decommissioning apps accomplished from a single user interface. Rapidly Deploy and Manage Linux on System z Applications Virtualize Linux on System z application and its CA AppLogic for System z is designed to enable users to visually and rapidly assemble a virtual appliance along with its related hardware and software components, and then manage it as a single unit. Since a single IBM z Enterprise server can host multiple grids, each with thousands of virtual appliances, real efficiencies and savings are possible. See Figure 4.

Significantly Reduce Hardware Storage Costs by Leveraging Cloud Harness and unite the full capabilities of System z and cloud storage across your dynamic data center. Move data storage into the cloud to improve your delivery of business services and take advantage of great efficiencies offered by cloud technology. CA Cloud Storage for System z is designed to help you to: • Lower cost. Reduce your dependency on expensive, proprietary hardware solutions and help shrink your cost of acquiring and managing storage data. • Access capacity on demand. Avoid investing in unutilized capacity for future growth by tapping into the cloud to provide fast and flexible access to endless capacity on demand when you need it. • Raise velocity. Access, store, retrieve and recover storage data more quickly and easily via the cloud, instead of waiting hours or days. • Reduce complexity. Reduce the time and effort required to manage and optimize your growing storage data environment. • Increase flexibility. Enable greater productivity to more quickly deploy and manage new and efficient storage data solutions across public, private or hybrid clouds.

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Why CA Technologies? CA Technologies offers a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to empower you to optimize efficiency, reduce risks and transform your crossenterprise IT environment into a dynamic data center. By implementing our best-in-class solutions to simplify and automate your IT infrastructure, you can begin to reap real costs savings and improve effectiveness – increasing IT’s ability to drive business value and innovation (see Figure 6). To learn more about our market-leading technology solutions — and how they can help accelerate

your path to real innovation via dynamic service delivery, contact us today. www.ca.com/mainframe 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.

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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 community’s existing hardware and software configuration, and also their plans and concerns for 2013.

cloud computing, and Linux applications are changing the 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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percent) were from Europe, with six percent from the Asia/Pacific region, and ten percent from the Middle East/Africa. As usual, a wide range of industry types are represented in our sample (Chart 2). Banking and insurance, both accounted for 38 percent of respondents, with IT accounting for another 20 percent. Government had 8 percent, retail six percent each, health, manufacturing, and telecom had five percent, transport had two percent, and education only one percent. That left other categories with 10 percent. A third way to categorize respondents is to look at 31

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ArcatiMainframe MainframeYearbook Yearbook2014 2007 Arcati 2014 user survey We also compared the rate of growth of the mainframe with that of other IT platforms within the enterprise. As shown in Chart 7, the System z looks relatively strong in the slow-to-medium growth range. For the first time, we are seeing sites expecting Windows and Linux use to decline. When the “don’t know” results have been excluded, we find 76 percent of mainframes are experiencing a growth of 1-25 percent per year. Just one Unix site reported growth greater than 50 percent per year. 13 percent of Windows sites are expecting over 50 percent growth, with the majority of sites in the 11-25 percent growth range. Apart from a few mainframe sites expecting a decline, we find around seven percent of IBM i sites are expecting a decline, while six percent of other mainframe sites are. In fact, only 42 percent of respondent now have IBM i and just under a third (32 percent) have other types of mainframe. Hardware 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, 2011 saw the z114 arrive, in 2012 it was the zEC12, and this year the z12BC. 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 zBC12 machines are only just being delivered, Chart 8 shows that 9 percent of respondents are using the new machines with 22 percent using the z12EC. 16 percent have z114s and 20 percent have z196s. That leaves 12 percent of respondents using z10s and the rest using older “z” mainframes. It is perhaps worth pointing out here that many respondents had more than one processor in use at their site with quite a few having three or more different processor models in use. With the greater availability of Intel-based machines such as z Personal Development Tool Adapter or the Secure Enterprise Desktop, we wanted to know whether anyone was actually

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 2014 user survey using them to run mainframe applications. We found that six percent of sites were using them for development and three percent of sites were using them for production! Mainframe strategy We asked respondents what, in their opinion, are the main benefits for their organization of the mainframe over other platforms. 86 percent highlighted the benefit of availability, with 71 percent identifying both security and scalability as benefits. Manageability last with 58 percent. We then went on to find out what are the main obstacles to mainframe acceptance within the enterprise. 66 percent (down from last year’s 82 percent) thought mainframes are too expensive (or appear to be). 49 percent (also down from last year’s 58 percent) thought that there are cultural barriers between mainframers and other IT professionals. 28 percent identified concerns about future availability/support for mainframe applications, 40 percent (way up from last year’s 18 percent) said difficulty in obtaining or retaining the necessary skills, and 20 percent thought mainframes are too complex (or appear to be). Seven percent thought there were no obstacles to mainframe acceptance – which is nice. Clearly this part of the survey is highlighting the issue of a skills shortage.

Within the industry as a whole, opinion is clearly divided over the role of the mainframe in new applications. For some companies the mainframe remains a separate legacy environment while others are leveraging the strengths of large systems by using them to deploy new workloads and technologies. We found that 46 percent of sites viewed their mainframe as a legacy system. That’s nearly half of all the sites surveyed. Happily, 21 percent viewed mainframes as strategic, and 22 percent viewed them as strategic and legacy. We asked respondents whether their z/OS systems participate in Web services and SOA environments, and the results are shown in Chart 9. 67 percent of organizations said that their mainframes participate partly or fully in Web services, up from last year’s 58 percent. It may well be that SOA and Web services has now reached maturity because the number of sites planning to integrate them in the future was only 2 percent (down from 6 percent the previous year). 47 percent (up from last year’s 36 percent) went on to say that they run Java-based applications on the mainframe, with only five percent planning to do so in the future (well down on last year’s 20 percent). Again this is a sign of maturity in the technology. 36 percent of respondents (similar to last year’s 34 percent) said that they run Linux on the System

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figure probably reflects the smaller number of sites using the product on a mainframe rather than a reluctance to consider Web-service enabling it.

And while we were thinking about Linux on mainframes, we asked how many sites were running Oracle under Linux on System z. 15 percent of sites surveyed said that they currently run Oracle on zLinux, which is up from last year’s figure of 8 percent. Last year, eight percent of respondents planned to use it, this year, no-one does.

We asked whether respondents currently used their mainframe for cloud computing. Only seven percent of respondents said they did (up from last year’s four percent). 84 percent said they didn’t (down from 90 percent). We also asked whether respondents were planning to adopt cloud computing as a strategy. 50 percent (up from last year’s 40 percent) said they weren’t at present. 16 percent (down from last year’s 22 percent) thought some mainframe applications would be cloud enabled in the future. 15 percent (much the same as last year) claimed that some of their applications are using the cloud model.

73 percent of organizations said that they are Webenabling their CICS subsystems (Chart 10), which is the same as last year. 67 percent of sites are Web-enabling DB2, which is just down from last year’s 72 percent. 29 percent of sites are Webenabling IMS, slightly down from last year’s 32 percent, and WebSphere Application Server rated 32 percent (down from last year’s 38 percent. 7 percent of sites are Web-enabling SAP. This low

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 11, 54 percent of the largest sites see integration as the way forward and predict a positive strategic direction – well down from last year’s figure of 75 percent. In the mid-range (between 1000 and 10,000 MIPS), the pro-integration contingent drops to 39 percent (down from 50 percent last

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Chart 11: Legacy application plans over the next three years year) with 14 percent (last year it was 5 percent) considering porting to Unix or Linux. 27 percent of larger sites and 25 percent of medium-sized ones see outsourcing as a way forward. Below 1000 MIPS, 61 percent of sites (well up from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 21 percent plan to integrate, with 16 percent looking at porting to Unix or Linux. 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 beyond the scope of this short survey to go into detail on cost, but the following questions explore some areas where financial comparisons can be made between large centralized systems and distributed servers. We asked respondents how fast their System z-related expenditure is increasing, in terms of 38

the technology itself and the people needed to support it. In Chart 12, 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 22.5 percent of sites seeing a decline in technology costs and 21 percent of sites seeing a decline in people costs). A third (up slightly from 30 percent last year) of respondents reported capacity growth higher than 10 percent, whereas only six percent (down from 10 last year) reported technology costs increasing by that amount, and only six percent (up from two percent last year) 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 13). As has been the norm for the past few years, more than half of our respondents use other platforms to manage the lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s share of the corporate data. 45 percent ÂŠ Arcati Ltd, 2014

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are disproportionate to the data split, with over three-quarters (78 percent) of budgets going off mainframe. The figures absolutely dismiss the

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 2014 user survey view that System z 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 14). 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. Once again, this chart can be used only as an indication of a general trend, but it’s a very interesting trend nevertheless! Anything above the green block in each column suggests higher costs for alternative platforms. Again this year, a substantial number of respondents felt that their Unix, Linux, and Windows user-support costs were increasing faster than the mainframe for an equivalent amount of capacity or support. With the environment and environmental issues getting so much coverage in the media these days, we wanted to know whether IBM’s green initiatives on things like power consumption and cooling had made the mainframe more or less attractive to our respondents. 57 percent of respondents (down from 78 percent last year) said that IBM’s green initiatives made no difference at all. No-one Unixsaid that the Linux Windows IBM i initiative made the mainframe less attractive. 25 percent felt it made the mainframe a little more attractive (up from last year’s 20 percent), and no-one felt it made the mainframe a lot more attractive. Clearly “greenness” isn’t much of a selling point for mainframes. Or perhaps our target audience would have a mainframe whatever! IBM versus the ISVs The mainframe independent software vendor (ISV) business is continually evolving, and there have been a number of small companies acquired by larger organizations, but, on the whole, not any 40

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ArcatiMainframe MainframeYearbook Yearbook2014 2007 Arcati 2014 user survey obvious shifts in the landscape. BMC Software agreed to be taken private in a $6.9 billion deal by Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital in May. IBM regularly argues that some ISVs are too inflexible and need to change their software pricing strategies, while the third-party suppliers respond that IBM is placing excessive pressure on them by using its size and influence to win over their customers. Mainframe management is now sold as a way of allowing customers to maintain the quality of the service they get from the mainframe 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 GUItype screens, which younger IT people are more familiar with, to display important information. And much mainframe monitoring data can now be accessed from a browser. We asked respondents what makes them consider a change of vendor for their mainframe tools and utilities. It’s clear from Chart 15 that cost is by far

the biggest driver, even though cheaper tools often offer limited functionality. ISVs will be pleased to know that although 14 percent of sites said they rarely if ever change their software, this figure is down from last year’s 20 percent – and the trend over the past few years has been downwards for this figure. 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 16) we found that 58 percent of respondents pay more to IBM/Tivoli for software than to other vendors. This is a decrease from last year’s 72 percent. Does this mean that third-party software is becoming cheaper or more appealing to purchasers over the past year? Other issues We asked about IBM’s ‘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

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Chart 16: How much software budget goes to IBM and how much to ISVs? they had. 11 percent of sites had all three (similar to last year’s value of 12 percent) and a further 26 percent of sites had two of the three specialty processors (up from last year’s 22 percent). More sites had zIIP processors (68 percent – up from 52) than any other. 28 percent (down from last year’s 36 percent) had IFL processors, and 22 percent had zAAP specialty processors. 22 percent of sites don’t have a specialty processor installed. The full results are shown in Chart 17. In the USA, regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), and BASEL II, plus what’s estimated to be over 150 state and federal laws dictate the length of time that ElectronicallyStored 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. 45 percent of sites were compliant, with a further 17 percent nearly compliant, with these new regulations. The figure for sites not having an archiving strategy is 25percent, slightly lower than last year’s 27 percent. Clearly, compliance is an important issue 42

and one that many organizations are making sure that they are (or will be) fully compliant. The full results are shown in Figure 18. According to the IBM Web site: “PureSystems combine the flexibility of a general purpose system, the elasticity of cloud and the simplicity of an appliance. They are integrated by design and come with built in expertise gained from decades of experience to deliver a simplified IT experience.” We were interested to see whether sites were taking advantage of this new technology. Only eight percent (up from last year’s two percent) of respondents said they were. But no sites this year said that they planned to use PureSystems (last year the figure was two percent). We were also curious about the take up of business analytics (IBM’s Smarter Analytics). Here just four percent of sites are currently using the technology and another five percent plan to. There’s been a huge growth in the use of social media in recent years, and we wondered whether those people “using their dad’s technology” found social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc) useful for their work on the mainframe. 18 percent said that they did, with 13 percent not sure, and the © Arcati Ltd, 2014

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Chart 17: Specialty processors installed rest not using it at all. IBM has Facebook pages dedicated to IMS, CICS, and DB2, it seems a shame if they’re not being used. With the growth in number of software products that allow users to monitor the mainframe from a browser on a tablet/iPad or smartphone, we thought it would be interesting to see whether our survey respondents were using these devices to monitor or control their mainframe. Only nine percent said that they were. Much has been made in the media about IPV4 addresses running out and the need for everyone to migrate to IPv6, which has many more addresses available. The change would require a lot of effort for manframers, but we wondered users had any plans to introduce IPv6 in 2014. Two percent of sites already have IPv6, with a further 13 percent planning to implement it in 2014. Another hot topic through 2013 has been Big Data and all the things associated with that (such as © Arcati Limited, 2014

Hadoop). We asked whether sites had any plans to use Big Data. Again, two percent of sites said that they were already using Big Data, and a further 12 percent said that they plan to. Finally we asked about that current IT bête noire – BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). We wanted to know how important sites thought it was to make mainframe data available to other platforms. 78 percent of sites said that it was very important to the way they work at the moment. Three percent are in the planning stage, and nine percent expect to do some work on this in the future. When it comes to how important is the idea of people using their own devices (BYOD) to access mainframes, 15 percent (up from last year’s 10 percent) of sites said it was very important to the way they work now – but 47 percent (up from last year’s 30 percent) said it wasn’t important. Only four percent (down from last year’s 18 percent) are in the planning stages, and 19 percent expect to be in the future.

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Chart 18: Data archiving strategies that comply with the latest regulations CONCLUSIONS I have a theory about how to tell how good business has been in the past year. When you go to trade shows, you look at what companies are giving away on their stands. A few T-shirts, and some memory sticks means it’s been a fairly ordinary year without too many big wins, but at least business has been done. If there are a whole range of goodies that you quite like the look of, I’m thinking model racing cars and things like that, then you know it’s been a bumper year with sales targets clearly exceeded. My impression this past year was that people were mainly giving away pens – not a good sign. Having said that, many sites are clearly spending money. We found that 13 percent of respondents already owned the new z12BC processor. What was disappointing was the view about whether the mainframe was a strategic machine that would move the business forward, or whether it was a legacy box that simply ran the old software until something better came along. Nearly half (46 percent) of sites see the mainframe as a legacy system, with only 21 percent viewing it as strategic. 22 percent thought it was both and there were a few don’t knows. 44

This more people view the mainframe as a legacy system, the less likely they are to use it for developing more modern applications. And again, that’s what we found – although there is always a lag between things appearing on slides in presentations and actually being used on the ground. Having said that, we found that the adoption of Big Data was only in use at two percent of sites with 12 percent planning to adopt it. Only 18 percent of sites use social media. And only none percent of sites were using tablet devices to monitor their mainframe. Similarly, only seven percent of respondents said that they currently use the mainframe for cloud computing and just 16 percent thinking they might in the foreseeable future And yet, there is plenty of evidence that mainframes should be used to support new development. Despite the complexity of mainframe pricing, the majority of respondents believe that their Unix and Windows user-support costs were increasing faster than the mainframe. Similarly, most sites felt their maintenance and acquisition costs were higher on Windows and Unix than on System z. But, yet again this year, we found that sites no longer use the mainframe as their principal repository for corporate data. © Arcati Ltd, 2014

ArcatiMainframe MainframeYearbook Yearbook2014 2007 Arcati 2014 user survey It seems that integrating mainframe applications with Web services and service-oriented architecture is a project that is in people’s minds with the figure for mainframes participating partly or fully in Web services up this year. In terms of specialty processors, over three quarters of sites had them installed and were making use of the obvious benefits associated with them. 11 percent of sites had all three in use. For sites with smaller mainframes, particularly below 500 MIPS, there is always the option, or perhaps threat, of migrating off the mainframe to some other platform. Again this year, disappointingly, our survey showed this to be a strong possibility. The bottom line is that the mainframe continues to offer a cost-effective, secure, and powerful platform for organizations with the necessary background and expertise in place to support it.

Moreover, there are strong indications that mainframe and non-mainframe professionals are still culturally divided within the enterprise. It seems that many sites using the hybrid machines are not making the most of them in terms of integration. Vendors are realizing that younger people moving into the mainframe environment aren’t happy with green screens and expect to use GUI-based systems with a similar look-and-feel to Windows or Mac environments. It won’t be long before the Android-style interface (or iPad) with its touch screen and hand gestures will become the interface of choice – even for experienced mainframe professionals. Most importantly, non-mainframe IT staff and managers need to see the multitude of advantages that using a mainframe can bring to an organization – in terms of security, reliability, availability, flexibility, as well as understanding the true total cost of ownership figures for the platform.

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Vendors, consultants, and service providers working in the z/OS environment Details in this section are provided by the individual vendors and service providers, and Arcati accepts no responsibility for their accuracy. We urge readers to contact the companies directly for the latest information. Please assume that all product and company names are the registered property of their owners. If your company is not listed here and you would like a free entry in next year’s edition, visit http://www.arcati.com/vendorentry.

MAINFRAME VENDORS LISTED IN THIS DIRECTORY ABIS Action Software Advanced Software Products Group, Inc. (ASPG) Alebra Technologies Applied Software Arcis Services ASG Software Solutions ATERAS Atos Information Technology Attachmate Attunity Axios Products B & M Europe Ltd Baer Consulting Barra Systems Beta Systems Software Big Iron Associates Blenheim Software Blenheim Software International Ltd Blue Sea Technology BluePhoenix Solutions BMC Software BOB Tech Solutions Bsecure – The Mainframe & Security Company CA Technologies Canam Software CASI Software CDB Software Cobbs Mill Consulting Cole Software Compu Management Compute (Bridgend)

Computer Management Sciences Computer Measurement Group Compuware Corporation Conexus Technologies ConicIT Connectivity Systems CONNX Solutions, Inc CopperEye CPT Global Ltd CSC CSL International Data Kinetics DDV technologies Dignus DINO Software DataVantage – Direct Computer Resources DPI Software DTS Software Edge Information Group Enterprise Systems Associates, Inc. (“ESAi”) Epoka Group EPV Technologies European Mainframe Academy Exspans Systems EZ Legacy Fitz Software & Co Flynet Fujitsu Gary Bergman Associates GT Software H&W Computer Systems Heitech Managed Services Sdn Bhd Hexaware Technologies

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory MAINFRAME VENDORS LISTED IN THIS DIRECTORY – continued Higobi Systems HORIZONT I/S Management Strategies i3 Business Solutions IBM Illustro Systems International Informatica InfoSec, Inc Innovation DP Inspired Solutions (Software) Ltd INTERCHIP AG Interskill Learning ISAM ISI Pty Ltd iTech-Ed Levi Ray & Shoup Logicalis UK Longpela Expertise Looksoftware Luminex MacKinney Systems Macro 4 Mainframe Co Ltd Maintec Technologies Marist College Matter of Fact Software Micro Focus MOST Technologies NewEra Software OGS Consulting Oracle PDFlib GmbH Pegasystems PerfTechPro Phoenix Software Int PIR Group PKS Software PKWARE, Inc Progress | DataDirect ProTech Consulting & Training QMSI-Quintessential Mailing Software Incorporated

Relational Architects International Rocket Software RSM Partners RSM Technology SAS Institute Serena Software Softlib Software Software AG Software Diversified Services Software Engineering GmbH Software (Europe) Ltd Software on Z Solimar Systems Sosa Cousins SQData Corporation SSH Stonesoft SV Group Syspertec Communication Systemwerx T3 Technologies TeamQuest TechMaint, LLC Techsys Software Services The Source Recovery Co TONE Software Top Gun Technology Trident Services Triton Consulting Type80 Security Software Value-4IT Limited Vanguard Verhoef Training WDR Web Age Solutions William Data Systems Xbridge Systems zIT Consulting zSoftware Zosterops

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Address: P.O. Box 220, Diestsevest 32, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Phone: +32-16-245610 Email: training@abis.be Web: http://www.abis.be

Address: Alte Steinhauserstr. 1, CH-6330 Cham, Switzerland Phone: +41 41 748 6266 Email: Marketing@ActionSoftware.ch Web: http://www.actionsoftware.ch

Activity: Education. Specialist areas: Data management; programming/ testing; Web integration and legacy reengineering tools. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: Linux, Windows

Sales contacts: America +1 905 470 7113, e-mail: Marketing@ actionsoftware.com EMEA +41 41 748 6266, e-mail: Marketing@ actionsoftware.ch. AsiaPac +1 905 470 7113, e-mail: Marketing@ actionsoftware.com. Portugal, Spain, Mexico, South and Central America +34 911845930, e-mail: Info@suasum.com Italy and Italian speaking countries +39 039 999 2101, e-mail: Sales@dpcssrl.com

Company profile ABIS Training & Consulting provides high-level technological ICT services for large and medium-sized enterprises. The activities are based on specialized ICT knowledge, which is offered as training and consulting. ABIS was founded in 1984 in Belgium but it is also very active in the Netherlands (with a separate subsidiary in Woerden near Utrecht). Also active in other countries around the world. Product/service information IABIS has invested heavily in mainframe related expertise: z/OS, DB2, CICS, WebSphere and application development. Courses and consulting services can be grouped into three main categories: • z/OS Host Based Technology, with particular emphasis on z/OS Enterprise Server as an application development platform. The main focus is on z/OS and DB2, as well as the application development process on this platform. More specific courses and services are offered on z/OS, TSO, DB2, CICS, traditional application development (COBOL and PL/I) and RDz. • Database consolidation: training in the use and integration of different databases. ABIS provides training and expertise on DB2 for z/OS, DB2 for LUW, Oracle, MySQL, and Big Data. • Re-use and integration. The focus here is traditional functional analysis and design on the one hand, and Agile & Scrum on the other hand. Key to our approach is the development of reusable components for applications and web servers. Courses are offered on WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Application Server, XML, Scrum, DevOps, Java, Eclipse, Rational, TWS, ...

Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based, other Company profile We are an established software company based in Cham, Switzerland, specialising in mainframe z/OS solutions in the areas of security, availability, auditability, risk management, continuity of business, system governance and change management. These unique offerings are designed for both MVS and USS (Unix System Services). Our company supports the whole of Europe and our personnel speak both fluent English and German. Our business objectives are to help customers improve their system’s availability, to optimize their control of system changes and to provide accurate auditing. Product/service information Our products are: • eventACTION (Change Tracker, Change Manager, Reference Tracker and Command Manager) • ussACTION (Change Tracker, Change Manager and Reference Tracker).

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Let us help you manage your systems more efficiently eventACTION and ussACTION are event tracking products for z/OS that reduce system problems, speed up resolution of remaining problems, prevent unauthorised and undocumented changes, provide flexible real-time non-bypassable Change Management, reduce risks, enforce asset management, improve security, provide an accurate and complete audit trail, plus a host of additional functions and improvements. For Europe Action Software GmbH Alte Steinhauserstr. 1, CH-6330 Cham, Switzerland Tel: +41 41 748 6266 E-mail: Marketing(at)actionsoftware.ch

For North America

Action Software Intl. Valleywood Drive, Suite 107, Markham, Ontario, Canada, L3R 6G1 Tel: +1 905 470 7113 E-mail: Marketing(at)actionsoftware.com

These have been implemented and used effectively for many years by organizations such as the major banks, insurance, and manufacturing companies. eventACTION is the ideal solution for those corporations where security, controls, auditing, and availability are the top priority. eventACTION and ussACTION are essential for organizations wishing to enforce Sarbanes Oxley and COBIT requirements on z/OS systems.

Advanced Software Products Group Inc (ASPG) Address: 3185 Horseshoe Drive South Naples, FL 34104, USA. Phone: 239 649 1548 or (800) 662-6090 Email: aspgsales@aspg.com. Web: www.aspg.com.

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Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; storage management; security; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/VSE Pricing options: Monthly/annual license Company profile Headquartered in Naples, Florida since 1986, Advanced Software Products Group, Inc. has provided the IT community with cutting edge software solutions, support and services. With a worldwide network of support, including active roles as an IBM Partner In Development and Microsoft Certified Partner, ASPG remains a leader in the optimization of data center performance. ASPG offers innovative software solutions for Data Security, Storage Administration, Capacity Planning, System Productivity and CICS Productivity. Data centers worldwide have made ASPG software solutions their products of choice to increase productivity, protect data, and solve critical issues in their IT environments.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Product/service information. • Mainframe Data Encryption [MegaCryption] • Password Reset & Synchronization [ReACT] • RACF Administration & Reporting [ERQ] • DB2 Encryption [MegaCryption DB] • ICSF Analysis [CryptoMon] • SMF Data Management [SMFUTIL] • Performance & Utilization Reporting [InfoDASD, InfoTAPE, InfoCPU] • HSM Reporting [HSCAN] • Macro to Command [Command CICS] • DASD & VSAM Modeling [SpaceCalc] • ICF Catalog Management [CIM] • On-line CICS Help [Help/Key].

Alebra Technologies Inc Address: 550 Main Street, Suite 250, New Brighton, MN 55112 USA Phone: +1 651 366 6140 Email: pdmsales@alebra.com Web: http://www.alebra.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; storage 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 Company profile Alebra Technologies develops and markets proprietary enterprise integration software to businesses worldwide. Alebra’s software portfolio includes data sharing and communications solutions that integrate mainframe and open system environments. Alebra’s solutions are marketed to mid-market and enterprise customers worldwide through direct, partner, and OEM arrangements. Alebra has over 200 Global 2000 accounts for its products and services. Its products are installed worldwide. Product/service information Alebra offers enterprise software that provides host connectivity and cross-platform data moving. Alebra’s products are classified into the following families: • Parallel Data Mover (PDM) is a cross platform application that allows users to reliably transfer large volumes of data using parallel data movement. Connectivity options include a new world-first FICONFCP Gateway appliance as well as GbE. • The Brixton PU2.1 SNA Server is the networking software equivalent to the SunLink SNA 3270 Gateway, enabling communications between your TCP/IP

networked clients and IBM mainframe and mid-range systems using SNA and other protocols. • EXPRESS is the industry’s foremost host connectivity software on an open platform. It brings together all advanced SNA capabilities into one highly integrated software package, unparalleled in the industry.

Applied Software Inc Address: 737 Sandy Point Lane, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, USA. Phone: +1 215-297-9441 Email: janis@appliedsoftware.com Web: www.appliedsoftware.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Data management; security; programming/testing; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/VSE Non-mainframe platforms supported: Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based. Company profile Providing solutions for data transfer and data security in the z/OS environment is our mission. The integrity and security of the data is critical whether data is stored on the network, during the file transfer process, or off-site. We provide solutions which include user-friendly tools for file transfer and data encryption using AES 128 encryption, DES, Triple DES and DESX. Product/service information SSR Client/Server: superset replacement for IBM’s IND$FILE. Unlike IND$FILE, SSR is fully supported, improves file transfer performance up to 50% or more, and is available for TSO and VTAM, CICS MVS Services, and CICS. Data Encryption Facility: Applied Software’s mainframe encryption application that supports AES 128 encryption, DES, Triple DES (3DES) and DESX encryption and provides for management of encryption keys. DEF supports IBM and plug-compatible CPUs with the z/OS operating systems. CICS currently supported. VTAM Multi-User Platform (VTAM MUP) supports SSR and FSE+. VTAM MUP provides program services for multiple users per address space and multiple address spaces in a native MVS VTAM environment. Automatic SAF calls provide security processing at the same level as TSO. Provides TSO-like environment without TSO’s high overhead.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory FSE+ a high performance editor, data set manager, and job output previewer. Supports sequential files, PDS, and PDS/E members with LRECLs up to 32760 all while using up to 50% less overhead than ISPF/PDF. Operates under TSO and VTAM MUP. TSO Superset Utilities: group of nine TSO commands providing functions unavailable in the standard TSO environment. Commands include COMPARE, COPY, FORMAT, FSHELP, LIST, LISTJES, MERGE, PRINTDS and TSOSORT. Commands written in re-entrant Assembler Language.

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”.

ASG Software Solutions Address: 1333 3rd Avenue S. Naples, FL 34102, USA. Phone: 1.800.932.5536. Email: sales@asg.com. Web: www.asg.com. Sales contacts: EMEA +44 (0) 1.727.736.300, emea.north@asg.com. AsiaPac +65.6332.2922, apac.central@asg.com. 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, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, Linux, windows, other. Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, other Company profile A recognized innovator in Enterprise IT and business software solutions, ASG Software Solutions has been optimizing 85 percent of the world’s most complex IT organizations for over 25 years. We create and deploy unique software solutions that reduce cost, mitigate risk and improve service delivery throughout the IT lifecycle. ASG’s comprehensive solutions help you solve today’s challenges, such as Cloud Computing and Big Data, while driving your business forward by providing insight and control across Cloud, Distributed and Mainframe environments. For the z/OS Mainframe environment ASG offers a comprehensive suite of well established and respected z/ OS products used in Mainframe sites across the globe. ASG offers to help z/OS customers by delivering excellent z/OS products and services and also by offering to replace competitive vendors and delivering a cost saving to help lower the cost of z/OS based computing. Product/ service information ASG offerings for the z/OS platform include: ASG TMON Suite for z/OS Systems Monitoring

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory TMON CICS for Management of CICS Transaction Server Performance TMON DB2 for Complete Performance Management of DB2 TMON IMS for Complete IMS TM/DB Management TMON z/OS for Detailed Monitoring of IBM’s z/OS Operating System etc ASG Smart Suite for Application Development/Testing SmartTest for z/OS Interactive Code Testing and Debugging SmartScope for Fault Diagnosis and Dump Management SmartFile for z/OS File and Data Management Tritune to pinpoint z/OS Application performance bottlenecks Z-Series products for z/OS Systems Management Zeke for z/OS Enterprise Event Scheduling Zebb for Automated Job Restart/Rerun System Zack for Automated Systems and Event Management Zara for Automated Tape Management Life Cycle Manager (LCM) for Application Change Control PerfMan for z/OS based Capacity Planning and Modelling

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, functional equivalency, and equal or better performance at execution. ATERAS teams use DB-Shuttle to convert legacy databases (ADABAS, VSAM, IDMS, IMS) to relational technologies (such as IBM’s DB2) and legacy applications (ADS/Online to Java or COBOL) to newer more open languages. The technology is proven and have several clients who have successfully migrated to DB2 such as Progressive Insurance, University of Miami, Edward Jones, State of NJ Office of Administrative Courts.

View Direct for Archiving and Storage of z/OS Business & Systems Information Becubic for z/OS Application Code Analysis and Understanding Comprehensive z/OS JCL Management through JobScan, JCLPrep, and ProJCL Please see a full product list at www.asg.com . For further information please contact Peter Shkurko at peter.shkurko@asg.com.

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

Atos Information Technology Address: Luxemburger Straße 3, 45131 Essen, Germany.. Phone: +49 (0)201-4305-9095 Email: mainframe.services@atos.net. Web: www.atos.net. Sales contacts: USA: +1 (914) 881-3000 / info.na@atos.net AsiaPac: +65 6496 3888 / enquire.hongkong@atos.net 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; 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: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Company Profile Atos is an international information technology services company with annual 2011 pro forma revenue of EUR 8.5 billion and 74,000 employees in 48 countries. Serving a global client base, it delivers hi-tech transactional services, consulting and technology services, systems integration and managed services. With its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, it works with clients across the following market sectors: Manufacturing, Retail, Services; Public, Health & Transports; Financial Services; Telecoms, Media & Technology; Energy & Utilities. Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future. It is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market. Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting & Technology Services, Atos Worldline and Atos Worldgrid. For more information, visit: www.atos.net. Product/service information Atos is a leading supplier of innovative and flexible IBM Mainframe Services at market competitive prices. The service portfolio includes the whole spectrum of mainframe services “as a cloud offering” scaling from “support at the customer’s site” (Secondment) via “Infrastructure as a Service” (IaaS) to “Platform as a Service” (PaaS) and up to fully exploiting the capabilities of mainframes: the offering “Mainframe as a Service (MaaS)”. Our infrastructure portfolio is centered around twin mainframe data centers with state-off-the-art fully resilient processing, disk and tape technology and network connections, offering the building blocks for flexible and agile service offerings. Our application portfolio spans the full application life cycle management including application modernization, transformation and new development (e.g. based on Java / XML).

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. Attachmate’s 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. Product/service information Attachmate’s Reflection, EXTRA!, and INFOConnect terminal emulation solutions provide reliable connections from any Windows desktop or web browser to applications on IBM Mainframe, IBM AS/400, UNIX, Linux, HP, OpenVMS, Unisys, and Tandem systems. Advanced features are designed to strengthen host security, improve user productivity, and support existing and emerging technologies (including Windows Vista). Attachmate also offers legacy integration for IBM mainframe platforms with Verastream. The Verastream integration suite provides a complete range of mainframe, web, and desktop modernization tools that speed the reuse of legacy applications in service-oriented architectures.

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,

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Linux, Windows, other. Pricing options: One-time charge

Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: Processor/capacity-based

Company profile Attunity is a leading provider of enterprise data integration software. Using Attunity’s 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.

Company profile Axios Products develops, distributes, and supports mainframe performance enhancement and management software for z/OS, OS/390, and MVS environments. For over 30 years, we have dedicated ourselves to providing customers with useful, reliable, and cost-effective software along with responsive technical support. Our strong customer commitment to providing quality software products and service is the driving force behind the continuing growth of our mainframe customer base.

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 systems and accelerate EAI initiatives with certified adapters. • Attunity Stream, allows users to move mainframe and enterprise operational data in real-time to data warehouses and data marts, dramatically improving the efficiency of ETL processes, synchronizing data sources, and enabling event-driven business activity monitoring and processing. • Attunity Federate allows heterogeneous data sources to be joined, to make them available as a virtual data layer. The product employs distributed query optimization and processing engines that reside natively on enterprise data servers. Federate provides superior performance, security, and transaction management, and leverages Attunity Connect adapters to access any data source in the enterprise.

Axios Products Inc Address: 353 Veterans Highway, Suite 204, Commack, NY 11725, USA. Phone: 800-877-0990. Email: info@axiosproducts.com Web: www.axios.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management

Product/service information RefWiz is a powerful analysis and documentation tool that provides, in one place, comprehensive data about application element interrelationships for mainframe batch and CICS applications, including whether or not the element is being used. This information is available for immediate access in a variety of standard or customized forms to suit your specific needs. RefWiz is used for conversions, upgrades, audits, migrations, daily maintenance, documentation, mergers, operations management (including failure analysis), disaster recovery, change scope analysis, and much more. ROPES (Remote Online Print Executive System) is a comprehensive CICS print spooling and transmission software for IBM mainframe-based systems. ROPES provides complete facilities for generating, retrieving, browsing, distributing and printing reports from online transactions, batch jobs, or the operating system spool. Its versatile set of capabilities allows you to place report data on the ROPES queue concurrent with online printing operations. A comprehensive command structure allows any authorized terminal operator to effectively control ROPES, eliminating the need for dedicated control terminals. The SPI-TAB+ table management system provides one simple product that will manage your tables using the same standards for all applications, eliminating the need to write programs for this process. SPI-TAB+ lets you quickly and easily update, customize and maintain your tables, and get your new applications on line faster, with less effort. Plus, the same tool can be used on line or in batch. In addition, the new SPI-TAB+ web interface component allows you to list and update SPI-TAB+ tables via a web browser, eliminating the need for traditional mainframe access and ultimately expanding your user base by providing access for less technical end users who may not have CICS knowledge.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory B & M Europe Ltd Address: Whitehouse Farm, Silchester Road, Tadley RG26 3PY, UK. Phone: 0118 981 1880 Email: info@bmeurope.com Web: http://www.bmeurope.com/itservices.html Activity: Consultant 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 Company profile B & M enables business-critical IT systems for large, complex enterprises by delivering a tailored blend of technical expertise, project management and efficient administration. The company has delivered technical support and consultancy services since 1992, working exclusively on systems software and network connectivity for z/OS, UNIX and Linux enterprise platforms. B & M is completely vendor-independent and provides services to Europe’s major organisations. Product/service information B & M offers a portfolio of technical services to meet customers’ needs: B & M ProTech delivers technical projects, fully managed by B & M or managed by the customer B & M Assure services provide contingency cover for planned or unplanned shortages in key resources B & M ProSupport second and third tier technical support services can be delivered either on-site or remotely B & M TechConsult offers consultancy for short-term, bespoke projects B & M ProLegacy is an enduring legacy support service that ensures that systems software supports vital but stabilised application systems B & M SkillSource delivers contract support services, notably for technical systems software on large enterprise systems B & M Permanent offers a specialist search and placement service to fill permanent technical roles.

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. BCI’s 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. BCI’s project-based solutions include z/OS rollout projects, data center implementations, migrations, upgrades, business recovery, maintenance to third-party operating systems and software, or server consolidations. BCI project management, planning, and status reporting procedures ensure all services are completed on schedule and within budget throughout the project lifecycle. Our services range from short-term, peak-load project support to complete facilities management. Baer Consulting offers individualized Mainframe Support Services from T&M to 24x7 Support. BCI consistently delivers high quality solutions to our clients, while dramatically increasing the effectiveness of their information systems management teams, project management for Enterprise strategies, and Enterprise systems support. Product/service information BCI draws on years of experience and training to provide responsive and quality answers in core areas such as: Operating Systems IBM z/OS, IBM S/390, IBM VM/ESA, IBM VSE/ESA, z/VM, Linux, etc.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Subsystems IBM Transaction Server (CICS), IBM DB2/UDB, IBM Security Server, IBM MQSeries, IBM Tivoli Storage Management, WebSphere, and ISV Installation/Upgrade/ Conversion, etc. Network TCP/IP, OSA Configuration, TN3270, NCP, SNA Configuration, and Host-On-Demand, etc. Storage Management VTS/ATL, SAN, DASD, etc. For longer-term solutions, BCI also provides a wide range of expert services such as: Storage Management Assessment through Implementation Facilities/Outsource Management Data Center Relocation/Consolidation Project Management Capacity/Performance Planning Business Recovery Security.

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.

Beta Systems Software Ltd Address: Alt-Moabit 90d, D-10559, Berlin, Germany Phone: +49 30 726 1180. Email: info@betasystems.com Web: www.betasystems.com Sales contacts: America +1 301 486 4600 EMEA +44 01189 769224 Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; storage management; job scheduling; document management; security; web integration and re-engineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux. Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: one-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based. Company profile Beta Systems develops high quality software products and services for secure and efficient processing of large quantities of data. Beta software products and solutions support users in the automation, safeguarding and traceability of their business processes within the three core areas of user management, document management and information management in data processing centres. Beta Systems’ 1,300 customers worldwide include seven of the ten largest European insurance groups and 50% of the largest European banks. Since 1997, Beta has been listed on the Stock Exchange and currently employs around 700 staff, mainly in competence centres in Berlin (Business Headquarters), Cologne, Augsburg and Calgary. In addition, the company is internationally active through 18 subsidiaries and numerous partner organizations. Product/service information The Beta portfolio encompasses software products and solutions in three core fields: identity management, document management and information management in data processing centres. ECM – Document Management Enterprise Content Management (ECM) offers industryspecific products for processing, preparing, distributing

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory and archiving documents and data. FrontCollect covers every station in document processing from scanning, capturing and archiving to case processing, and allows businesses to capture their entire inbox and transfer it to downstream applications such as ERP or postbox systems. The VIDiDOC-Suite connects output management with solution-oriented document post-processing, handling the distribution, display and processing of documents generated in business applications. IDM – User Management Beta Systems’ Identity Management (IDM) and security administration solutions provide optimal data security through constant monitoring and implementation of security standards. SAM Jupiter offers policy-based management of IT users and their rights across entire businesses and platforms, with single sign-on and user provisioning. DCI – Information management in data centres The Data Centre Infrastructure (DCI) business area offers solutions for secure and efficient information management. This includes the control, monitoring, processing and documentation of complex, IT -supported business processes. Beta offers cross-industry products for storage, scheduling and auditing, with comprehensive tools for backup, recovery and data transfer.

Big Iron Associates Address 356 Rankin Drive, Burlington, ON, Canada L7N 2B4. Phone: +1 905-637-5146 Email: john@bigironassociates.ca Web: bigironassociates.ca Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: Asset and change management Mainframe Platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Company Profile Big Iron Associates provides software asset management consulting services primarily for mainframe clients who are trying to better manage their software costs and licenses. John Anderson has over 30 years experience in the industry. He has been a regular presenter in the SAM track at the annual Guide/Share UK conference.

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 supplying and implementing software to all the major sites. Contact us for more information on how we can help your business grow. Also, if you are a software developer who wants products distributing in the UK and Ireland, please don’t hesitate to call us. We have more than 100 licences with customers including: • Banks: Barclays, Chase Manhattan & AIB Bank (Allied Irish Bank) • Financial Institutions: Allied Dunbar, International Factors, and CIS • Utilities: Thames Water • Building: Blue Circle • Telecoms: British Telecom & Telecom Eireann • Manufacturers: Nissan & Sony. Product/service information Out tools help users with improving the capacity and performance of z/OS, UNIX, DB2, etc. And a wide range of products to help operations departments (JCL checks, addons to TWS, dataset renaming and much more).

Blenheim Software International Ltd Address 11 Hollycombe, Englefield Green, Surrey TW20 0LQ, UK Phone: +44-1784-437404 Email: blenheim@blenheimintl.co.uk Web: www.blenheimintl.co.uk Activity: Software Vendor Specialist areas: Data management; storage management; security; programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, other

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Non- mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company Profile Blenheim, based near Heathrow in the Thames Valley, was established over 15 years ago with a focus on the ADABAS market in the UK mainframe community. Today almost all active UK ADABAS sites use our software services. We are also World-Wide distributors for “PEEK” our ADABAS File Browser/Editor from ByteZone, Australia for which we boast customers across Europe, The Americas and elsewhere. In addition, we are the UK Agent for Advanced Software Products Group, Inc. who have provided the z/OS & OS/390 Mainframe community with cutting edge Enterprise Cryptography and Security Management software solutions, support and services since 1986. Product/service information ADABAS/Natural Database Utilities: ADAMAGIC - ADABAS C Files to UNIX Conversion ADAREORG - ADABAS File Restructuring with minimum risk and computer resource usage ADASTRIP - ADABAS File Data Extraction Utility DBAUDIT - ADABAS Database Logical Integrity Verification PEEK - ADABAS File Browser & Editor in use at over 60 sites world-wide NIM - Purpose built TP Monitor for the Natural and ADABAS environments as an alternative to CICS Enterprise Cryptography and Security Management: MEGACRYPTION - Enterprise Cryptography for z/OS, WIN, UNIX & LINUX CRYPTOMON - ISPF Cryptographic Key Manager ReACT - Enterprise Password Reset & Synchronization ERQ - Easy RACF Query, Automated RACF Administration and Reporting Generic Systems Management Software Offerings: Providing a global view of your resource performance and utilisation. SMFUTIL / SMFVIEW — SMF Data Management can reduce the dump & clear time by up to 70% The Info Suite: Info/CPU - Info/DASD – InfoTAPE As a suite or individually, the Info products provide a global view of your resource performance and utilization.

Blue Sea Technology Address Beckumer Str. 152, Germany Phone: +49 (0) 2382 966225 Email: helpdesk@blueseasoft.de Web: www.blueseasoft.de Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; network performance/management Mainframe Platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, other Non- mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based Company Profile Blue Sea Technology is privately held software development, technical support, consulting and training company. Company supports over 30 multiplatform, MVS and VSE mainframe systems products, which are used by data centers of all sizes and configurations worldwide. With our security solutions, large companies can manage their security infrastructure. We are proudly distributing software solutions from our Partners. Software Sales, Licensing, and Technical Support are our priority. Our loyalty and 100% dedication to our Customers and Partners are well known . The philosophy of Blue Sea Technology is based on the following: the simple ideology that Information Technology must be developed and delivered for the end user. This must serve both the company concerned and its staff. The goals of this specialist company are to bring to the users, software of the highest quality, coupled closely with its professionally supported technical department and documentation. As would be expected this dependable consultancy unit is well placed to assist its customer base, to attain maximum ease of use of its preferred software packages. Our company has gained invaluable close support contact with its customer base. It can assist in your technical and IT based needs. This will enable its customers to make clear and concise decisions based on the highly sort after software it supplies.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Product/service information Our mainframe solutions for the areas of Performance Monitoring Software, CICS Utilities, Report & Backup, Session & Print Management, File Transfer & Compression, Multiplatform Scheduling, and Remote Print Management are known for the highest quality software, documentation and technical support in the business. Our customers can rely on the quality software from our partner, like Software Diversified Services (SDS), a leading provider of enterprise software. We are proud to present this high quality Software like VIP - VitalSigns for IP the complete monitoring, alerting, diagnosis, and repair for IP Networks on z/OS, or VitalSigns for FTP, Snap-in security and encryption for FTP file transfer jobs on z/ OS. With Vanguard Security Solutions large companies can manage their security infrastructure. The software products are designed to meet today’s unprecedented security challenges. The products bring together formerly separate functions of security administration, access and authentication, reporting and analysis, and policy compliance. Our professionals assist our clients through consultancy, development, project delivery and training. By out-tasking to our company our clients not only saving time and money, but they get top technologies delivery and still continuing its overall control. By that way of working, we do not replace the customer’s teams and work places, but helping them to be more competitive on the market, to be able to react faster for the real time technological and business development demands.

BluePhoenix Solutions Address 8000 Regency Parkway, Suite 300, Cary, NC 27518, USA Phone: +1 919 380 5100 Email: usa@bphx.com Web: www.bphx.com Activity: Software Vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe Platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non- mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license Company Profile BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ: BPHX) is a leading provider of value-driven legacy IT modernization solutions.

BluePhoenix offerings include a comprehensive suite of tools and services from global IT asset assessment and impact analysis to automated database and application migration, rehosting, and renewal. Leveraging over 20 years of best practice domain expertise, BluePhoenix works closely with its customers to ascertain which assets should be migrated, redeveloped, or wrapped for reuse as services or business processes, to protect and increase the value of their business applications and legacy systems with minimized risk and downtime. BluePhoenix provides modernization solutions to companies from diverse industries and vertical markets such as automotive, banking and financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. Among its prestigious customers are: Aflac, DaimlerChrysler, Danish Commerce and Companies Agency, Europe Assistance, Lawson Products, Los Angeles County, Employees Retirement Association, Merrill Lynch, SDC, Udvikling, and TEMENOS. BluePhoenix has 15 offices in the USA, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Cyprus, South Korea, Australia, and Israel. Product/service information BluePhoenix provides a wide range of legacy modernization services: Language Migration to C#, Java, COBOL, and Visual RPG To migrate legacy language applications, our language migration solution cleanly compiles programs, including source code, copybooks, and comments documenting program modifications. Our highly efficiency tools migrate a range of languages, generating easy-to-read code with no residual runtimes. The resultant code is typically cleaner, more reliable than hand-generated code, and contains fewer errors. Database Migration to DB2, SQL Server, or Oracle Reasons for database migrations include shrinking support frameworks, multiple database systems, connectivity, growing maintenance fees, and scarcity of trained personnel. Migrating from a non-relational database to an industry standard relational database increases business agility and ROI. Platform Migration and Rehosting Migrating or rehosting systems on new hardware and operating system environments such as Linux, Unix, J2EE, and .NET reduces the ongoing costs of existing applications and increases the pool of available development and support professionals. Enterprise IT Remediation Automated solutions that enable companies to extend the life of their existing IT systems by rapidly adapting to new

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory regulatory changes and business requirements. These tools include data field adjustment, IT standardization, and system consolidation. Products include FieldEnabler, StandardsEnabler, COBOL/LE-Enabler, EuroEnabler, and more.

BMC Software Address: 2101 Citywest Blvd, Houston, TX 77042, USA. Phone: +1 713 918 8800 or +1 800 793-4262 Email: www.bmc.com/contacts-locations/worldwide. Web: http://www.bmc.com Sales contacts: America: 1-877-945-6325 EMEA: 00800 44444 262 AsiaPac: +61 3 96574443 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 For more than 30 years, BMC has helped thousands of companies around the world master tough IT challenges. From mainframe to cloud to mobile, from the back room to the boardroom, BMC delivers the automation, integration, and sophistication that enable the business and IT to perform like never before. It’s amazing what IT was meant to be. Product/service information BMC Software offers a broad set of mainframe solutions designed to help you optimize and control IT costs, while ensuring the business remains available 24x7. Regardless of the environment, customers rely on our expertise and solutions to manage their IT infrastructure. BMC enables customers to align IT systems and services with their business objectives. We provide comprehensive mainframe solutions in these key areas: systems monitoring, management, and automation; enterprise data management; dynamic batch scheduling management; middleware management, application performance; storage resource management; cost analysis; and performance and capacity planning.

BOB Tech Solutions Address: Madiwala, Bangalore, India Phone: 08040016000 Email: rvphani@bob-technologies.com. Web: www.bob-technologies.com Activity: Consultancy Specialist areas: Other. Company profile BOB Tech Solutions is a Bangalore-based software development company with staff augmentation vertical. We are working partners with above 60 clients in INDIA. We have about 200+ professionals working with us. 100+ consultants in mainframes with different clients like MBT, Patni, SPI, etc. Product/service information We are into consulting services. We have around 100+ consultants in Mainframe with skills like COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, IDMS, IMSDB/DC, CSL with different kind of tools like Endeavor, Xpeditor, panvalet, changeman, etc.

Bsecure – The Mainframe & Security Company

Address: c/ Isaac Newton, 1, office 42, Parque Tecnológico 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.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory 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.

CA Technologies Address: One CA Plaza, Islandia, NY 11749, USA. Phone: +1 800 225-5224 Email: info@ca.com Web: www.ca.com. Sales contacts: America: +1 800 225 5224. EMEA: + 44 1753 577733. AsiaPac: singaporesales@ca.com; Singapore: 65 6337 2822. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; network performance/management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux. Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based, workload/usage based, other Company profile CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) provides IT management solutions that help customers manage and secure complex IT environments to support agile business services. Organizations leverage CA Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation, transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the data center to the cloud. Solutions from CA Technologies are the critical foundation for helping customers gain deep insight into and exceptional control over their complex, mixed IT environments. Our solutions enable customers to support

changing business models at the right time, the right place, and from the best sources, and flexibly deliver IT services in the manner that best serves business needs. Our solutions and services are the foundational elements for the deep insight and exceptional control necessary to make the promise of flexible IT and agile business a reality. Product/service information Businesses are constantly challenged to find new ways to lower costs, sustain critical skills, and increase agility. Mainframe 2.0 from CA Technology is a revolutionary mainframe management strategy that can increase platform value and performance, and dramatically simplify mainframe management. Mainframe 2.0 is designed to provide practical innovation to ensure that mainframe can always be an effective and integral part of your evolving IT infrastructure. It includes practical innovations including mainframe automation to help you increase the value, performance, and agility of your mainframe platform. By dramatically simplifying mainframe management, increasing productivity and effectiveness, and lowering IT costs, you can ultimately deliver more agility with less.

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

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory 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.

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. 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/JES2FTP’s 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.

CDB Software Inc Address: 11200 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX 77082, USA Phone: +1 800 627 6561 Email: info@cdbsoftware.com Web: www.cdbsoftware.com. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, other Company profile CDB Software is an innovative leader in data management solutions for DB2 z/OS. CDB focuses its business on DB2 for z/OS to provide unique and innovative solutions that enable companies to expand their DB2 system to meet business needs while controlling the overall cost of the mainframe. Founded in 1985, CDB is a privately held corporation based in Houston, Texas with offices worldwide. For more information visit: www.cdbsoftware.com. Product/service information CDB Software streamlines data management processes so that enterprises can discover more performance and availability from their z/Series DB2 environments to meet the changing demands of business. Including solutions for all facets of DB2 data management, the CDB Intelligent Data Management (IDM) Suite features flexible, intelligent automation and advanced processing techniques to reduce overall management costs while improving DB2 reliability, efficiency and staff productivity. So, no matter how much data you manage, you remain flexible and in control. CDB provides the solutions to improving your business’s data management process through: • Built-in intelligent decision making for data management automation to streamline tedious processes so that you can focus on those tasks that are more complex. • Intelligent processing techniques have been specifically designed to uncover new levels of performance and availability from your DB2 enterprise. • Flexible new products provide the flexibility you want to meet the specific requirements of your business. CDB’s Intelligent Data Management Solutions deliver dramatic benefits for every DB2 z/OS data management need: • Database utilities • Data backup and recovery • Data replication

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Data propagation Partition management Compliance and auditing Data conversion to DB2 Database statistics Storage reporting.

Cobbs Mill Consulting Address: 129 Coachmans Trail, Asheville, NC 28803, USA. Phone: +1 828 299 4649 Email: johnm@cobbsmill.com Web: www.cobbsmill.com Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: Data management; asset and change management; programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/VSE Company profile Cobbs Mill Consulting specializes in support for Phoenix Software’s Key/101 data entry software (formerly Key/ Master from Mercator and TSI). We provide training courses, implementation and conversion services for Key/101. We have extensive experience with the Aperture range of data center documentation tools. Our COBOL dump debugging courses are popular with programmers as they teach a lot of shortcuts in solving COBOL dumps. We also work closely with Fantom Systems, CSI and DPI Software to help develop their software in Assembler.

Cole Software LLC

Address: 736 Fox Hollow Road, Afton, VA 22920, USA Phone: +1 540 456 8210 Email: bshimizu@colesoft.com. Web: 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 industry’s foremost

programmers use Cole Software’s 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.

Compu Management

Address: 3010 Grand Concourse, New York, NY 10458, USA Phone: +1 718-733-1861 Email: jcmcgil@attglobal.net. Activity: Consultant. Specialist areas: Programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE. Company profile We provide full life-cycle support to legacy IS systems. To accomplish this objective, we will upgrade, renovate, or reengineer your current IS system to better integrate to your current Enteprise Architecture across multiple-platforms. We will can also provide you with a migration plan to renovate your current Architecture to new Enterprise Architecture.

Compute (Bridgend) Address: 8, Merthyr Mawr Road, Bridgend CF31 3NH, UK Phone: +44 (0)1656 652222. E-mail: admin@cbl.com Web: 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

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory 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. CBL’s 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. SELCOPYi takes advantage of large 3270 screen sizes and provides an integrated structured data editor supporting displays of multiple record types, COBOL and PL/1 copybook record mapping and sophisticated VSAM support. There is also an FSU (file, search and update) feature which makes it easy for a developer to identify global changes that would occur before actioning them. SELCOPYi allows for DB/2 table editing using multiple views. SQL-style SELECT/WHERE commands are supported also. To aid debugging of the batch SELCOPY, it can be run interactively under SELCOPYi where breakpoints can be applied to the SELCOPY control statements and changes in the values of defined fields can be seen. Also available is the CBLVCAT tool which allows the user to generate reports of VTOC/Catalog contents and IDCAMS tuning recommendations for VSAM data sets.

Computer Management Sciences, Inc (CMS) Address: 634 Lakeview Drive, Hartfield, VA 23071, USA. Phone: +1 703 922 7027. E-mail: Don_Deese@cpexpert.com Web: www.cpexpert.org

Activity : Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: Monthly/annual license. Company profile CMS was incorporated in 1986, and initially provided consulting services in the IBM mainframe environment. In 1991, CMS delivered its CPExpert software product. Since 1991, CPExpert has been installed in over 200 sites worldwide. Product/service information CMS offers CPExpert to help analyze performance problems with z/OS environments. CPExpert automates computer performance evaluation by detecting system performance problems, identifying the causes of the problems, and suggesting ways to improve performance. Different components of CPExpert analyze performance problems with WebSphere MQ, DB2, PR/SM, Workload Manager, CICS, and DASD. CPExpert is written in SAS and is composed of hundreds of expert system rules, analysis modules, and queuing models. CPExpert executes as a batch job, and analyzes standard SMF/ RMF data contained in either MXG, SAS/ITSV, or MICS performance database. CPExpert’s low fee is affordable for all sites!

Computer Measurement Group (CMG) Address: 151 Fries Mill Road, Suite 104, Turnersville, NJ 08012, USA Phone: +1 800 436 7264 E-mail: cmghq@cmg.org Web (US): www.cmg.org Activity: Education. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; programming/testing; network performance/management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Company profile The Computer Measurement Group, commonly called CMG, is a not for profit, worldwide organization of data processing professionals committed to the measurement and management of computer systems. Product/service information CMG in the USA hosts an annual conference the first

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory week of December every year. This conference provides approximately 120 educational sessions covering all aspects of computer measurement, performance and capacity planning. All computing platforms are included. CMG also supports many regional groups which meet throughout the year, providing an opportunity for the computer performance professional to gain knowledge and share experiences. Information on the international network of CMG groups can be found on the CMG website.

support. With our solutions, you can: • manage and align the entire IT portfolio, including projects, applications and infrastructure • build applications that capture competitive advantage • deliver enterprise-wide application quality • provide comprehensive insight to deliver superior application service • meet the growing demand for improved IT cost control and client satisfaction.

Compuware Corporation

Product/service information The enterprise product line includes Xpediter, QACenter, Abend-AID, Strobe and File-AID.

Address: Compuware Corporation, One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226, USA Phone: +1 313 227 7300. Web: www.compuware.com

Develop quality code with Xpediter: analyze the execution, logic and data flow of business functions; manage risk by determining what percentage of an application was exercised and how often; identify and resolve logic and data problems quickly.

Sales contacts America: 1-800-COMPUWARE EMEA: +44 1753 444000 / info@uk.compuware.com.

Verify application quality with QACenter: build tests that represent all conditions of a program or application by capturing actual transactions; execute repeatable tests in a simulated production environment; capture and replicate TCP/IP, LU6.2 and WebSphere MQ messages easily.

Activity : Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; asset and change management; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools: network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Windows Pricing options: Processor/capacity-based. Company profile Compuware provides software and IT services that help to maximize the value of your technology investments. We can help you to: • govern your IT operations and infrastructure as a whole • increase efficiency, cost control and employee productivity • improve time-to-market and software quality in application development and delivery • maximize availability and performance of critical business systems. Founded in 1973, Compuware serves the world’s leading IT organizations, including more than 90 per cent of the Fortune 100 companies. Compuware products focus on business-critical applications throughout their life-cycle. We offer you the most complete set of solutions in the industry today, including IT governance and management, application, development, quality assurance, service management and

Determine program abend details with Abend-AID. This product allows viewing of all application errors from a central location, lists code configuration at the exact time an error occurs, and specifies corrective action. It supports WebSphere MQ and CICS web interface. Measure application performance with Strobe. This measures the activity of S/390 and zSeries online and batch processing applications, and pinpoints the precise lines of code, database calls or system services causing application inefficiencies. Manage data effectively with File-AID: analyze, edit and view data regardless of where it is stored. The product creates manageable test data, reducing the test cycle and producing more reliable applications.

Conexus Technologies Inc Address: 8081 Twin Creek Trace, West Chester, OH 45069, USA Phone: +1 513 779 5448. Email: info@conexus-technologies.com. Web: www.conexus-technologies.com. Activity: Consultant. Specialist areas: Asset and change management; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Company profile Conexus provides structured cabling solutions for the raised-floor, data center environment. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core competency is in the design, provisioning, installation, testing and documentation of physical cabling infrastructure for the ESCON, FICON and Fibre Channel architectures. Our services are available to Fortune 1000 corporations throughout North America. Product/service information Conexus provides fiber-optic trunk cabling, jumper cables, patch panels, distribution cabinetry and conveyance/tray systems for the raised-floor environment. The company provides turnkey cabling solutions to provide physical connectivity for data center moves, consolidations, new data center construction, push-pull project initiatives and technology refresh projects.

ConicIT Address: 20 Ben Gurion St, Givat shmuel, Israel Phone: +972 3 7341327. Email: info@conicit.biz. Web: www.conicit.biz. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Systems management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: Processor/capacity-based Company profile ConicIT was founded by Yoram Kariv (the founder of Precise software). The company has a seasoned executive team with years of experience in Enterprise and Systems software. The Chairman of the company is Sam Somech President, CTO and co-founder of Level 8 Inventor of MQSeries technology Product/service information ConicIT is an out of band, Linux-based production solution that constantly analyzes mainframe system and application performance information provided by existing mainframe monitors. By utilizing proprietary mathematical models and self-learning algorithms, ConicIT provides real-time tracking of critical resource behavioural patterns and predicts abnormal behavior of these resources before it occurs. Based on this information, ConicIT provides meaningful pre-event alerts aimed at reducing reoccurrence of performance-related malfunctions. Now IT managers and performance administrators have all the information needed to enable detection of the root cause of problems, enabling IT staff to solve the actual

cause of the incident and not spend valuable time and resources trying to battle the symptoms. By quickly getting to the root of the problem after its first occurrence, IT staff can now provide first fault problem resolution.

Connectivity Systems Inc Address: 8120 State Route 138, Williamsport, OH 43164, USA Phone: +1 740 420 5400. Email: sales@CSI-International.com. Web: www.csi-international.com. Sales contacts: America 740 420 5400. EMEA 1 800 795 4914. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Systems management; data management; storage management; security; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, VM/VSE Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based. Company profile CSI International was founded in 1995 to provide TCP/ IP connectivity for the VSE environment. From a single employee and a $20,000 capitalization, CSI has grown to a $12 million per year company, employing more than 40 people, and serving more than 2000 VSE sites worldwide. CSI products are sold directly in North America and through distributors and IBM to the rest of the world. In early 2002, CSI acquired B I Moyle Associates in a cash transaction. Contrary to modern acquisition processes, all BIM offices remain open, and all BIM employees have been retained. Three additional senior product developers have been hired and a number of high-profile products are under development. It is the CSI mission to ensure a long and successful experience for those who select and use the VSE operating environment. Product/service information CSI International is the major provider of TCP/IP products for the VSE platform. Additionally CSI provides a wide range of VSE system and security products through our subsidiary company, BI Moyle Associates. We are certain that if you have a VSE communications or systems requirement, we have a solution for you. TCP/IP for VSE provides a complete solution for connecting the mainframe to the Internet.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory CONNX Solutions Inc Address: 2039 152nd Ave. NE, Redmond, WA 98052, USA. Phone: +1 425 519 6600. Email: sales@connx.com. Web: www.connx.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Data management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, z/Linux, VM/VSE Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: Processor/capacity-based, workload/ usage based. Company profile CONNX Solutions, Inc is a leading provider of simplified data access, management, and integration software solutions. CONNX Solutions’ products allow companies to: • Access mainframe data sources (IMS, VSAM, DB2 and Adabas), using modern reporting and data analysis tools. • Integrate multiple relational and non-relational data sources in order to create one business view of the data. • Web enable mainframe data utilizing its choice of development tools for direct user access. • Develop tactical and strategic applications that have access to all of the data needed by end users, while preserving its options with open architectural standards. • Move a company’s mainframe changed data to virtually any data warehouse or data mart in a fraction of the time required by full extracts. 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 Web: www.coppereye.com Sales contacts: America: 001 203-245-0611 EMEA: +44 (0) 1225 745500 Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management Mainframe platforms supported: Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux Pricing options: Processor/capacity-based, workload/ usage based. Company profile CopperEye is a provider of enterprise search software for business transaction data that allows companies to quickly retrieve exactly the records they need from months or years of history and billions of business transactions stored on low-cost file systems. Unlike other enterprise search solutions that focus on unstructured data such as web pages and word processing documents and return ambiguous results, CopperEye specifically addresses the needs of business transaction data that would otherwise require a costly and complex database solution to provide rapid retrieval of specific records. CopperEye’s products are appropriate for use across all industries and are intended for customers that have large volumes of data – often held on a mainframe. Systems integrators and consultancies are a central element

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory of CopperEye’s sales and marketing strategy, as are software vendors who embed CopperEye’s technology within their solutions. CopperEye has relationships with industry-leading vendors including IBM and Logica. The product is available through CopperEye’s flagship product – Greenwich – an enterprise search solution; or through the CopperEye Software Developer’s Kit (SDK), intended for use by developers creating high-performance bespoke databases. Product/service information CopperEye’s underlying technology innovation is a patented type of data indexing that represents a quantum leap in performance over all other industry-standard indexes. Where traditional approaches to improving database performance have focused on data caching, parallelism and specialist hardware, CopperEye attacks the core of the problem by dramatically improving indexing efficiency. The CopperEye technology is a general-purpose scalar disk-optimized index technology. It eliminates the traditional design compromises between real-time application performance and prolific indexing for fast query performance. It is applicable across virtually all data types. Benefits include: • greater performance: CopperEye’s indexing technology breaks the disk I/O bottleneck, improving performance a hundred-fold on that basis alone. This means that large volumes of data can be loaded in a fraction of the usual time. • data center optimization: business event data can be moved off an expensive relational database and into flat files, dramtically reducing hardware requirements while simultaneously enhancing access to the data • lower cost: data can be handled and accessed more rapidly, optimizing hardware investment.

CPT Global Ltd Address: Level 1, 4 Riverside Quay, Southbank VIC 3006, Australia. Phone +61 3 9690 3911 . Email info@cptglobal.com. Web: www.cptglobal.com. Sales contacts: America +1-917-210-8668. EMEA +44 20 8334 8085, infoUK@cptglobal.com. Activity: Consultant. Specialist areas: System management; data management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, Unix, Linux

Company profile CPT Global was founded in Melbourne in 1993 by Gerry Tuddenham, who remains the CEO today. The company has been listed on the ASX since 2000. The name ‘CPT Global’ came from the abbreviation of Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning and Testing. The focus of the business remains specialist capacity and performance management services although, in Australia, CPT offers a wide range of additional services related to IT efficiencies. Operations were extended into Europe in 1998, with offices now in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany, as well as further engagements in Ireland, Austria and Switzerland. CPT expanded into the USA in 2003, setting up an office in New York to service Tier One clients such as General Motors and American Express. CPT has over 120 clients worldwide, including many large and well-known businesses such as ABN AMRO, AIB, Audi, Bank of Ireland, Credit Swiss, Deutsche Bahn, ING, Lloyds TSB, Lufthansa, Prudential, and UBS. CPT draws on a network of over 200 specialist consultants, many of whom are worldleaders in their fields. The depth of experience offered and the range of clients allows CPT to quickly identify performance and capacity problems, and to design and implement practical cost-effective solutions based on best practice. Product/service information CPT aims to reduce mainframe processing power requirements by 10 to 30% at most clients. This allows the clients to make substantial savings through deferred processor upgrades, reduced MIPS usage, reduced software costs and pre-outsourcing CPU reductions. CPT understands that many clients are unsure whether such savings can be achieved on their sites, and so offers a number of models to suit different companies. These models range from Risk/Reward, where fees are based upon savings achieved, to Fixed Price, which caps the total cost to the client. In Europe, CPT Global’s assignments are mostly focused on mainframe performance tuning, but CPT also provides expertise in IT management as well as Open Systems and Windows technical services.

CSC Address: Royal Pavillion, Wellesley Road, Aldershot, Hants GU11 1PZ, UK. Phone: +44 (0) 1257 236017. Email: dmcmahon@csc.com. Web: www.csc.com.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory 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. CSC’s 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. Product/service information CSC provide outsourced Managed Services for clients Mainframe Systems. CSC support over 100,000 IBM Mips world-wide and have expertise in z-OS, VM/VSE, zLinux operating systemsm as well as Unisys Mainframe systems. CSC have strategic Mainframe Data Centres in Asia, Australia, Europe Middle East and Africa and North America regions.

CSL International

Address: 22 Maskit St, POB 12897, Hertzelia 46733, Israel. Phone: +972 9 9540470 Email: sales@csl-int.com. Web: 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 enables full autonomy for the Linux sys-admins. They are able to carry out any task in the server farm that without our solution would have required assistance from the z/ VM system programming team. The Linux sys-admins’ scopes and action permissions throughout the server farm are easily managed via CSL-WAVE user management and security subsystem. CSL-WAVE allows your sys-admins to “Get z power, without the need for z skills!”.

DataVantage – Direct Computer Resources Inc Address; 120 Birch Road, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417-2718, USA Phone: +1 201 848 0018 Email: dataprivacy@datavantage.com Web: www.DataVantage.com Sales contacts: America: +1 800 878 4211 Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management, security, programming/testing, other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, other

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based, workload/usage based, other Company profile Direct Computer Resources’ family of DataVantage software products has served hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies in more than 20 countries for over 25 years. During the late 1970s the company’s principals helped define the data management and application development testing market with their flagship DataVantage for IMS. DCR has now applied long-term experience in the market to the rapidly growing field of data privacy through DataVantage Global, a data privacy, testing and data management solution for mainframe, client/server and personal platforms. Companies worldwide that use and depend on DataVantage products include American Express, IBM, EDS, Verizon, Computer Sciences Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Lockheed Martin, FreddieMac, Avon, and SunGard, among others. Product/service information In the midst of application testing or in the unfortunate situation when data has been stolen, DataVantage Global protects confidential health, financial, personnel and other data. As a single, scalable enterprise solution, DataVantage Global effectively obfuscates, tests, migrates, and manages data across multiple platforms to aid compliance with stringent data privacy requirements. A recent Gartner Group research report, “Security and Data Management for Privacy,” named DataVantage Global as a leading solution in the category. Mainframe solutions (DataVantage for DB2 and DataVantage for IMS) include functionality for DB2, IMS, VSAM, flat and PDS files that resolve production challenges quickly and permit table editing, data masking and test database management. In the DB2 environment, users will enjoy additional performance assurance such as SQL automated quality assurance, index analysis, and workload detection.

Company profile DataKinetics® is a leader in data access optimization, has been in business for 35 years, and their trademarked tableBASE in-memory accelerator is widely deployed at the heart of mission-critical business applications for several Fortune 500 global companies who are sector leaders. tableBASE in-memory accelerator enables mainframe transaction processing faster than any other software option while simultaneously delivering attractive financial benefits. With recent partnerships with SQData Corporation and InnovizeIT, DataKinetics offers products to optimize other aspects of data access, including data replication, data integration, and DB2 optimization. For 30 years, DataKinetics products have been enhancing hundreds of thousands of mission-critical transactions per second every day for banking, insurance, credit card, brokerage house, and retail industries—without fail. Visit www.dkl.com for more information. Product/service information tableBASE tableBASE provides the shortest possible path to the data. Data is copied into in-memory tables (from DB2, VSAM, etc.).\, and I/Os are replaced with in-memory fetches. tableBASE was designed for performance – where data buffering simply eliminates I/Os, tableBASE keeps the code path as short as possible. This makes data access using tableBASE 10-100x faster than is possible using buffered database access. This is applied only to certain types of regularly accessed reference data – most of your data is access from DASD in the normal manner – but the resulting performance improvements are dramatic. SQLKinetics To obtain the benefits of tableBASE, organizations must make small changes to their application code to change some database access statements to tableBASE API calls. SQLKinetics provides the benefits of tableBASE to organizations that are unable or unwilling to make any changes to their legacy application code. Data access using tableBASE with SQLKinetics is still 7x faster than is possible using buffered database access.

Address: 50 Hines Rd, Ottawa, K2K-2M5, Canada. Phone: 613-523-5500 Email: kallingham@dkl.com Web: www.dkl.com.

VTS If you need to share in-memory table data between multiple applications, our VTS product provides the ability to share data, and to preserve it after the application has completed. This ensures that all applications have identical data, and enables tables to be used as a message queue or to overcome bottlenecks between applications.

Activity: Software vendor. 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

VTS Manager VTS Manager allows for the sharing of tables across LPARs (logical partitions on a mainframe CPU) and across a Sysplex. It also enables the ability to switch the data that all the applications access in a synchronized manner.

Data Kinetics Ltd

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Java to DB2 Optimizer Java to DB2 Optimizer provides for efficient access of Java applications to DB2 data on the mainframe to address the surprise that our customers have experienced of increased CPU requirements when they enable a new Java application.

DDV technologies

Address: 17B / 818 Pittwater Road (PO Box 1155), Dee Why, NSW 2099, Australia. Phone: +61 (0)2 8213 9207 Email: sales@ddvtechnologies.com Web: www.ddvtechnologies.com dateandtimesimulationsoftware.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: One-time charge; monthly/annual license; processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other Company profile DDV is a privately owned company developing an Australian z/OS-based product SoftDate and marketing overseas solutions that directly resolve your often troublesome and expensive overheads in IT, business development and crisis management. Our solutions span the IBM mainframe through Internet platforms and are targeted primarily at speeding your business development cycle. Product/service information SoftDate is a z/OS-based product for Date & Time Simulation (DTS) Testing of applications, prior to Production and Global Time Zone Virtualization of Production applications (to reduce LPARs that are dedicated to single Time Zones). SoftDate is an SOA DTS product with many unique and exclusive features not found in other DTS products such as Parallel Sysplex, CICS MRO (multiregion operations), 64-bit support (for data above the 2-gig bar), WebSphere Application Server & Java Language for z support for all execution environments (e.g. batch, CICS, IMS).

Dignus LLC

Address: 8372-203 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27615, USA. Phone: +1 919 676 0847. Email: sales@dignus.com. Web: www.dignus.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: other Company profile Dignus, LLC is an innovative company, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, committed to providing the best compilers, Assemblers and development tools for the IBM mainframe, including 370, ESA, 390, and the latest z/Architecture series. Dignus, LLC provides unique mainframe programming and development solutions that offer savings in time and effort, while streamlining development costs. Our solutions are applicable to programming for a wide range of IBM mainframe operating systems, including z/OS, z/TPF, z/ VM, z/Linux, and others. Product/service information Systems/C and Systems/C++ are compilers for the IBM mainframe, with unique features that make development of OS/390, z/OS, z/TPF, Linux/390, CMS and VSE system code easier and faster. Systems/C and Systems/C++ are validated and supported by the IBM TPF labs for use with z/TPF. Systems/ASM is the Dignus assembler, used for assembling IBM mainframe assembler source. Systems/ ASM is compatible with IBMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s HLASM, supporting the complete HLASM macro processing language. All Dignus tools can operate in a cross-platform environment, moving your development to your local desktop to dramatically reduce mainframe development costs.

Softdate contains every feature of every other DTS product, is fully backward compliant, and can reside in the same LPAR to make exchange easy.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory DINO Software LLC Address: 1912 Earldale Ct, S-200, Alexandria, VA 22306, USA. Phone: +1 703 768 2610 E-mail: sales@dino-software.com Web: www.dino-software.com Sales contacts: America sales@dino-software.com EMEA terry.heath@dino-software.co.uk, tel: +44 (0)20 7549 3657 AsiaPac sales@dino-software.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; network performance/ management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: Linux, Windows Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based, other. Company profile DINO Software came into existence after Softworks was acquired by EMC in 2000. All of the original product authors as well as many of the sales reps and management subsequently reconstituted as DINO, and set about the task of re-engaging our customers with better, actively supported products. DINO’s vanguard product, T-REX, incorporates over two decades of experience gained from the development and support of Catalog Solution and rapidly became the fastest selling ICF catalog management and recovery tool ever released. The product is in daily use by hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies and is continually augmented and improved. DINO products are distributed and sold via the website, through direct sales and a network of qualified distributors worldwide. The company is based in the Washington DC metropolitan area and maintains offices in the UK and Germany. DINO is privately held and develops enterprisewide multi-platform solutions and services for the optimization of complex IT environments. Product/service information T-REX is the newest, fastest and most comprehensive catalog management tool on the market today. It contains the functionality of six separate products in the market place in a purpose-built, integrated framework. All of the utilities needed to simplify management of catalogs and tape subsystems are provided, as well as the critical backup and recovery to protect data in the event of minor problems or major disasters. T-REX ensures the health of a user’s catalogs and TMC in five key areas: • maintenance • diagnostics

• reporting • SMF management • backup and recovery. In addition to VSAM cluster support, TMC synchronization and HSM validation, T-REX can repair any VSAM object (BCS, KSDS, and Variable RRDS) with a broken index within minutes. It can also REORG a catalog (or move a catalog to a new volume) while it is OPEN and allocated to CAS on any number of connected systems. T-REX multi-tasks all major functions (not just back-up) and is approximately nine times faster than Catalog Solution. Released in 2006 were RAPTOR, an extended tape toolset to simplify and facilitate tape drive and robotic/virtual library capacity planning, and TERADON, a dynamic HSM product. DINO has a full range of training and professional services packages related to catalog maintenance and management.

DPI Software Address: P.O Box 14613, Lenexa, KS 66215, USA. Phone: +1 919 426 6518 Email: ronp@filemarvel.com Web: 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

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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.

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

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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 GUI, to the advanced debugging and tracing of SMS/ Debug, to the Predictive Recall of migrated data, 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 continue to demonstrate reliable designs, a history of innovation and a commitment to excellence.

Edge Information Group, Inc Address: 479 E Business Center Drive, Suite 115, Mt. Prospect, IL 60056-6037, USA Phone: +1 847-297-2020. Email: mhaupt@edge-information.com. Web: www.edge-information.com Sales contacts: America: cgehr@edge-information.com. EMEA: cgehr@edge-information.com. AsiaPac: cgehr@edge-information.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Asset and change management; programming/testing. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: One-time charge, other. Company profile Edge Information Group, Inc. is the premier provider

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory of Language Environment (LE) management solutions for upgrading to the latest levels of the IBM mainframe operating systems, z/OS and related compiler and run-time technologies. We offer a unique LE and portfolio management tool – the Edge Portfolio Analyzer – as well as consulting on LE, compilers and other IT areas. Let our experts help you get an Edge on LE management. Product/service information The Edge Portfolio Analyzer (EPA) provides z/OS users with the means to understand and control the contents of their application portfolios. With the Edge Portfolio Analyzer, you can reduce problems – and speed implementation – when migrating to new compilers and new Language Environment (LE) run-time environments. You can also use the EPA to improve the performance of your production environment and to assist in problem source identification and problem determination.

Enterprise Systems Associates, Inc (ESAi) Address: 3259 Progress Drive, Suite 165 UCF Research Park Orlando, Fl 32826, USA Phone: +1-866-GO-4-ESAI (866-464-3724) Email: sales@esaigroup.com Web: www.ESAIGroup.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; asset and change management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile ESAi is a vendor that provides mainframe productivity tools and professional services for enterprise customers. Our mission is to help IT get the job done while realizing operational savings. Qualified database and IT staff resources are in short supply, workloads are increasing, and there are still only 24 hours in a day. The economic pressures of today are forcing IT to do more with less. ESAi can help with innovative solutions that save time, money, CPU and staff resources. The company is based in Orlando’s UCF Research Park and is affiliated with the Florida High Technology Corridor

Council. Partnerships include: IBM Partner in Development, IBM Business Partner, UBS-Hainer, Inside Products and Enterprise Performance Visio. Product/service information Our products are designed to help DBAs, QA, and Applications staff with fast delivery and refreshing of application data for testing, QA, batch, warehousing, and other critical needs. For example: • BCV4 is a DB2 subsystem cloning tool that reduces DB2 clones from hours/days down to minutes. SAP and PeopleSoft users can have clones and system copies in record time. • BCV5 is a fast copy/migrate/refresh tool that checks, automates and copies/refreshes DB2 target environments faster than Unload/Load or other ISV solution BCV5 delivers on average 90% savings in CPU, job elapsed time, and manual efforts. In addition, DBAs and Performance Specialists can more productively manage performance as well as automate tedious DB2 data maintenance tasks like Buffer Pools, REORG, statistics, and DB2 admin tasks: • The Total Utility Control product uses Real Time Statistics, user policies, and automation to save resources and help lean DBA staffs maintain critical service level agreements. • Buffer Pool Analysis product has replaced the old, dated solutions with a new level of expert analysis and performance proposals. The sister product Exception Master for DB2 expands on performance by monitoring for potential DB2 problems anywhere in any DB2 z/OS system. Intelligent problem detection/handling, dynamic SQL issues, performance problems are tracked and reported upon so DBA staff can find problems before they impact users. • UBS Log Tracker/Analyzer answers the question “Why is a good, reasonably priced log analyzer so hard to find?” Undo/Redo, identify, audit, or propagate. A log analyzer that is the faster, better, more economical alternative. • EPV for Z/OS, Unix, & Windows brings a new level of capability and ease to Performance and Capacity Planning. Utilizing SMF and other data to truly give a fast and complete understanding of your systems and costs.

Epoka Group A/S Address: Hjulmagervej 21, DK-9490 Pandrup, Denmark Phone: +45 96 730 800. Email: epoka@epoka.com. Web: www.epoka.com.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Activity: Hardware vendor. Specialist areas: Other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX Pricing options: Other

many years for Boole & Babbage, BMC Software, SAS Institute, and then as independent consultants.

Company profile Epoka Group A/S is an innovative supplier of pre-owned, high-performance enterprise computer solutions. Our extensive range of blue-chip brands extends from mainframes, NAS and SAN solutions to best-of-breed networking equipment.

EPV Technologies partners: • Benny Tal Marketing Software Solutions in Israel and Benelux • ddk-software in Northern Europe • ESAi in USA • Inspired Solutions in UK and Ireland • JVL in France • SEGUS in USA • Senmesoft in Canada • SoftPlex Inc. in Japan • TPS-DATA in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. • ECCOX in Brazil and other SA countries.

Epoka is a reliable, triple-A rated company that offers customers around the world quick access to quality solutions at competitive prices. Based in Denmark since 1991, Epoka is committed to providing real value, worldclass service and continued expansion. Please browse through our website to learn more about our products, services and job opportunities. Product/service information IBM: zSeries 800, 890, 900, 990 • CMOS(9672) G2 - G6 • Storage & Peripherals.

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 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

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.

Product/service information EPV products have been designed to help system analysts in Performance and Capacity Planning activities. EPV for z/OS, EPV zParser, EPV for DB2, EPV for WMQ, EPV for zLINUX, EPV for Unix (including Linux), EPV for VMware and EPV for Windows are the main products. Same products in two lines: SAS-based and PERL/SQL-based. EPV zParser is written in PERL; it parses SMF, IMS, z/VM monitor records, etc loading them in a SQL DB. It provides input to EPV for z/OS, EPV for DB2, EPV for WMQ and EPV for zLINUX. Free agents provide input data to EPV for Unix and EPV for VMware.

European Mainframe Academy Address: Obergass 23, Switzerland Phone: +41-52-5582040 Email: wolfram.greis@mainframe-academy.de Web: www.mainframe-academy.de. Activity: Education Specialist areas: System management; data management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux Pricing options: other

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Company profile Education of new mainframers. Targed groups are system people, operation stuff and developers. Product/service information Basic blended learning course for system administrator (24 month) Basic blended learning course for operator (12 month) Basic blended learning course for developer (12 month).

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

Exspans Systems Inc Address: PO Box 20082, Perth Mews, Perth, Ontario K7H 3M6, Canada Phone: +1 613 268 2057. Email: info@exspans.com. Web: www.exspans.com. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: monthly/annual license Company profile Established in 1989. IBM business partner. Specializing in automation products. Exspans is dedicated to the continued success of z/OS systems, by providing high performance automation, scheduling and systems management tools, that reduce the total cost of ownership. Product/service information • AutoMan is a family of event automation and scheduling products, that enables the user to select the functionality they need. There is a version of AutoMan that meets every need and budget. • Matrix is an application programming interface that provides high performance cross-memory and crosssystems control and data sharing. It makes dataspace technology and cross-systems services available to the high-level language programmers, without any need for them to use Assembler. • TapeMan is a cross-systems tape device sharing technology for OS/390 and z/OS systems that are not sysplex enabled. TapeMan V1.0 is provided free of charge to the MVS systems community. TapeMan V2.0 is a low-cost alternative tape sharing solution.

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,

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory integrated through a common repository to give you the right information at the right point in the lifecycle. EZSource:Report delivers automated, objective, metric driven reporting (both standard and customer defined) to help you on the road to best in class. EZSource:Dashboard allows you to see the value of your application portfolio at a glance and drill down to gain in depth information for chosen elements.

Fitz Software & Co Address: Kilcolta House, Crosshaven, Cork, Ireland Phone: +353-21-4832131 Email: sales@fitzsoftware.com. Web: www.fitzsoftware.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; programming/testing; network performance/management; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, VM/VSE Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile Fitz Software & Co., established in 1991, provides z/OS users with innovative and niche products that benefit their evolving systems at justifiable prices. From our offices located in Crosshaven in Ireland we distribute and support (1st and 2nd level) products across EMEA with remote and onsite support and training to our customers. Our suppliers and partners include NewEra Software, UBS Hainer, Data21, Astrom Software, and CASISoftware. Product/service information Our primary expertise lies in: • z/OS Availability, Change Management, Audit & Security - Change management, audit and security improvement with system integrity in z/OS, JES, VTAM, TCP/IP, CICS, IODF, DB2 and SAF. Detect the risks to availability while also ensuring secure change management and notifications across administration functions (Operator commands, Edit sessions, ..). • z/OS Database Productivity - Reduce CPU service costs and service delivery times: Fastest cloning of pre-production and test DB2 (and other relational) sub-systems, databases

and tables with also masking & data reduction; Automated DB maintenance enhancing existing utilities; Bufferpool optimization; Exception Master to determine problems before they hit the systems; … • z/OS Application Life-Cycle - File encryption and archiving, test data generation, naming standards and audit; identifying the business-critical files; integrated recovery management solution designed to deliver a global view of your critical data-as well as that data’s backups at the application level • z/OS Software Asset Management - Who’s using what and when in the z/OS software portfolio – IBM and ISV products and inhouse applications including also 4GL, Interpreter languages, ISPF, JCL.

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: IBM i, 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 you 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 internet based technologies. It allows you to do far more with less mainframe expertise and IT budget. As pioneers of integrating new technologies with

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory 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 world’s 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. Product/service information FlynetViewer integrates seamlessly with existing conventional screen-based applications. Web services and new graphical Interfaces can be easily sliced into existing applications replacing commonly used screens to improve both user experience and performance. FlynetViewer is incredibly fast and can usually replace ALL client-side traditional terminal emulators like Attachmate Extra, Rumba or IBM etc…. FlynetViewer can be used in association with existing terminal emulation deployments providing additional functionality or integration with web based applications as and when required. FlynetViewer is a server-side, cross-browser, BYOD compliant, zero client install, pure html and JavaScript terminal emulation-based solution for 3270, 5250 and VTxxx applications. FlynetViewer provides rapid definition and generation of ASP.NET web services and web pages integrating screenbased applications using minimal proprietary content. Developers can enhance and extend the generated applications using ASP.NET and .NET frameworks. Serverside logic provides navigation throughout the application allowing the use of modern menu systems, i.e. hierarchical drop-down, to replace clumsy single-screen menus. FlynetViewer can generate web services to automate data entry and other processes can share sessions with users of the web terminal emulator to enable powerful synergies between server-side automation and human intervention/ access whenever desired. Most importantly FlynetViewer can increase the return associated with mainframe applications whilst reducing user costs such as maintenance, training and support.

Fujitsu Address: Mies-van-der-Rohe Str. 4-10, 80807 Munich, Germany Phone: +49 89 62060 1970. Email: hans-joachim.dewor@ts.fujitsu.com.

Web: www.fujitsu.com/fts/products/computing/servers/ bs2000/. Activity: Hardware vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; security Mainframe platforms supported: Other Non-mainframe platforms supported: other Company profile Company profile: Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 170,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.4 trillion yen (US$47 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013. Fujitsu CEMEA&I: In Continental Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, Fujitsu is the leading IT infrastructure provider with a presence in all key markets serving large, medium-sized and small businesses. The company offers a full portfolio of IT products, business solutions and services, ranging from workplace systems to datacenter solutions, managed services, and cloud-based software and solutions. In CEMEA&I Fujitsu employs approximately 13,000 people and is part of the global Fujitsu Group.. Product/service information BS2000/OSD is the mainframe OS offered by Fujitsu CEMEA&I. The BS2000/OSD mainframes (S- and SQ-Series) are more than just servers: they represent a complete, autonomous and dynamic IT infrastructure for different kinds of applications. With his fully mainframe offering Fujitsu Technology Solutions is committed and responsible for the seamless and efficient interaction of all the BS2000/ OSD infrastructure components. BS2000/OSD guarantees efficient, risk-free data center operation – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, today, tomorrow, whenever you want. On-going innovations in hardware and software, based on proven technologies, will continue to make it the most reliable and costeffectivplatform for many largescale applications ensuring security of investment and data today as well as in future. BS2000/OSD has been the subject of continuous innovation for forty years and has been adapted to take account of constantly changing market requirements. For instance, BS2000/ OSD is a mainframe OS that can run on servers based on classic mainframe architecture and on industry standard processors. And with its open interfaces it offers futureproof integration into modern application architectures.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Gary Bergman Associates Address: 14 Hickory Lane, North Brunswick, NJ 08902, USA Phone: +1 732 247 2727 Email: Info@debugcics.com Web: www.debugcics.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license Company profile Established in 1974 to provide debugging services for CICS. Product/service information Advanced Debugging System (“ADS”) for the CICS mainframe.

GT Software Address: 6255 Barfield Rd, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30328, USA Phone: +1 404-253-1300 Email: sales@gtsoftware.com Web: www.gtsoftware.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Web integration and legacy reengineering tools; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, 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 Software’s 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 Software’s product strategy is to continue to provide unparalleled capability to leverage the mainframe’s proven functionality, power, stability, and performance to its fullest potential.

represented in the U.S., Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa and South America. Product/service information 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 Software’s 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 Software’s product strategy is to continue to provide unparalleled capability to leverage the mainframe’s 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.

H&W Computer Systems Address: 6154 N Meeker Place, Suite 100, Boise, ID 83713, USA Phone: +1 800 338 6692 Email: webtrack@hwcs.com Web: www.hwcs.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/VSE Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based. Company profile Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, H&W Computer Systems has been a leading provider of quality business-tobusiness software since 1979. H&W creates reliable, technically sound solutions that provide long-term value. Today, hundreds of corporations worldwide, including many Global 500 companies, trust H&W for their IT software and services needs. Product/service information H&W’s industry-leading SYSB-II is a cost-effective way to use existing VSAM-reliant CICS applications to accommodate business growth without downtime due to batch. The software allows CICS and batch to have concurrent access to VSAM files any time, which provides two advantages.

Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Atlanta, GT Software is a privately held company that is currently

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory First, users have full read/write access to CICS applications 24/7, even while batch runs, so they have more time to use the system. This allows customers and employess to be productive more hours of the day and for CICS applications to be available in new ways, such as part of web or mobile apps, without batch-related downtime. Second, users have access to VSAM data that is being updated closer to real time, so they don’t have to wait for overnight changes or rely on “point in time” data. Completing services like cutting checks, making payments, or submitting claims becomes a faster process. Simple and quick to implement, SYSB-II doesn’t require application source-code changes, additional hardware, data migration, or rearchitecting the existing IT infrastructure. Gain a competitive edge while enhancing customer satisfaction, improving user productivity, and empowering employees and customers to make better decisions based on better data.

Heitech Managed Services Sdn Bhd Address: HeiTech Village 2,No 1, Jalan Astaka U8/81, Section U8, 40150 Shah Alam, Selngor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Phone: 60193106462 Email: johanaa@heitech.com.my Web: www.heitech.com.my Activity: System integrator Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, zLinux Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, processor/capacitybased, workload/usage based. Company profile HeiTech Managed Services, a subsidiary of a HeiTech Padu Berhad (public listed), is providing services in area of Data Centre, Network, Disaster Recovery and Cloud Computing. We have a Call Centre that complement our offering. HeiTech Padu itself (parent company) is focusing on System Integration business, developing applications on COBOL, C/C++, Java, on mainframe and nonmainframe platform. We have been the IBM Mainframe market leader since the 80’s. Our major customers ranges from Financial and Government such as National Unit Trust Board, Inland Revenue Board, Immigration, Road Transport, National Registration.

We are also a Strategic and Authorized Service Partner to most mainframe vendors such as EMC, Hitachi, Oracle, IBM, Novell, CA Technologies and Red Hat. Product/service information We have established a pool of experienced engineers to support the mainframe. We provide services is areas of: • Sizing and Designing a Mainframe setup • Operating System upgrades and maintenance (z/OS, z/ VM, zLinux, OS/390) • Storage Managament • Disaster Recovery • Database Management • Operation and Workload Automation • L1 & L2 Mainframe support.

Hexaware Technologies Address: H5, Sipcot IT Park, Navallur Post, Kancheepuram District Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603103, India Phone: 044 4745 1000 Web: www.hexaware.com Activity: Consultancy Specialist areas: System management; data management; programming/testing; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux Pricing options: Other Company profile Hexaware is a global provider of IT and Process outsourcing services. We focus exclusively on maximizing client returns from outsourcing and off-shoring. We have extensive experience in managing large IT applications in real time as well as in providing high value services around packaged enterprise applications such as SAP and PeopleSoft.

Higobi Systems Address: 17 Smoke Lane, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 7HJ, UK Phone: +44 (0)788 757 1953 Email: info@higobi.com Web: http://www.higobi.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management; programming/ testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license Company profile Higobi is a network of highly-motivated and experienced consultants that along with our partners, provides consultancy services, software products, education, and combined offerings for the relational database, CRM, and SAP markets. We concentrate our efforts on large systems with high-availability requirements across multiple industry sectors worldwide. Product/service information We have developed two unique DB2 for z/OS tools : • zSQLMON – Dynamic SQL monitoring made easy (www.zsqlmon.com) • DB2CPI – Advanced productivity toolkit (www.db2cpi. com) Both these tools have been “Designed by DBAs for DBAs” ,and all of our consultants have exclusive use of these productivity tools when you engage us.

HORIZONT Address: Garmischer Str. 8, 80339 Munich, Germany Phone: +49 89 540 162 0 Email: info@horizont.it.com Web: 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 Company profile HORIZONT is a software development company located in Munich, Germany. The company was founded in 1993 as R.O.S.E. by three OPC (TWS) consultants. Due to legal conflicts, the name was changed to HORIZONT in 1997. The company’s first product was OPC/Graph (now TWS/ Graph), net plan display software for TWS, which was developed together with IBM Germany. With more than 150 customers worldwide, it has become the de facto standard for TWS compatible software. Additional products include TWS/BatchAD, TWS/BatchCP and TWS/Audit, rounding off the TWS product line.

With the introduction of XINFO in 1997 (SmartIS in the US in 1999), HORIZONT took a big step into a much wider market. XINFO (SmartIS in USA) integrates with schedulers other than TWS, for example CA-7, CAScheduler, APM, Control-M or ZEKE. In 2002 HORIZONT released DSN/Change and SmartJCL, which are completing the product line. And since 2003 HORIZONT has a new ground-breaking product: TWS/WebAdmin Product/service information XINFO - The IT Information System (also known as SmartIS). XINFO is the information system for batch production. It enables you to access and cross-reference all data from various IT systems like JCL, TWS, CA-7, CA-Scheduler, Control-M, ZEKE, SMF, RMM, CA-1, COBOL, PL/I and much more. 100 satisfied customers worldwide! SmartJCL - The Easy Way to Faultless JCL. SmartJCL is a new JCL checker. It offers an integrated scheduler interfaces, reformat functions, batch mode and much more. DSN/Change - The Dataset Renaming System If you want to carry out file name migration under z/OS automatically, reliably and at low cost, DSN/Change is the right tool for your data center. TWS Products - especially designed for TWS (Tivoli Workload Scheduler). These products are especially designed for TWS, you cannot not use them if you are running schedulers other than IBM’s TWS. TWS/WebAdmin, TWS/Graph, TWS/Audit, TWS/BatchAD, and TWS/BatchCP.

I/S Management Strategies Address: 4942 N Hollywood Avenue, Whitefish Bay, WI 53217, USA Phone: +1 414 332-3062 Email: al@sherkow.com Web: http://www.sherkow.com Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: System management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, other Company profile Al Sherkow is a capacity planning and performance consultant at I/S Management Strategies and author of the LPAR Capacity and Software Usage Analysis Tool (LCS). Al is a recognized industry expert regarding the

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory configuration and planning of processors and PR/SM and IBM mainframe Workload License Charges, and has worked with many companies around the globe to help them reduce mainframe costs through efficient capacity and licensing strategies. As principal of I/S Management Strategies, Al has been helping clients since 1988 and is a regular presenter at industry conferences. I/S Management Strategies is a System z Development Partner of IBM and we are also affiliated with IBM’s IT Analyst Relations.

OS/390, z/VM, and VSE/ESA system programming services including version and release upgrades, day-today operating systems support, performance and tuning, and on-site or remote 7x24 operating system support.

Product/service information The LPAR Capacity and Software Usage Analysis (LCS) Software is the only tool available to assist installations in planning for, implementing, monitoring and leveraging IBM’s Workload License Charges (WLC). LCS reads your SMF data and prepares interactive reports that can help you decrease your IBM software charges month after month. LCS is truly unique. No other tool is available that combines information about your licensed software products, analysis of utilization data, and prices to provide near real-time estimates of your software charges. LCS allows sites to “tune” their IBM monthly software invoices!

Address: Route 100 Somers NY 10589, USA Phone: +1-914-766-4589 Web: www.ibm.com

Large and small sites have licensed LCS throughout the USA and the world (Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom).

i3 Business Solutions LLC Address: 5005-B Cascade RD SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, USA Phone: +1 616 956 6888. Email: RHoekstra@i3BusinessSolutions.com. Web: www.i3bus.com/ Activity: Consultant. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/VSE Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Company profile i3 Business Solutions accelerates business results by integrating information solutions. We are an IBM and Microsoft Business Partner offering products and solutions for iSeries, pSeries, xSeries, and zSeries. We also offer consulting services in the manufacturing and distribution sectors and planning, installation, and implementation support for PM, EMR, ERP and CRM software.

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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: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge; monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other. Company profile Originator of mainframe technology.

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

Product/service information i3 Business Solutions provides a full-range of z/OS,

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory 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 IdF’s 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 today’s leading identity management vendors. Identity Forge’s 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 commands between the host target system and identity management or external application. The IdF advanced adapter suite comprises of adapters supporting IBM-RACF, CA-ACF2, CA-Top Secret, and IBM-i5 target systems. IdF LDAP Gateway Advanced Adapter Suite IdF Advanced Adapter for RACF IdF Advanced Adapter for ACF2 IdF Advanced Adapter for Top Secret IdF Advanced Adapter for System i Vendor Editions names and listing: IBM Tivoli Edition Oracle Edition Ping Identity Edition Radiant Logic Edition

SAP NetWeaver Edition Sentillion Edition Sun Edition SymLabs Edition.

Illustro Systems International Address: 1950 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 5001, Dallas, Texas 75207, USA. Phone: +1 214 800 8900 Email: info@illustro.com Web: www.illustro.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/VSE Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, workload/usage-based Company profile illustro Systems focus on delivering software solutions that empower today’s mainframe customer to lead the way with innovation. We believe that web-enabling mainframe applications should mean return on investment in hours, not months. And our z/Web-Host product provides just that. And with the rapidly emerging standard of SOA and using Web Services and XML as the method of exchanging data between computers, our z/XML-Host product delivers a powerful yet simple solution. Our customers have their Internet-enabling projects in production in the same time it takes just to evaluate competitive solutions. Product/service information illustro’s z/Ware family of products have earned the reputation of being easy. The z/Web-Host product transforms any 3270 application, whether CICS or nonCICS, directly into a fully functional, web-based interface that anyone can use – all without touching the original application. And with z/XML-Host, mainframe data can be automatically converted into XML documents and accessed via Web Services using SOAP, meaning your data and business-critical logic can be shared with any platform or application. This includes languages like Java and .Net, or Web-Services-enabled platforms including IBM’s WebSphere and Microsoft Office.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory What’s more, both z/Web-Host and z/XML-Host run directly on either z/OS (OS/390) or z/VSE (VSE/ESA), so there’s no need to add cost and complexity to the process by using a different, less reliable platform just to Internetenable your mainframe. And now that your mainframe data can easily be made available on the ‘Net, security is an important issue. That’s where our iCYA network appliance comes in. The iCYA delivers full Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection so your data is encrypted until it reaches a trusted source.

Informatica Corporation Address: 2100 Seaport Blvd, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA. Phone: +1 650 385 5000 (800-970-1179 in the USA). Email: ukinfo@informatica.com Web: www.informatica.com Sales contacts: America: +1 (888) 635-0899 EMEA: +44 (0)1628 511311 Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Data Integration; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; Data Privacy; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, IBM i Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license Company profile Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is the world’s number one independent provider of data integration software. With over 3,000 employees distributed in over 28 countries around the globe, Organisations can rely on Informatica to realise their information potential and drive top business imperatives. Worldwide over 5,000 Enterprises already depend on Informatica to fully leverage their information assets from devices to mobile to social to big data residing on-premise, in the Cloud and across social networks. Product/service information Informatica’s PowerExchange products enable data connectivity to many of the commonly used mainframe (z/OS & i/Series) data sources e.g. DB2, IMS, Adabas etc.. Data can be delivered according to the demands of the consuming applications; offering data extractions in either complete batch-type accesses or “delta” updates from previous extractions delivered in Real-Time. Couple the connectivity to Informatica’s world renowned data

integration products and Enterprises will quickly see reward from any Informatica deployments. With Informatica’s PowerCenter ability to run on the IBM mainframe z/Linux platform Enterprises can, if required, build fully centric, mainframe based data integration environments, on possibly the world’s most resilient and reliable data processing architecture. PowerCenter for z/ Linux leverages the business-critical aspects of mainframe computing while providing the same time-to-value and cost-of-ownership advantages that PowerCenter brings to non-mainframe environments via its inherent “Map-Once deploy anywhere” Vibe powered architecture. Informatica also integrally supports the needs of the modern Enterprise by providing other industry recognised (Forrester, Gartner etc.) technology products used for Data Masking, Application Life Cycle Data Management, Data Quality, Data Replication as well as a complete and comprehensive Master Data Management capability. Using Informatica can help enterprises extend the value of their mainframe investments with near-universal mainframe access and a holistic view of enterprise information, while maximizing the reliability and reducing the costs of data integration processing. Informatica not only enables a performing and cost effective data integration platform but can also help architect and implement an Enterprises solution by providing skilled resources either via its own highly skilled and trained Professional Services network or via its ECO system of Systems Integrators and Partners. Whatever the need for Data Integration, Informatica has both the solution and the skill to help Enterprises succeed. For more information around the Informatica products portfolio please refer to the Informatica Website.

InfoSec Inc Address: 14001-C St. Germain Drive, Suite 809, Centreville, VA 20121, USA. Phone: +1 703 825 1202 Email: sales@infosecinc.com Web: 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

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory 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 management, workload management, output management and more. With all of the regulation and legislation in place today for compliance related initiatives, organizations need support to help them achieve that compliance.

INNOVATION Data Processing Address: 275 Paterson Ave, Little Falls, NJ 07424. USA. Phone: +1 973 890 7300 Email: sales@fdrinnovation.com Web: http://www.innovationdp.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management; storage management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 ,VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, other Company profile INNOVATION Data Processing has over 33 years experience of providing backup/restore, non-disruptive protection and storage management solutions for enterprise-scale z/OS and OS/390 mainframe and open systems (SAN/LAN/Unix, Windows, Novell, and Linux) installations. INNOVATION partners with BMC, Compaq, Computer Associates, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Informix, Lotus, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Red Hat, StorageTek, Sun, SuSE Linux, Sybase, Turbo Linux and others. INNOVATIONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prime objective in partnering with software companies is interoperability and co-existence with operating system platforms and databases; while partnering with storage vendors allows the creation of unique solutions that provide customers with the benefits of advanced storage management.

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Product/service information Best recognized as the provider of the Fast Dump Restore (FDR) suite, INNOVATION solutions offer enterprise storage management and non-disruptive business protection. FDRINSTANT supports Timefinder, FlashCopy, ShadowImage and SnapShot Copy for non-disruptive backup of off-line volumes. IAM allows users to achieve performance enhancements and system resource savings for most applications that utilize VSAM datasets. FDRPAS provides non-disruptive volume relocation of z/OS disk volumes from one device to another, while FDRERASE provides safe, secure, fast erasure of z/OS data volumes. FDR/UPSTREAM allows users to position the OS/390 or z/OS mainframe as a backup server, with additional support for zLinux. Sites with EMC Symmetrix arrays rely on FDRSOS for high-speed network-free volume-level backup/restore across ESCON/FICON channels. FDR/UPSTREAM/SOS extends this protection with logical file granularity, central administration and policy-based management.

Inspired Solutions (Software) Ltd Address: 208, Moor Lane, Salford M7 3PZ, UK. Phone:+44 (0) 161 7926540 Email: info@inspired-solutions.co.uk Web: www.inspired-solutions.co.uk Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; asset and change management; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 ,VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: Other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other Company profile Save Money on the Mainframe Inspired Solutions and Blenheim Software work together to distribute software in the UK and Ireland. Our cost-effective software covers many of the most important areas in the data centre for both mainframe and distributed platforms. Several of the tools and software we supply are either the de facto standard for their area, or soon will be.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Product/service information As well as performance management and capacity planning tools, we also provide XINFO, the data centre repository; tools for TWS for zOS (OPC) and Distributed ; JCL Checking; CICS, VSAM, VTAM, and developers’ tools, DB2 tools, utilities and tuning for zOS & distributed. More details at our partners websites: Enterprise Performance Vision for Performance & Capacity Planning - www.epvtech.com Horizont GmbH for TWS Products - www.horizont-it.com MacKinney for CICS, VSAM, VTAM Products - www. mackinney.com Responsive Systems for DB2 Buffer Pool Tuning - www. responsivesystems.com Relational Architects International and Insoft Software for DB2 tools - www.relarc.com ITGain for UDB DB2 products - www.itgain.de InSoft for DB2 tools - www.insoft-software.de.

INTERCHIP AG Address: Elektrastrasse 6, 81925, Germany. Phone: +49 89 9914 990 Email: info@interchip.de Web: www.interchip-software.com/. Sales contacts: America: +1 800 225 5224. EMEA: + 44 1753 577733. AsiaPac: singaporesales@ca.com; Singapore: 65 6337 2822. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Storage management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390. Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile INTERCHIP AG with international headquarters based in Munich, Germany, was founded in 1987. The company is privately held and provides enterprisewide, multi-platform solutions for the optimization of complex IT environments. In addition to representing selected software companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, INTERCHIP AG develops its own market-leading products. INTERCHIP AG’ s flagship product, RealTime Defrag (RTD), is currently in daily use at some of the largest banks, insurance companies and government agencies worldwide.

Product/service information RealTime Defrag (RTD) is a proven product in use since 1995 that eliminates DASD fragmentation and the need for over-allocation of disk space thereby avoiding x37 abends and out-of-space conditions. Running continuously and efficiently in the background, RTD quickly reorganizes disk files, recovering available storage space and eliminating file and DASD fragmentation. Unlike standard operating system utilities, no batch or weekend maintenance jobs are needed. Disk storage waste caused by over-allocation is eliminated, since files are continuously and automatically groomed. RTD can be customized to meet your defragmentation needs through a variety of parameters that take effect immediately. RTD includes full support for the latest level of the operating system (z/OS) and EAVs. Additional options are available to support FlashCopy Version 2 and Preserve Mirror (Remote Pair FlashCopy).

Interskill Learning Address: 11770 Haynes Bridge Road, Suite 205 PMB 526, Alpharetta, GA 30009-1970, USA. Phone: +1 770-872-4278 Email: info@interskill.com Web: www.interskill.com Sales contacts: America: 770 872 4278. EMEA: +44 1625 441120. AsiaPac: +61 3 8796 8400. Activity: Education 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, Other Unix, Linux Pricing options: Monthly/annual license Company profile Interskill Learning is the global leader in the provision of technology-based training solutions for the IBM Mainframe Computing industry. Interskill’s mainframe e-learning is currently the ONLY up-to-date, comprehensive e-learning curriculum available to the mainframe computing industry!

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Product/service information With over 1,000 hours of instantly deliverable System z and System p courses, mainframe skills assessments, unlimited in-house mainframe classes and webinars, plus the learning services to bring it all together and manage it for you, this out of the box mainframe training program is an ideal fit for your mainframe computing group.

ISAM (Information Systems Asset Management) Address: 4152 North River Run, Minneapolis, MN 55378, USA Phone: +1 952 953 4090 Email: mike@isamgroup.com Web: www.isamgroup.com Activity: Consultant. Specialist areas: Other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: System i, AIX, distributed Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: Other, Company profile ISAM has been in business since in 1996 helping corporate and government data centers manage their software assets, optimize software usage, and reduce software expenses. The key to ISAM’s success is its proprietary Software Intelligence Database containing over 100 million data points of software usage, pricing, and licensing information from over 1000 companies of every size, industry, and location. The result is an exhaustive database that provides insights into the best practices of data centers throughout the world and how they have reduced their software costs. Product/service information ISAM’s services include Software Benchmarking, IBM Audit Analysis, SAS Usage Analysis, Data Center Optimization, and Vendor Negotiation.

ISI Pty Ltd Address: Level 1, 645 Harris Street, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia Phone: +61 2 8905 8900 Email: info@isi.com.au Web: www.isi.com.au

Activity: Integrator Specialist areas: System management; storage management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, distributed Linux, Windows Company profile ISI is one of the most successful and enduring IT players in the Australian business sector. With a focus on outcomes, our success stems from a company-wide commitment to fulfilling customer needs and leveraging new technologies. In 1995, ISI became the first IBM zSeries reseller in Australia and New Zealand. Today we remain the only IBM Premier Partner operating in the System z market and is at the forefront of the next wave of ‘Large Scale Server Deployments’ utilising Open Systems on System z – the most reliable, scalable and cost effective ‘Business Class’ computing platform in the world. ISI also sells and supports the complete range of IBM products including Power and System x Servers, software, storage and support services.

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: 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

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory and creates modern-looking Web sites using, for example, JQuery, that fit W3C standards. More recently, iTech-Ed has been helping organizations with their social media policies and a very hands-on approach has seen companies produce Facebook fan pages, produce well-supported Twitter feeds, and make the best use of Youtube. CEO Trevor Eddollsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work in the mainframe community has been recognized and he has been awarded the prestigious title of IBM Champion every year since 2009. Popular 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 as help with personal development and life coaching.

Levi Ray & Shoup Inc Address: 2401 West Monroe Street, Springfield, Illinois. USA Phone: 217 793 3800. Email: asklrs@lrs.com Web: www.lrs.com Sales contacts: EMEA: +44 1242 537500, lrsuk@lrs.com, Regent House, Rodney Road, Cheltenham, Glos, GL50 1HX, UK. AsiaPac: lrsjapan@lrs.com. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: OS/400, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity based, workload/usage based Company profile Since 1981, Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. has been providing software solutions that help customers save money, improve business productivity, and provide assured delivery of business-critical documents. Ninety-five percent of the Fortune 100 companies trust LRS solutions to deliver their most critical documents. Product/service information VPS and VPS/TCPIP. The VPS software suite manages, monitors and delivers documents to network destinations

through the organization. Originally designed for VTAMcontrolled SNA networks, LRS added TCP/IP functionality and pioneered the migration of enterprise printing to the TCP/IP network protocol. The VPS solution offers webbased monitoring and control, enabling administrators, operators and end users to control production printing. VPS/Secure. VPS/Secure offer encrypted distribution of confidential documents from host to printer or host to host. It uses the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), supporting the exchange of encrypted data between Windows, Unix, OS/390 and z/OS mainframes. VPS/E Mail. This expands the print distribution channel to include direct e-mail delivery from the host. VPS/PDF. VPS/PDF provides dynamic conversion of AFP documents to Portable Document Format (PDF) for delivery via e-mail, web or file. DRS captures, manages and controls documents originating from any platform via the LRS Enterprise Output Server. DRS/Output Manager. With DRS/Output Manager, SAP R/3 users gain full control over document printing, along with feedback on print status, without leaving the SAP app. PageCenter. PageCenter archives documents received from VPS for secure viewing with web browsers on multiple platforms.

Logicalis UK Address: 110 Buckingham Avenue, Slough, Berks SL1 4PF, UK Phone: +44 (0) 01753 777200 Email: info@logicalis.com Web: 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

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory 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. Product/service information Logicalis are skilled in infrastructure and new workload planning, Linux and Websphere implementations, software migrations, performance and capacity assessments, systems programming, security audits and sub-capacity Workload License Charge (WLC) management. We also provide customised briefings for System z clients. Our pro-active approach to managing risk improves the efficiency of any deployment. Post-implementation, we continue our involvement with customised lifecycle and managed services support. We assist you in procuring the best in class IBM mainframe hardware and software solutions, and then provide the integration services to roll these into your existing environments and provide insight for future IT planning.

Longpela Expertise Address: 1 Lilly Street, South Fremantle WA 6162, Australia Phone: +61 404 757 821 Email: info@longpelaexpertise.com.au Web: www.longpelaexpertise.com.au Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: System management; programming/ testing

Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: Other Company profile We have provided mainframe technical and systems programming services since 1992. We help companies with mainframe problems, projects and plans throughout Australia and South Asia. We have over 20 years experience in System z mainframes and related systems software including z/OS, CICS, and IMS. We also contribute to the mainframe community with free articles on our website, our book “What On Earth is a Mainframe”, and the mainframe software website http:// www.lookupmainframesoftware.com. Product/service information Longpela Expertise offer three service ‘streams’: 1 Systems 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. 2 Mainframe Consulting. General Mainframe technical advice to groups such as auditors, managers, and non-mainframe technical people. We can answer your Mainframe questions, provide advice on the mainframe sector, 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. 3 Training. We can provide a mentor for junior systems programmers, perform fast ‘Mainframes for Beginners’briefings, or provide other training and assistance you require.

Looksoftware Address: 9/622 Ferntree Gullu Road, Wheeler’s Hill, Melbourne, Australia Phone: 61 3 9535 4444. Email: info@looksoftware.com Web: 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

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory 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. Product/service information *Developer Product Suite* newlook Dynamic generation of smart, thin and mobile user interfaces (UIs). Use newlook to rapidly webface and create new UI’s. Access 5250/3270 applications from virtually any front-end including: Outlook, SharePoint, Notes, WebSphere, Google, Apple iPhone, PDAs, rich clients, AJAX, .Net, and Java, etc. soarchitect Creates web services from modules of code within existing applications. Provides a complete solution for re-using, extending and integrating your existing applications. Heterogeneous database access and web services consumption make multi-platform integration easy. *Deployment Product Suite* lookserver It enables customers to access iSeries applications from any device that supports a browser, or from mobile devices including PDAs. thinclient Zero deployment UIs are best suited to external users like partners and customers. Support for most popular browsers running Linux, Mac or Windows makes thin clients an easy option for instant global access.

mobileclient More and more employees are on the road using wireless devices such as web pads, PDAs, and phones. smartclient Suits knowledge workers needing smart/rich client support including high performance, advanced UI support (such as datagrids, tree controls and many more), offline support, desktop integration, web services consumption and database access. No touch deployment and automated updates make smartclient deployment a breeze.

Luminex Software Inc Address: 871 Marlborough Avenue, Riverside, CA 92507, USA Phone: +1 951 781 4100. Email: info@luminex.com Web: www.luminex.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Storage management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, workload/usage based Company profile Founded in 1994, LUMINEX is a leading developer and provider of disk-based mainframe virtual tape products and technologies. LUMINEX Channel Gateways allow mainframe enterprise users around the world to take full advantage of the benefits of Modern Mainframe Virtual Tape to eliminate or reduce physical tape, improve RTO and RPO, lower capital and operating costs and improve data security. With the LUMINEX Channel Gateways, enterprises can now have a single backup and recovery program for their mainframe and open systems data. Product/service information The Channel Gateway enables mainframe customers to channel attach industry leading and proven open systems enterprise storage solutions. The Channel Gateway supports both FICON, up to 8Gb/s, and ESCON channel connectivity. Existing mainframe backup software simply sees the Channel Gateway as a recognized mainframe tape device. No software changes are required. Channel Gateway Enhancement Options: • LTMON brings mainframe console integration to Channel Gateway Modern Mainframe Virtual Tape solutions. • RepMon provides real-time monitoring of virtual tape data writes and replication to a remote disaster recovery site.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory • SyncCopy enforces tape data consistency across Channel Gateway-attached replicated storage systems and provides remote status monitoring of tape availability and integrity. • HA-Grid provides fully redundant local storage of virtual tape data, with automated failover for high-availability operations, leveraging the capabilities of both SyncCopy and LTMON. LUMINEX also offers non-disruptive tape and data migration service. Migration from your aging tape and backup infrastructure to the modern LUMINEX solution is easy and automated.

MacKinney Systems Inc Address: 4411 East State Highway D, Suite F, Springfield, MO 65809, USA Phone: +1 417 882 8012 Email: sales@mackinney.com. Web: www.mackinney.com. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; storage management; asset and change management; security management; programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/VSE Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, Company profile MacKinney Systems, a member of IBM PartnerWorld, SHARE, and NaSPA, has been developing and marketing mainframe software for 30 years and has over 50 products to help meet mainframe software needs. Product/service information CICS upgrade assistance: • VS/Cobol Interpreter allows programs written and compiled with OS/VS COBOL to execute in CICS Transaction Server V3.1 and V3.2. • Macro Level Interpreter allows running macrolevel code in z/OS or VSE versions of CICS TS environments without any coding changes. Cost-effective printing solutions: • JES Report Broker manages the access, distribution and archival of reports. Archive reports for viewing via web browser. E-mail and FTP reports securely. • MacKinney Print Transform is a server product that provides document transformation services for client products. • JES Queue for Printers prints any report from the system spool to printers defined to VTAM or TCP/

IP. Supports LPD and Direct Socket. Interfaces with Solimar Systems and Xerox. • VTAM Virtual Printer captures existing VTAM application (CICS, IMS, etc) print and creates a report in the system spool without any programming changes. Simplified program testing and debugging: • Track is an online testing and debugging product for CICS application programs. Detects and corrects multiple errors in a single debugging session. • XRAY provides the same capabilities for batch applications. • Dump Detective solves program abends by automatically formatting and analyzing CICS dumps. Productivity-enhancing tools: • MacKinney Batch to CICS gets your batch processing on the fast track! Close and open files, dynamically allocate and unallocate files, send CEMT commands. • SimpList is a powerful and highly productive mainframe interface that makes ISPF much easier to learn and use. • VTAM/Switch allows users to switch between VTAM applications without logging on and off, and provides single sign-on to applications.

Macro 4 Address: The Orangery, Turners Hill Road, Worth, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 4SS, UK Phone: +44 1293 872000 Email: market@macro4.com Web: 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.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory 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 4’s solutions are a world-leading range of software tools that increase operational efficiency in IBM’s mainframe environments. Today, these solutions are delivering significant cost savings and efficiency improvements as well as assuring the reliability of missioncritical applications in thousands of IT departments globally. Fault Analysis: • DumpMaster high performance fault diagnosis of mainframe application failures. • TraceMaster source level interactive program testing and debugging. • M4Explorer Unique web interface for DumpMaster and TraceMaster which improves productivity by up to 20%. Application Integrity: • TraceMaster CodeTrack CICS codepath analysis and pre-emptive storage violation detection. Application Performance: • FreezeFrame comprehensive, yet easy-to-use application performance measurement. • ExpeTune automated application performance management and analysis partner for FreezeFrame. • ExpeTune DB focused on helping users manage DB2 performance, especially dynamic DB2 workloads. Data Manipulation: • InSync simplifies the process of data management by providing fast and easy access to the business data used by key applications.

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. Product/service information Replacement of RACF (security server) Database engine z/OS documentation (auditing z/os enviroment).

Maintec Technologies Address: 8311 Brier Creek Pkwy, Suite 105 – 513, Raleigh, NC 27617, USA Phone: +1 919 424 6323 Email: sgupta@maintec.com. Web: www.maintec.com. Activity: Outsourcer Specialist areas: System management; data management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX Company profile Maintec Technologies provides a range of services such as data center management, IT staffing, including the popular Hire Train Deploy solution; corporate training services and on-site/off-shore project management. Maintec is also uniquely positioned to service customer requirements by leveraging services in future technologies such as big

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory data, business intelligence, social media, cloud and mobile technologies. As the generation that began the mainframe retires, the need to train the next generation of mainframe developers and systems programmers is becoming critical. Therefore, Maintec helps businesses with large mainframe installations reduce data center management total cost of operation and overcome resourcing challenges by providing well-trained talent. Maintec’s ability to train employees with “skills on demand” is a key value Maintec offers its clients. Maintec coined the term “Hire Train Deploy”, a concept solution bridging the gap between industry needs and skills available in the general market. Maintec’s four service offerings complement each other thus providing a comprehensive solution to its clients. Product/service information Data Center Management: Maintec’s Mainframe industry knowledge is a perfect blend of on-site and offshore resources, offering comprehensive datacenter management services on IBM mainframe and midrange platforms. The company’s datacenter management services help IT organizations securely, remotely and proactively manage their datacenter for optimum performance in a 24/7 environment. IT Staffing Services: Maintec’s IT staffing services offer the hassle free way of recruiting qualified and trained offshore resources in IBM Mainframe platforms through its Hire Train Deploy (HTD) solution. HTD is a turnkey, no-obligation solution for clients that develops employees deeply educated in niche skills not readily available in most markets. Corporate Training Services: Maintec offers training across the verticals with programs exclusively designed for corporate clientele; their training program covers IBM mainframe, midrange, Microsoft and web technologies. Customized training solutions and tools enhance corporate associates’ core competencies and skill sets. The training program boosts the overall productivity of the corporate courtesy the ProEd-trained workforce that easily diagnoses any problem. On-site & Off-Shore Projects: With worldwide locations in the U.S., UK, Philippines and an off-shore development center in Bangalore, India, and offices in Noida, Pune, and Chennai, Maintec offers comprehensive on-site and off-shore project solutions. Maintec couples data center management services and IT staffing solutions to give clients an unparalleled advantage. With over 600+ consultants, Maintec has capabilities to provide project

support on various technologies: SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, Java and .net technologies.

Marist College Address: 3399 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA Phone: 845-575-3588 Email: susan.scanlon@marist.edu Web: http://idcp.marist.edu/learnzos Activity: Education. Specialist areas: other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Company profile The Institute for Data Center Professionals (IDCP) at Marist College offers convenient, affordable, 100% online, asynchronous certificate programs covering topics that are relevant to professionals working in data center operations and/or enterprise computing environments. Courses are taught by academic professionals and industry experts, some of whom have had a hand in developing the technology. Full curriculum for z/OS system and application programmers. Product/service information We offer three levels of education for the z/OS systems programmer. z/OS Associate, Professional and Expert Tracks - each comprised of three courses delivered fully online For the application programmer, we offer COBOL, IMS, Assembler and DB2 tracks each comprised of three courses delivered fully online. We also offer a 2-course certificate covering AIX on Power.

Matter of Fact Software Address: 12 Abbotsford Road, Galashiels TD1 1RA, UK Phone: +44 (0)845 833 5610 Email: enquiries@matteroffactsoftware.com Web: www.plexspy.co.uk Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Systems management; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Pricing options: Monthly/annual license

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Company profile Founded in 2008, Matter of Fact Software writes and markets innovative software in the CICS arena. Our Directors have many decades of experience in managing CICS, upgrading it, implementing large scale application infrastructures, and supporting day-to-day operations. This has led to a deep understanding of the challenges faced by businesses that depend upon CICS and a burning desire to help them to improve the quality of services they deliver to their customers. Product/service information Our PlexSpy solution provides real-time status monitoring information about named business applications that run on CICS on systemZ. Simple to use, it can be easily adopted by support staff. Access is via a Web browser. There is no off-host installation required. Using PlexSpy will: shorten the time it takes to understand the nature of problems affecting CICS applications; allow you to visualize the entire CICS footprint of your application; plan and monitor change implementations. Our CICS JS/Server software exploits the power of the mainframe to serve several popular Open Source javascript libraries to web applications. These include: JQuery; Dojo Toolkit; YUI Library; MooTools and others. Modern web applications need sophisticated user interfaces and Open Source javascript libraries facilitate the creation of them. However, given that executing javascript can alter basic browser functionality, it is essential to take control over these resources for security reasons. CICS JS/Server allows these resources to be served from CICS on z/OS. An environment that can be trusted to have proper management and control processes in place. Bespoke content can also be served and novel new CICS web applications can be constructed, managed and operated using the software.

Micro Focus Address: 22-30 Old Bath Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 1QN, UK Phone: +44 1635 32646. Web: www.microfocus.com.

Sales contacts: America: Sales.US@microfocus.com. EMEA: UKSales@microfocus.com. AsiaPac: UKSales@microfocus.com. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management; asset and change management; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based Company profile Micro Focus International plc provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. Micro Focus has more than 30 years of expertise and more than 15,000 customers and one million licensed users, including more than 70 of the Fortune Global 100 companies. By exploiting the latest technologies and leveraging the strength of our business partners worldwide, Micro Focus enables customers to make sense of their application portfolios, improve the productivity of application developers, take advantage of Web services to modernize core applications and exploit low-cost contemporary platforms, such as Windows, Unix or Linux. Micro Focus has over 500 employees worldwide, with principal offices in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany and Japan. Product/service information Micro Focus Mainframe Express Enterprise Edition A mainframe development and testing environment hosted on your PC: • Reduces mainframe overheads • Analysis, compilation, debugging and testing of applications on your PC • Support for all major mainframe languages and subsystems (including COBOL, Assembler, JCL, CICS, IMS, DB2…) • Flexibility to extend business transactions to new platforms.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Micro Focus Revolve Enterprise Edition Reduces the costs and risks associated with large scale change initiatives and regular maintenance: • Impact analysis and documentation of mainframe applications • Saves up to 90% of the time spent on major analysis work. 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

Company profile MOST Technologies, a global leader in legacy modernization, is in a unique position to address the needs of organizations with investment in mainframe application assets. MOST’s legacy modernization offering provide the customer with following benefits: • Reduction in total cost of ownership related to the operation of legacy applications • Renew the value of legacy applications and data in new services • Improve accessibility to these application assets real time so as to support business intelligence and customer service initiatives • Increased flexibility and interoperability with internal and external services • Tighter control over budget through reducing scope of change MOST Technologies offering to mainframe customers with investment in Legacy Applications include: • Solutions • Expertise • Services. Product/service information MF-Test is a leading testing solution from MOST Technologies that was developed specifically for testing mainframe applications, databases and their supporting environments. It provides automatic execution of the application testing scenarios as well as advanced reporting mechanism to allow multiple tests on parallel testing environments. MF-Test is a mature technology that is helping various mainframe customers around the world to test their mainframe applications in a low risk, low cost environment. Using MF-Test can reduce the burden out of the testing phase, so resources can focus on keep developing the applications. MF-Test capabilities: • Multiple isolated test environments – Enable parallel testing for a larger number of testing scenarios • Smart and flexible pre/post change comparisons – Ensuring that the application outcome remains exactly the same after the application modifications, unless a change is expected • Test results collection – All results are collected and kept in a central location, for comparison and tracking purposes • Test auditing, control and security – For management of larger testing teams, located in different locations and testing different applications • Central user interface – Windows based graphical user interface for tests’ creation, execution and track

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory • Ease of use and scalability – Using standards languages for external funcationality additions.

detected by the Supplemental Detectors. Stand Alone Environment (SAE) and its Fast DASD Erase tool are the industry standard for repair, recovery and data erasure of z/OS systems.

NewEra Software Inc 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, Linux 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, the company has become an industry leader and its products the industry standard for repair, recovery, data erasure and integrity of large systems. Learn more at www.newera.com. Product/service information Image Control Environment (ICE) automatically discovers, extracts, blueprints and inspects the z/OS configuration components that comprise a Sysplex and its Images. Process findings are shared with other ICE applications including the ICE Viewer. Systematic monitoring of an entire Sysplex and all of its’ Images is achieved using the Production View while the effort required for technical staff to advance to a new release of the operating system or a subsystem is mitigated through the use of New Release Analysis. The Control Editor (TCE) is a “Compensating Control” that provides a layer of non-invasive security over the z/OS configuration components housed in defined sets of partitioned datasets. TCE significantly enhances the level of security generally provided by the site’s External Security Manager (ESM). In addition, TCE can be customized to identify the occurrence of specific System and Health Checker Messages and record change events

OGS Consulting

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 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 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, z/VSE and iSeries platforms. OGS also partners with principals for software distribution of database, performance, utility tools, network and storage management. Product/service information OGS provides training in the mainframe environment including z/OS, JCL, VSAM, CICS, DB2, Security Audits 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, CICS, administration, backup/ recovery, sorting, printing and reporting. Other tools include storage management, tuning, and productivity add-ons and competitive replacements.

Oracle

Address: 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA, USA Phone: +1 603-502-7635 Web: http://www.oracle.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory management; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: Workload/usage based, other Company profile Oracle has a worldwide team dedicated to modernization and migration projects – the Platform Migrations Group. This team is part of Oracle Server Technologies (Oracle Development) and has over 300 resources worldwide. These resources are knowledgable in legacy systems and modernization, Oracle Grid Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Development tools and Oracle Modernization Alliance partners’ tools and products. Each modernization project is assigned an Oracle lead from the Oracle Modernization Solutions team. The team has direct linkage into Oracle development, and has close relationships with Oracle Product Managers. Oracle’s PTS Modernization Solutions team has been a key member for hundreds of modernization project over the past four years. The team has engaged at a number of levels including: architecture design, modernization tools selection, modernization assessments, evaluation and portfolio analysis, project scoping and estimating, proof of concepts, project advisor, hands on technical enablement, and trusted technical advisor. The projects have been for oth Oracle customers, Oracle System Integrator partners, Oracle Independent Software Vendor partners, and Oracle modernization partners. The projects have spanned many industries and utilized a variety of modernization approaches. The projects have also encompassed many source technologies from DB2, IMS, COBOL, RPG, Adabas to PL/I, Sybase, Informix, Powerbuilder and Assembler. Oracle has also been involved with 150 customer mainframe modernization projects where Oracle BEA Tuxedo is the application serer and transaction processing platform for legacy COBOL, CICS and JCL/batch systems. Product/service information Oracle offers the only open systems active/active grid database platform. Oracle’s Database Real Application Clusters (RAC) running on clusters provides Oracle’s 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: Franziska-Bilek-Weg 9, 80339 Munich, Germany Phone: +49 89 452 33 84-0 Email: info@pdflib.com Web: www.pdflib.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management; storage management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; other 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 PDFlib GmbH is completely focused on PDF technology. Customers worldwide use PDFlib products since 1997. The company closely follows development and market trends, such as ISO standards for PDF. PDFlib GmbH products are distributed in 100 countries all over the world with major markets in North America, Europe, and Japan. 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. Product/service information The PDFlib Product Family PDFlib is the leading developer toolbox for generating and manipulating files in the Portable Document Format (PDF). PDFlib’s main targets are dynamic PDF creation on a Web server or any other server system, and to implement “Save as PDF” in existing applications. The PDFlib product family is available in three different flavors: PDFlib, PDFlib+PDI (PDF Import), and PDFlib Personalization Server (PPS). PDFlib+PDI includes all PDFlib functions plus the PDF Import Library (PDI). With PDI you can open existing PDF documents and incorporate some pages into the PDFlib output.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory PDFlib Personalization Server (PPS) includes PDFlib+PDI plus additional functions for variable data processing using PDFlib blocks. PDFlib PLOP and PLOP DS PDFlib PLOP (PDF Linearization, Optimization, Protection) offers a straightforward way to linearize and optimize your PDF files for fast Web delivery, and to apply or remove Acrobat security features. The extended version PLOP DS offers all features of PLOP plus the ability to apply digital signatures to PDF documents. PDFlib TET The PDFlib Text Extraction Toolkit (TET) is a developer product for reliably extracting text, images and metatdata from PDF documents.

Pegasystems Address: One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Phone: +1 617-374-9600 Web: www.pega.com. Sales contacts: America: +1 617-374-9600. EMEA: +44 (0) 118 9591150. AsiaPac: +61 2 9581 7000. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, z/Linux. Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, workload/usage based, other. Company profile Pegasystems is the only BPM company consistently ranked by analysts as the industry leader for the past five years, including both Forrester and Gartner. Pegasystems is furthermore a recognized leader in CRM by both Forrester and Gartner. Product/service information Pega BPM, Pega CRM, Pega Healthcare Solutions, Pega Decision Management, Pega Financial Services Solutions, Pega Life Sciences Solutions, Pega Insurance Solutions, Pega Energy & Utilities Solutions, Pega Manufacturing Solutions, Pega Government Solutions, Pega Communications Solutions.

PerfTechPro Address: 4071 Heather Court, Northampton, PA 18067, USA. Phone: +1 855 737 3832 Email: info@PerfTechPro.com Web: www.PerfTechPro.com. Sales contacts: America: info@PerfTechPro.com. EMEA: info@value-4it.com. AsiaPac: info@PerfTechPro.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS. Pricing options: Monthly/annual license. Company profile PerfTechPro is a 21st-century IT Capacity and Performance Management company offering solutions designed for busy, cost-conscious IT professionals who want maximum value and performance. PerfTechPro was borne out of decades of experience designing and selling IT capacity management solutions for organizations of all sizes. Our company was specifically formed to provide solutions to meet the affordability and flexibility needs of today’s IT management professionals. PerfTechPro provides business value by ensuring enterprise server resources are sized correctly for maximum performance and cost-savings. We also take great pride in making sure that we are easy to do business with, and simplify rather than complicate, our customers’ lives. PerfTechPro delivers all the insight you need to maximize the value and performance of your enterprise servers, and does it for a fraction of the cost of other Capacity and Performance Management tools. As a company focused only on IT capacity management tools, we can offer personal service and extremely competitive pricing. Product/service information PerfTechPro for z/OS is a software solution to provide automated data collection, analysis, reporting and modeling. It is a Capacity Planning and Performance Measurement tool specifically designed for the cost conscious and savvy 21st Century data center. PerfTechPro for z/OS is the next evolution in Mainframe Capacity Planning tools, having been architected from ground zero using the latest techniques. PerfTechPro for z/OS provides sophisticated capacity and performance

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory management capabilities, affordable by any sized data center. PerfTechPro is one of the first capacity management tools that provide automated collection, analysis and reporting of the SMF 113 Records produced by the CPU Measurement Facility of IBM Mainframes. One of IBM’s most sophisticated advances, the CPU Measurement Facility can provide detailed information on how its hardware is interacting with specific workloads. Capacity management professionals can use this Information to see how data and instructions are moving within processor cache and memory areas. PerfTechPro for z/OS is designed to deliver sophisticated, affordable, easy-to-use solutions for IT management professionals looking for fast, insightful help without highcost, complex and time-consuming licensing requirements.

Phoenix Software International Address: 831 Parkview Drive North, El Segundo, CA 90245, USA. Phone: +1 310 338 0400 Email: sales@phoenixsoftware.com Web: www.phoenixsoftware.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; programming/ testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/VSE Non-mainframe platforms supported: Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based Company profile Phoenix Software International, Inc. is a major systems software development company providing advanced software solutions to enterprises around the world. Our diverse products support IBM and compatible mainframes, personal computers, and local and wide area networks. Phoenix customers range from small entrepreneurial companies to major federal and state agencies to Fortune 500 leaders. Phoenix has been providing software solutions since 1979 and is a privately held corporation. Corporate headquarters are located in El Segundo, California with satellite offices in Raleigh, North Carolina and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Complete corporate information can be found on our website at www.phoenixsoftware.com. Product/service information (E)JES: A systems management tool that provides all the information you need to monitor and manage your z/OS JESplex—whether you are running JES2 or JES3. (E)JES

panels provide up-to-date information on jobs, printers, queues, and resources in a z/OS JESplex. You can enter (E)JES commands directly from these panels to control job processes and the operation of system resources. (E) JES can also be accessed interactively from the (E)JES desktop application or a web browser. (E)JES functionality is available to programs via the Application Programming Interface (API) and companion REXX and Java APIs. zHISR: A z/OS utility for generating hot spot analysis reports of customer, vendor or operating system program execution. zHISR lets you quickly pinpoint areas of a software application that needlessly use large amounts of CPU resources by analyzing program output. This z/ OS utility is a useful tool for software programmers, performance analysts and systems programmers. CONDOR: A comprehensive library management and program development system designed for use in all z/ VSE and z/OS environments. FALCON: An efficient, easy-to-use, on-line data entry system that is fully functional in IBM environments.

PIR Group, Inc Address: 345 North Canal, Ste C202, Chicago, IL 60606, USA. Phone: +1 312 756 1000 Email: info@pirgroupinc.com Web: 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

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory and CLP. MVS/VSE JCL is converted into AS/400 CL. The mainframe database is duplicated under DB2/400. COBOL KeePIR’s 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.

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: Georgstraße 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 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.

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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 Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Non-mainframe platforms supported: System i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, others Pricing options: Other Company profile PKWARE, Inc. is the leading provider of enterprise solutions for secure and efficient data transfer and storage. As the inventor and continuing innovator of the ZIP standard, PKWARE leverages the cross-platform compatibility of ZIP. Using advanced encryption and compression, PKWARE products provide secure and efficient file exchange both internally and with external partners, across all major platforms including windows, server, midrange, and mainframe systems. Over 30,000 companies world-wide use PKWARE Solutions, including many Fortune 100 and 23 of the top 25 financial institutions, health care, retail, and manufacturing companies. Additionally, over 200 federal agencies and state governments utilize PKWARE.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Product/service information The PKWARE SecureZIP Solution is supported on the IBM z/OS mainframe, providing industry-leading data reduction and security. With SecureZIP for IBM z/OS, enterprises: • Decrypt data and stream it directly to the application without staging decrypted data to disk • Write directly to, and read from, UNIX/Linux and Windows servers, eliminating extra steps when moving files across systems • Leverage IBM System z Integrated Cryptographic Services Facility (ICSF), gaining significant cost savings as a result of reduced resource requirements • Utilize IBM System z Hardware compression to significantly reduce the cpu and elapsed time required to compress files • Significantly reduce the time needed to write zip archives to, and extract files from zip archives on tape media with Enhanced Tape Processing • Secure data using passphrase, OpenPGP and X.509 digital certificate-based encryption, allowing for flexibility depending on an organization’s infrastructure.

Progress | DataDirect Address: 3005 Carrington Mill Boulevard, Suite 400, Morrisville, NC 27560, USA Phone: +1 800 876 3101 E-mail: insidesales@datadirect.com Web: www.datadirect.com Sales contacts: America: 800 876 3101 EMEA: 0800 169 1907 AsiaPac: 0120 209 613 Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: Linux, Windows Pricing options: Monthly/annual license Company profile Progress DataDirect is a leader in data connectivity and mainframe integration software for corporate enterprises and independent software vendors, including IBM. Progress DataDirect Shadow is the industry’s only unified integration platform for mainframe data access and SOA enablement. Shadow delivers secure, high performance and scalable access to a broad range of mainframe data and application environments – with unique capabilities to extend System z specialty engine exploitation beyond DB2 for dramatically lower mainframe TCO.

Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS) is a global software company that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive to changing conditions and customer interactions as they occur – to capitalize on new opportunities, drive greater efficiencies and reduce risk. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of bestin-class infrastructure software spanning event-driven visibility and real-time response, open integration, data access and integration, and application development and deployment – all supporting on-premises and SaaS/Cloud deployments. Product/service information Shadow is the industry’s only single, unified platform for mainframe SOA enablement and data connectivity. From this single integration architecture, Shadow supports a full range of standards-based mainframe integration products: • Shadow z/Services comprehensive, bi-directional mainframe Web services to support SOA and Orchestration, including transformation ofbusiness logic and/or 3270 screens into reusable Web services, or data via SOAP interface, as well as support for mainframe consumption of external, distributed Web services. • Shadow z/Events - a comprehensive facility for realtime mainframe data change capture, transformation, and publishing in support of event driven integration, BI and data warehousing. • Shadow z/Direct - high performance data connectivity APIs (ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET) to enable direct, SQL access and transactional support to a broad range of mainframe datasources. • Shadow z/Presentation - supports automatic presentation layer generation for extending screenbased applications to the Web. Shadow’s unique exploitation of IBM’s 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.

ProTech Professional Technical Services Address: 610 Beatty Road, Bldg B, Pittsburgh, PA 15146, USA. Phone: 800-373-9188 (international +1 412 810 8855). Email: info@protechpts.com Web: www.protechpts.com Activity: Education

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory 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, other Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: one-time charge Company profile ProTech is an expert professional services firm specializing in Enterprise Systems Management, IT Service Management (ITSM/ITIL), and Data Center Automation. As an IBM Business Partner and CA Consulting Partner, our company specializes in providing consulting, training and software products for IBM Mainframe and Enterprise UNIX/Linux systems. Our training division, ProTechTraining.com trains over 10,000 IT professionals each year from a curriculum of over 500 instructor-led courses in traditional and virtual classroom, as well as a library of self-paced elearning offerings. ProTech provides public classes throughout North America and onsite training Worldwide. Product/service information RMF Redux - Analyzes WLM data for better policy management implementation by creating real-time reports of actual SMF 70/72 records of system behavior. EZChange for OPS/MVS - aids in change control for OPS/ MVS data center rules and REXX applications. QuickREXX - a set of productivity tools and functions developed by literally thousands of hours working in the ESM & DCA field. Let our experience help you! Please call for more information or product sheets on any of these software solutions.

QMSI-Quintessential Mailing Software Incorporated Address: 5800 Ager Beswick Road Montague, CA 96064-9423, USA Phone: +1.866.284.1001 Email: info@quintmail.com Web: www.quintmail.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Other.

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Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Pricing options: Workload/usage based Company profile QMSI’s charter is to significantly reduce the cost of postal processing for mainframe mailers. We have accomplished that goal with every customer. QMSI’s principals, developers - and customers - are accessible to anyone who sees the value in - and wants to learn about - lowering CPU overhead, I/O resource utilization and overall processing time ... with the guarantee of saving money! With a combined experience level of more than 80 years in systems architecture design, and over 50 years in the mailing industry, QMSI brings a very unique perspective to new product development. “Customers want to run more work - concurrently - allowing production to be completed on time or early!” That’s our major design criteria! We also want installing and using QMSI products to be quick, easy - and intuitive. As a result, converting to QMSI software has been easy - and our customers have, in return, provided insightful suggestions to make great products even better and time for those who change. Product information QCODE, our premier USPS CASS-Certified product, is the only modern postal software that takes full advantage of IBM’s System z hardware and software architecture. QCODE can run on a zIIP (IBM’s Integrated Information Processor) and QCODE’s unique DataSpaceDataBase (DSDB) is a significant reason for QCODE’s amazing performance, yet by placing your page datasets on SSD (Solid State DASD) devices, QCODE’s performance is even better! All while utilizing less CPU and I/O resources, and running faster than other CASS products. Our customers welcome inquiries to dispel any disbelief! QSORT is the only single-purpose presort for First Class Mail (cards, letters and flats) that does not contain all the extra code and overhead found in other multi-purpose products. It’s the perfect complement to QCODE and ready for the USPS Full Service requirements beginning in January 2014. QVIEW is a sub-second response time, online query tool for look-ups in the USPS Zip4 database. It is a complementary component of QCODE, and runs under CICS, IMS or CA’s IDMS. Together, these products provide the most cost-effective, resource-efficient Postal Processing software available. How is this possible? Because this entire software

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory application suite was designed by system-level software architects. QCHANGE, an NCOA product, is next!

Relational Architects International Address: 33 Newark St, Hoboken, NJ 07030 , USA Phone: +1 201 420-0400 Email : sales@relarc.com Web: www.relarc.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based Company profile Relational Architects provides best-of-breed point products for z/OS and DB2 for z/OS.

reengineering tools; network performance/management; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other Company profile Rocket Software is a leading global developer of software products that help corporations, government agencies and other organizations reach their technology and business goals. 1,100 Rocketeers on five continents are focused on building and delivering solutions for more than 10,000 customers and partners – and five million end users – in five key areas. These solutions are focused on Intelligent Infrastructure, Mobile, Cloud, and Big Data. Rocket is engaged in business and technology partnerships with IBM, EMC, Fujitsu, HP Enterprise Services, Hitachi Data Systems, Avaya, Motorola, Epicor, and many others. Visit us at www.rocketsoftware.com.

An Advanced IBM Business Partner, founded in 1987 and runs its own zBC12. Relational Architects develops z/OS system software ‘extensions’ for our enterprise customers.

Product/service information Rocket Mainframe Solutions provide software and professional service solutions that ensure effective utilization of System z environments. Our mainframe solutions:

Product/service information Smart/RESTART enables z/OS batch applications to run restartably - often without changes to source code. Smart/ RESTART is a robust, reliable, and proven solution that Global 2000 organizations worldwide use to run their mission-critical z/OS batch applications.

• Provide swift ROI - lower “per computing unit” cost than x86 servers and reduce management overhead • Optimize transaction processing, delivering millions of reliable, secure transactions per day • Meet demanding SLAs for performance/response times, uptime/availability and back-up/disaster recovery

RLX designates a family of REXX Language Xtensions that endow REXX with additional capabilities for DB2/z, VSAM, and z/OS .

We help you maximize the value of your existing mainframe investments through our ongoing technology evolution and expertise. You can count on Rocket Mainframe Solutions to enable you to:

Launch Express provides a complete solution and methodology for Dynamic ISPF.

Rocket Software Address: 77 Fourth Avenue, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Phone: +1 781 577 4321 Web: www.rocketsoftware.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; web integration and legacy

• Achieve high availability and data protection from storage-aware data management • Access and modernize System z applications • Make your private cloud work for you And we can help you get even more out of your mainframe with newer technologies like zBX, IDAA, and zIIP. A full listing of all of our products that can help make the most of your mainframe investment can be found here: http://bit. ly/16jvoO4. .

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory 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. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Pricing options: Time and Materials or Fixed Price Company profile With a sole focus on mainframe systems infrastructure, RSM Partners are widely acknowledged as the leading independent specialists in this area. A 40 strong team, the most junior having 22 years experience, indicates the unrivalled wealth of expertise and knowledge that RSM Partners brings to any client issue. Operating their own mainframes, from high tech offices in Birmingham, RSM is a trusted ally to many in the mainframe industry. Product/service information RSM Partners offers a range of services under 3 key pillars: Skills; Services; and Support. Skills: offers reliable, skilled resources and consultancy – either individually, or as a team – assisting; backfilling; or taking full responsibility for project delivery. Services spans 3 main areas: Security; Migrations; & Cost Reduction. Security includes Audit preparation, Remediation, Risk & Compliance. Migrations covers software, storage & hardware migrations. Cost Reduction delivers best-in-class optimisation, license cost reduction & workload consolidation. Support provides 24/7 support & managed services, to match customer requirements.

RSM Technology 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

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Activity: Training Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, Linux Pricing options: Monthly/annual license Company profile Founded in 1980, RSM is the UK’s 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.

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: 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 analysis to all levels of user. Easy-to-use interfaces make it simple for decision makers to get the answers they need – saving you time while driving better decisions. • Analytics. With SAS, you can deliver analytic results to all users to share insights and drive fact-based decisions. • Data integration & ETL. With SAS, you gain an integrated approach for managing your increasing volumes of enterprise data. You can simplify the process of data extraction, transformation and loading while improving data quality and achieving true data integration.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Serena Software Inc Address: 1850 Gateway Road, 4th Floor, San Mateo, CA 94404, USA Phone: +11-650-481-3400 Email: info@serena.com. Web: www.serena.com. Sales contacts: America Brasil: +55 11 2787 6308. EMEA: +44 (0) 1727 812812. AsiaPac: +61 2 9333 6703. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Asset and change management; programming/testing, web integration and legacy reengineering tools; other. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual licence, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other. Company profile Serena Software provides Orchestrated IT solutions to the Global 2000. Serena’s core purpose is to advance the business value of IT. Our 4,000 active enterprise customers, encompassing almost one million users worldwide, have made Serena the largest independent ALM vendor and the only one that orchestrates DevOps, the processes that bring together application development and operations. Product/service information ChangeMan ZMF is the industry’s leading mainframe software change management solution. It supports mainframe modernization though an Eclipse plug-in, web user interface, JAVA development, and integration with Serena Dashboard, Serena Development Manager, and Serena Release Manager. Serena Dashboard works with ChangeMan ZMF to provide KPIs and dashboards that are specifically designed for ChangeMan ZMF’s Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) processes. Serena Development Manager is integrated with ChangeMan ZMF and helps global development organizations orchestrate application development across disparate platforms, departmental processes, and development tools.

Serena Release Manager combines ChangeMan ZMF with innovative workflow capabilities to provide a powerful, efficient way of managing application releases. COMPAREX is the only mainframe comparison tool that supports data, text, and directory files in a single product. Available on z/OS, z/VM, and z/VSE platforms, Comparex is accessible via both ISPF and batch interfaces. Dimensions z/OS provides a single SCM solution for distributed platforms plus z/OS and z/Linux. 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 sequential, direct, DB2, and VSAM files. FDM simplifies file management tasks and eliminates the need for multiple tools, batch utilities, and homegrown routines.

Softlib Software Address: 65th Yigal Alon St. Tel Aviv, Israel Phone: +972 3 5615190. Email: info@softlibsw.com. Web: 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

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory 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 Onpremise software. For more information see http://www. softlibsw.com/mvs.aspxt.

Software AG Address: Uhlandstrasse 12, 64297 Darmstadt, Germany Phone: +49 6151 92 0 (Germany) Email: webinfo@softwareag.com Web: www.softwareag.com Sales contacts: America: 1 703-860-5050 (USA) or www.softwareag.com/ Corporate/contact_us. 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; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools; other. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, VM/VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: Monthly/annual license, processor/ capacity-based, other Company profile The Software AG Group consists of four business divisions: Business Processes, Integration, Big Data and Adabas-Natural. Software AG’s Adabas-Natural business division provides software solutions for mainframes and modernizes mainframe-based IT systems. In this way, we ensure the long-term protection of customers’ investments. Adabas offers our customers an enterprise class database that is known for its ultra-high performance, scalability and iron-clad reliability. For decades, the Natural development environment has been the foundation of hundreds of thousands of software applications that make up the

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technical backbone of core processes at large companies and government agencies. Today, customers modernize their application infrastructures with Software AG’s help by optimizing their performance and opening up their business-critical systems to new environments such as the Internet and digital business. The Adabas-Natural business line includes technologies such as database management, application development, and application modernization. Adabas and Natural Software AG is a member of zSeries® Partner in Development and actively adopts IBM® mainframe hardware and software innovations. In November 2012, Software AG tested the latest version of Adabas, v8.2.5, and its add-on products on new IBM mainframe hardware and operating system software at the IBM System z® Benchmark Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. Adabas attained incredible transaction speeds of more than 1 Million commands per second – a record speed on a commercial mainframe system. This new performance benchmark is more than triple the speed of a previously recorded benchmark from 2006. Software AG achieved unmatched performance for OLTP environments, benefiting customers with large mission critical applications that access huge Adabas databases. Software AG and IBM’s joint customers with ultra high-end performance requirements, processing ever increasing volumes of data, now have no limits on the growth of their business and virtually unlimited throughput and scalability. During the testing, Adabas 8.2.5 also took advantage of new IBM z/OS functionality, such as new support for zHPF I/O. zHPF facilitates support for IBM z/OS users, providing performance improvements in I/O activity. To dive into the detailed test results, please read the Adabas Performance Test white paper at www. softwareag.com/adabasperformance.

Software Diversified Services (SDS) Address: 1322 - 81st Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432-2116, USA Phone: 763 571 9000 Email: info@sdsusa.com Web: www.sdsusa.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; security; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: Other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Company profile Software Diversified Services (SDS) has been developing first-rate tools for IBM mainframes for 30 years. SDS products run at hundreds of institutions worldwide, including governments and Global 500 companies in banking, finance, insurance, and retail. We are noted for the highest quality software, documentation, and technical support. For technical support, SDS was rated number 1 several years ago by Xephonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prestigious IBEX Bulletin. Our specialty is helping z/OS shops worldwide deliver the fastest, most reliable, most secure network service possible. Our VitalSigns family of software for z/OS has been built from the ground up as low-overhead, easy-to-use suite that employs web browsers to provide a modern graphic interface to z/OS.

VitalSigns for FTP (VFTP) secures, monitors, automates, and audits FTP traffic through z/OS servers and clients. Coupled with Tectia(TM) software, VFTP automatically converts FTP to secure SFTP without re-writing batch jobs.

Software Engineering GmbH Address: Robert-Stolz-Strasse 5, 40470 Dusseldorf, Germany. Phone: +49 (0)211 96149 0 Fax: +49 (0)211 96149-32 Email: se.info@seg.de Web: http://www.seg.de www.seg.de/language=en/808/start

Our software provides security and encryption for data in transit, management and automation for SNA applications, real-time and historical monitoring for IP networks, and performance monitoring with the power to PREDICT trouble so you can prevent it.

Sales contacts: America: SEGUS Inc 14151 Park Meadow Drive, Chantilly, VA 20151 Email: info@segus.com Phone: +1-800-327-9650 Web: www.segus.com EMEA: se.info@seg.de AsiaPac: se.info@seg.de

Product/service information VitalSigns for Network Automation and Control (VNAC) is an ideal replacement for NetView(TM) or NetMaster(TM)-applications bloated with features you seldom use, but always pay for.

Activity: Software vendor and consulting Specialist areas: Database performance, maintenance, recovery Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: Processor/capacity based, other

VNAC provides network and system automation, panel applications, and immediate, customizable response to performance alerts and system messages.

Company profile Software Engineering GMBH has been developing standardized DB2 software and providing DB2 consulting services for more than 25 years. By combining intensive research with target-oriented development of new DB2 software products, we have established powerful skills in DB2 solutions. Driven by customers, consultants, and other highly skilled DB2 users at our Design Councils, we develop practical innovations to keep DB2 in the best shape.

VNAC makes it easy to issue console commands to any system in a sysplex, and to watch responses and messages as they arrive. VNAC can handily search datasets and historical logs. VNAC provides direct links from IBM messages to IBM documentation. VNAC also provides versatile support for REXX execs. VitalSigns for IP (VIP) provides real-time, browser-based management of TCP/IP networks on z/OS. VIP is noted for breadth of monitoring scope, for ease of use, and for minimal demands on CPU resources. VIP fully supports IPv6 and ICMPv6 protocols. It provides a batch tool for monitoring OSA traffic. It fully monitors z/OS interfaces, including details regarding OSAs, DVIPAs, and data link control. It fully monitors z/OS HPR connections, including details regarding control points and transmission groups.

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Product/service information RealTime DBAExpert insures high data availability, as well as fast and secure recoverability, 24x7. RealTime DBAExpert automates the management of DB2 for z/OS databases. Using real-time statistics and user-defined thresholds, combined with continuous monitoring of DB2 objects, RealTime DBAExpert detects and responds to database problems immediately. Seamless integration with all job schedulers and existing IT procedures secures existing investments and the exploitation of latest technologies saves valuable resources.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Bind ImpactExpert completely automates the evaluation of access paths for static and dynamic SQL. Integration into all existing rebind and bind procedures automatically determines the rebinds and binds necessary to insure consistent or improved performing access paths, as well as to avoid those that are unnecessary. Used as a migration aid, Bind ImpactExpert predicts the access paths that will result under a new DB2 version and categorizes the changes into version-specific results. SQL PerformanceExpert for DB2 z/OS insures well-tuned SQL statements, which translates to efficient CPU usage, improved reponse time, reduced I/O activity and reduced resource locking. SQL PerformanceExpert automates the analysis of SQL performance (both static and dynamic) and identifies tuning changes that improve application performance, pinpointing problem areas and saving time and money associated with inefficient applications. It also automates package management and catalog change management, as well as the optimization of performance indexes. PiT Recovery for DB2 z/OS automates, controls, and speeds up all the necessary actions needed for a point in time (PIT) recovery of ERP and CRM systems like Peoplesoft, SAP, and Siebel. Pit Recovery not only generates, executes, and controls the necessary jobs, it even weighs different scenarios like using DB2 image copies, flashcopies, or even the new DB2 V8 RESTORE SYSTEM feature. Additionally, it provides all the required information necessary to forecast how long a specific outage will last. Recovery HealthCheck for DB2 z/OS verifies all Recovery/ Restart relevant prerequisites of a production database. It also provides recovery time objectives for each object, pinpointing the period of time that is required for a recovery. Recovery HealthCheck for DB2 z/OS makes the prerequisites for a critical recovery scenario transparent and enables proactive adjustments and optimization before an outage occurs.

Software (Europe) Ltd

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: www.software-europe.co.uk

integration and legacy reengineering tools; network performance/management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: i5, AIX, other Unix, Linux Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, other. Company profile Software Europe was formed in April 1989 to market and support mainframe systems software. We have exclusive contracts to distribute supplier products in the UK and Eire and market a variety of business solutions developed at our Lincoln Office. Our client list includes many of the best-known UK blue-chip and FTSE 100 companies. We provide frequent training courses and run product user groups and regular seminars for all clients, ensuring an unrivalled service 24/7. Product/service information Products marketed and supported by Software Europe include: • Consul zSecure Suite: consists of modular components that enable customers to easily administer their mainframe, monitor for threats, audit usage and configuration, and enforce policy compliance. • ETF/A: a set of very powerful utilities to assist ACF2 security administrators. • Catalog Information Manager (CIM): covers all aspects of catalog management from maintenance and backup to diagnosis and complete recovery. • Cross Sysplex Manager: synchronous and remote data access. • RMF Magic: zSeries disk subsystem analysis & reporting, consolidates information from all hosts • SmartProduction: reduces the CPU resources required to run your batch workload, by identifying all your product inefficiencies. • Smart TS XL: an intuitive browser-based search engine for the mainframe/mini environment. • E-SRF: a comprehensive security reporting facility designed specifically for information security and audit professionals. • Capacity Magic: calculate the effective storage capacity of your current and future disk subsystems through an easy-to-use graphical dialog. • Batch Magic: a powerful application for tape and batch window tuning and capacity planning. • Disk Magic: provides users with a thorough understanding of current disk subsystem performance and enables them to make better purchase and configuration decisions.

Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security, programming/testing, web

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Software on Z

Address: 15714 SE 25th Street, Bellevue, WA 98008-5410, USA Phone: +1-425-351-2316. Email: Brian.Hoare@softwareonz.com. Web: www.softwareonz.com Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; network performance/management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, other Company profile SoftwareOnZ specializes in optimizing your usage of System z. Our software solutions will help your reduce the amount of time, effort, and human error involved in implementing and maintaining a cost-effective mainframe computing environment. Whether you are a DBA, a capacity manager, a systems programmer, an application developer, or a development manager, SoftwareOnZ has a solution for improving your workload and reducing your computing costs. Our solutions can help you to reduce the cost of mainframe computing while more effectively managing vWLC, improving the administration and performance of your DB2 databases and applications, enhancing the visibility of the impact of application and system changes, as well as improving your overall system operations. At SoftwareOnZ we really do offer a better way on z. Product/service information SoftwareOnZ offers mainframe software solutions for capacity planning and management, change management and compliance, DB2 administration, and systems and application management. For capacity management, SoftwareOnZ offers AutoSoftCapping (ASC). This solution maximizes software cost efficiencies for IBM zSeries platforms. ASC automatically adjusts defined capacity by LPAR based upon you actual workload, while maintaining a consistent overall defined capacity for your CPC. In this way, ASC can reduce the monthly software bill for customers using vWLC pricing. For DB2 environment, SoftwareOnZ offers solutions for improving performance by automating access path control (zAPX), more effectively managing storage (zSPM), automating DB2 utilities (DB-Genie), and improving application development (RDBA).

Managing change is a constant battle, even more so in this day and age of regulatory compliance. SoftwareOnZ offers solutions for tracking and managing the changes you make to your system software (SYSchange) and to your applications (Ripple-Trac). SoftwareOnZ also offers solutions for improving mainframe systems and applications management. RealTime Defrag provides automated storage defragmentation, enabling you to continuously and reliably recover disk space while your systems remain operational. Additional solutions offer automated ISPF screen painting capabilities (PADEST) and mainframe sort automation (Express Sortware).

Solimar Systems

Address: 1515 Second Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101, USA Phone: +1 619 849 2800. Email: sales@solimarsystems.com. Web: 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. Product/service information Products include: • Solimar Print/Director Enterprise – Client/server based enterprise output management solution that

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory provides multi-level security, remote administrator and operator access, email alerts, powerful job routing/ tracking capabilities, and industry leading data stream transforms. • iCONVERT – Stand-alone powerful transform engine for AFP environments that automatically routes mainframe and AS/400 print reports directly to networked desktop and production PostScript printers, viewing stations and archive systems. Files are parsed and renamed with job events module. • SOLscript – PostScript preamble that emulates and optimizes Xerox VIPP software by generating DSC compliant PostScript, extending the reach of VIPP applications to virtually all types and brands of workgroup and production printers, as well as ERM/ COLD and archive systems. • SOLsearcher – Highly scalable and secure electronic document delivery and web presentation solution that enables organizations to effectively index, store, search and retrieve large collections of transactional and/or scannned documents. Ideal for B2B and B2C environments.

Sosa Cousins

Address: USA Phone: +1 770-671-9392. Email: support@sosacousins.com Web: www.sosacousins.com

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: zTPF and TPF 4.1 systems Implementation and Solution Services Communications Project and Product Management Applications Development tools Databases.

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Sosa-Cousins, Inc has developed the first commercially available TPF Load Control Management (LCM) System, automating the management of promotion and staging processes for all programs deployed onto any test and production host environments. Product/service information Development lifecycle management for testing and acceptance. Single button application builds. Automatic and coordinated deployment to mixed platforms Audit trail compliance Auditing facilities track source version. Automatic on-line fallback notification Flexible deployment dates Concurrent Development support Leverages extensive metadata to ensure quality Sosa-Cousins is proud of its ability to create realistic project implementations that will minimize the change management process. Project plans are created jointly with prospective customers with realistic milestones agreed to ensure fail safe implementations.

SQData Corporation Address: 4620 Sunbelt Drive Suite 202, Addison, TX 75001, USA Phone: 214.695.6484 Email: sales@sqdata.com. Web: www.sqdata.com. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Data management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, Other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity based Company profile SQData is a leading provider of high-performance, near-real-time changed data capture, replication and data integration software for mainframe and distributed databases. SQData’s software allows customers to address a variety of business needs ranging from data conversions/migrations to active/active data replication to near-real-time population of data warehouses. Product/service information A leading enterprise-class data integration offering that provides a cost-effective solution to multiple business needs out-of-the-box.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Companies use SQData for: • Continuous Availability of Critical Applications Keeping multiple databases synchronized in an active/ active or active/stand-by mode to ensure that critical applications remain operational in the event of an outage. • Eliminating / Reducing Costly ETL Processes Leveraging changed data capture (CDC) to collect only the data that has changed. Existing ETL can be enhanced to process the data changes or eliminated altogether. • Real-Time Business Event Detection Detecting key business events as soon as they occur enables quick reaction while maintaining a competitive edge. • Real-Time Business Intelligence Ensuring key business decisions are being made based on current data vs. data that is days, weeks or months old. • Data Conversions / Migrations Utilizing SQData’s ETL & CDC to perform data migrations for legacy modernization, data warehouse population, etc.

SSH Communications Security

Secure Shell protocol. The company’s SSH Tectia solution addresses the most critical needs of large enterprises, financial institutions, and government agencies. With SSH Tectia, organizations can cost-effectively secure their system administration, file transfers and application connectivity against both internal and external security risks. As the original developer of the Secure Shell protocol and other key network security technologies, SSH has for ten years developed end-to-end communications security solutions specifically for the enterprise. Currently more than 100 of Fortune 500 companies are using SSH security solutions. SSH shares are quoted on the Helsinki Exchanges Main List. Product/service information SSH Tectia is the leading end-to-end communications security solution for the enterprise. SSH Tectia is based on the SSH Secure Shell and SSH’s other industry leading technologies, used by millions worldwide. SSH Tectia enables secure system administration, secure file transfer and secure application connectivity with centralized management throughout the internal and external network. SSH Tectia provides transparent strong encryption and authentication and easily integrates into heterogeneous, multi-platform environments. Secure System Administration offers system administrators the ability to remotely manage servers in a heterogeneous operating system environment. SSH Tectia replaces legacy login (eg Telnet and Rlogin) and remote command execution methods with enterprise-class administator tools based on the SSH2 standard.

Address: SSH Communications Security Corp, Valimotie 17, FI-00380 Helsinki, Finland. Phone: +358 205007000. Email: info@ssh.com. Web: www.ssh.com.

Secure File Transfer enables secure automated and interactive file transfers throughout the network, both for internal and external file sharing. SSH Tectia provides secure drop-in replacements for FTP and additional APIs that facilitate effortless transition from legacy file transfers to strong file transfer security.

Sales contacts: America: +1 781 247 2100 / sales.americas@ssh.com. EMEA: +358 20 500 7000 /ssh.sales@ssh.com. AsiaPac: +81 3 3459 6830 / sales.jp@ssh.com.

Secure Application Connectivity offers end-to-end confidentiality, integrity, and authentication for application connections between workstations and servers. SSH Tectia protects transparently both in-house developed and commercial business applications without the need to modify the applications or the supporting IT infrastructure.

Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, Other Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, processor/capacity based, workload/usage based Company profile SSH Communications Security is a world-leading provider of enterprise security solutions and end-to-end communications security, and the original developer of the

Stonesoft Inc Address: 1050 Crown Pointe Parkway Suite 900, Atlanta, GA 30338, USA Phone: +1 770 668 1125. Email: sales@stonesoft.com. Web: www.stonesoft.com

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Sales contacts: America: info.americas@stonesoft.com. EMEA: info.emea@stonesoft.com. AsiaPac: info.asiapacific@stonesoft.com. Activity : Software vendor Specialist areas: Security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Non-mainframe platforms: i5, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge Company profile Stonesoft Corporation (HEX: SFT1V) is a worldwide company focused on enterprise-level network protection and business continuity assurance. Its StoneGate security platform unifies firewall, VPN and IPS to deliver defense agility combined with high availability for business-critical applications. StoneGate incorporates the award-winning load-balancing technology of StoneBeat. Enterprises that require advanced network security and always-on business connectivity can choose StoneGate for the lowest up-front costs, best price-to-performance ratio, and highest ROI of any high-end firewall, VPN and IPS solution. Founded in 1990, Stonesoft Corporation has international headquarters in Helsinki, Finland; Americas headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia; and Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore. Product/service information StoneGate Firewall and VPN protects against unwanted visitors, illegal access, and unauthorized connections to customers’ networks and data. It is a perimeter firewall as well as an internal enterprise firewall and VPN, which means that the mainframe is protected from the outside and from within. Traffic inside the mainframe is monitored as well as the traffic to and from the mainframe – regardless of operating system used. The centralized management system of StoneGate allows administrators to monitor, upgrade, and control firewall and VPN instances remotely, through a graphical user interface, which eases the administrative task and lowers the total cost of ownership. With its built-in patented Multi-Link technology, StoneGate provides Internet communication high availability. StoneGate for zSeries removes the need for external firewall servers, and offers security right up to the mainframe.

SV Group Address: Albrechtova 32, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Phone: +385 1 2958740.

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Email: info@svgroup.hr. Web: www.svgroup.hr/ Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; asset and change management; security; programming/testing; network performance/management; Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, processor/capacitybased, workload/usage based Company profile SV Group d.o.o. is a project-oriented IT company founded in 1995. Customers of SV Group solutions and services are companies whose activities have for years been dependent on IT technologies and solutions that directly support their business. This is why our customers seek a reliable and proven partner to realize their IT projects Product/service information SV Group d.o.o. provides you with: • Application development, • Innovative, reliable IT solutions based on proven technologies and concepts adjusted to your specific business needs, • Supervision of information projects and solutions design and implementation (‘Software Quality Assurance – SQA’), • Sale of hardware, software and services: • Hardware (IBM System z, IBM Power Systems, IBM System Storage), • IBM Software (B2B Integration, Information Management software, Lotus software, Rational software, Tivoli software, WebSphere software, System z software, SPSS software), • VMware software • Microsoft software • RedHat software • Services provided by our certified experts, IBM services and services provided by our partners, • Enterprise content management (ECM), • IT asset management, • IT infrastructure virtualisation, • Secure data back up, • Proactive IT system and application monitoring, • Proactive and reactive support and maintenance of SV Group applications (Life Insurance, Office Management, Call Centre, New Croatian Personal Identity Card, Personal Identity Card for Foreigners,

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Croatian Passport, National Border Management Information System – NBMIS), Statistical Monitoring of Visits to Web Sites – S3a, and other application and system solutions .

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.virtelweb.com Sales contacts: America: (925) 937-5816 / info@syspertec.us. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: 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 with over 20 years’ experience of on-the-fly protocol conversion between mainframe and heterogeneous servers and terminals. The company helps perpetuate the life and value of legacy enterprise applications by integrating new technologies (TCP/IP, HTML, XML...) that raise productivity and modernize ergonomics. SysperTec relies upon experts with 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‘s objective is 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 world-wide in banking, service, insurance, government, manufacturing, and distribution. Product/service information Extend legacy systems through web-enablement: Virtel is a comprehensive web-enablement middleware that serves legacy host applications such as CICS, IMS, Natural or TSO as web pages or web services over TCP/ IP connections. Web-enabling extends the relevance and investment of critical legacy systems. It is simpler, faster,

and more cost effective than redeveloping, replacing, or re-hosting. Web Access Modernization: Virtel extends host applications to thin-client web browsers over secure IP connections while retaining their familiar 3270 screen user interface. This thin-client architecture allows VIRTEL to be “client agnostic”, i.e. it works automatically with any web client whatever the OS, browser or platform, even with Smartphones, PDAs, tablets. This architecture facilitates BYOD, mobile access and other such modernization initiatives. User Interface Modernization: Virtel serves host transactions as user-friendly web pages (GUIs) that provide a genuine web experience: assisted data entry, new mashup (Ajax) services, redesigned workflow, graphical and ergonomic interface... It serves multiple presentations (green screen, mobile accordion, etc.) of the same application or transaction concurrently to different users. Application Interface Modernization: Virtel allows creating interactive bidirectional dialogs across the Internet between host (CICS, IMS, Ideal, Natural, etc) and server-based applications using XML/ HTML web services or other communication procedures .

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

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory and exploiting operating system, networking, database, and cryptography across multiple platforms. Product/service Information We provide a number of products to help z/OS users: PassGen: a solution to generate one-time RACF passwords ( Passtickets ) – this allows applications off host to securely communicate with z/OS applications and databases. Passgen is available in a native Windows version and a Java version that executes on any system with a JRE. Mimic: a solution to assist users migrating from Connect:Direct and CA-XCOM to another managed file transfer system. Mimic allows removal of existing products by providing an emulation of existing products and converts existing systems to the users chosen replacement product. DR/VFI: a product that identifies critical files for Disaster recovery and compliance. Megacryption: a z/OS encryption and PGP suite for complaince and easy to use encryption. DataExhange: a publishing system to make z/OS data available to any user with a browser independent of its source.

T3 Technologies Inc Address: 1408 Westshore Blvd, Tampa, Florida 33607, USA Phone: +1 813 288 9800. Email: info@t3t.com. Web: 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 world’s best selling mainframe under 80 MIPS and has helped over 600 clients maintain and modernize their data centers.

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Product/service infromation Now T3 will be offering even greater choice as we introduce a new generation of plug-compatible mainframes (PCMs), capable of handling larger and more complex environments, and based on technology originally developed by Amdahl Corporation. With models ranging to 300 MIPS and supporting 64-bit architecture, “Liberty” brings back freedom of choice to mainframe data centers.

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 to event monitoring and capacity modelling. Products can be used individually or in combination to address various

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needs, and they scale to thousands of servers in complex, heterogeneous and virtualized environments. TeamQuest Performance Software uses a client/server architecture. Connections are made between the client and the server via TCP or HTTP for TeamQuest On the Web. The client portion – TeamQuest Model, TeamQuest View, TeamQuest Alert, and TeamQuest On the Web – runs on your workstation or wherever you want to analyze the data. The server portion – TeamQuest Manager, which includes data collection agents and a performance database – is installed on each server you want to manage. (One exception is that, for IBM System z and i, TeamQuest Manager is installed on a separate system and retrieves performance data from the server being managed.)

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.

Address: PO Box 1070, Coppell, TX 75019, USA Phone: +1 972-725-9315. Email: sales@techsyssoftware.com. Web: www.techsyssoftware.com. 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 Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, Linux Company profile Techsys Software Services LLC helps mainframe technology providers who have a part-time, short-term, or on-demand need for mainframe expertise. Our mission is to provide our customers with an affordable alternative to hiring or outsourcing their systems management and technical support staff, while saving them up to 80% on staffing costs. If you can’t afford, or don’t want, a full-time mainframe systems programing or technical applications development staff, let us customize a support package to meet your needs. Give us a call at 877-390-4878 to discuss Product/service information We provide the following types of services for our customers: • • • • •

Mainframe Product Management Strategy Mainframe Problem Diagnosis Mainframe Solutions Development Mainframe Installation, Customization, & Administration Remote Technical Support of z/OS, Z/VSE, Z/VM, and Z/Linux Systems • Mainframe Staff Mentoring.

The Source Recovery Company Address: 1070 Applecross Drive, Roswell, GA 30075, USA Phone: +1 770 667 5043.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Email: jrahm@source-recovery.com. Web: www.source-recovery.com. Activity: Service provider Specialist areas: COBOL or Assembler Source Recovery Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Pricing options: per program or engagement timeframe. Company profile Source Recovery is the sole provider of the recovery of COBOL or Assembler source code from IBM MVS or VSE executable programs. Our company is an IBM Developer Business Partner. We have recovered over 10 million lines of source code utilizing our patented ReSource™ technology. Product/service information The Source Recovery’s primary service is to recover Cobol or Assembler source code. We support any version of COBOL running on an IBM mainframe. Through our validation process, we are able to compare the recovered source to the original executable to guarantee the accuracy of our recoveries. Our recoveries are guaranteed to produce 100% functionally equivalent source code. Additional services include the recovery of copybooks and reconciling existing source to production executables.

TONE Software Corporation Address: 1735 S. Brookhurst Street, Anaheim, CA 92804, USA Phone: +1 714 991 9460 Email: info@tonesoft.com. Web: www.tonesoft.com. Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; data management Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: Other Unix, Linux Pricing options: One-time charge; monthly license charge Company profile TONE Software is a software development firm specializing in business computing solutions for IBM mainframe platforms and several distributed platforms. Based in Anaheim CA, TONE is a privately held firm that answers to customers, not shareholders. TONE has built a reputation for delivering premier solutions, exceptional expertise, and unparalleled customer service and support 24x7.

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TONE’s commitment to technology advancement is apparent, devoting over 25% of annual revenues to research and development. TONE enjoys strategic alliances with industry leaders such as IBM, Sun, Hewlett Packard, and AT&T. These relationships, together with TONE’s progressive development culture, ensure that our products deliver maximum benefit to each user. Product/service information TONE’s mainframe-based product line includes powerful solutions to manage the corporate IT infrastructure, and increase system and human productivity to meet the overall business objectives of the client. TONE’s solutions include OMC-FLASH JES2 and JES3 spool viewing and management; OMC-PRINT host and TCP/IP output routing and print management; DYNA-STEP dynamic STEPLIB and library management; ACC host console automation and management; SyBridge VTAM interface to NetView; and VTAM application automation. TONE products are marketed and supported throughout North America directly from the Anaheim headquarters, and across Europe, Australia, Asia, and South America through authorized distributors.

Top Gun Technology Address: 5500 Cottonwood Lane SE, #106, Prior Lake, MN 55372, USA. Phone: +1 952 226 9700 Email: sales@topgun-tech.com. Web: www.topgun-tech.com. Activity: Hardware vendor. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: IBM i, AIX, Linux Company profile We buy and sell used IBM processors (zSeries mainframes) and servers (pSeries and iSeries), IBM storage, IBM connectivity, Hewlett Packard (HP) servers, Hewlett Packard storage, EMC and Hitachi (HDS) storage products. We also can provide OS support services for IBM system z, system p, and system i environments. Product/service information Multi-platform refurbished hardware options • Hardware leasing • Pre-sales consultation • Environment planning and trending consultation • OS support for systems z, p, and i • Multi-platform hardware maintenance.

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Triton Consulting

Address: 1260 41st Ave Suite K, Capitola Ca 95010, USA. Phone: +1 831 465 7661 Email: sales@triserv.com. Web: www. triserv.com.

Address: The Royal, 25 Bank Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4SF, UK. Phone: +44 870 2411 550 Email: marketing@triton.co.uk. Web: www.triton.co.uk.

Sales contacts: America: 800-887-4336 EMEA: 800-887-4336. AsiaPac: 800-887-4336

Activity: Consultant Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: Unix, Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, other

Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: System management; storage management; programming/testing Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, other Company profile Since founding in 1978, Trident Services has established a solid reputation for the excellence of our software, the responsiveness of our support team, and the expertise of our consulting staff. Trident Services, Inc is a committed member of the mainframe community and an IBM Business Partner for over 20 years. Since launching our first software solution in 1988, we have continued to develop and enhance our software products and services to keep pace with industry changes, emerging technologies, and client-driven needs. Our flagship product, zOSEM (zOperating System Environment Manager) is a powerful software tool of strategic importance in the System Z environment. zOSEM is enabling customers to reduce & control ISV costs, eliminate exit migration issues, and provides an easy to use DFSMShsm Optimizer which can dramatically improve HSM performance. Product/service information Our flagship product, zOSEM (z Operating System Environment Manager), is a powerful software tool of strategic importance in the System Z environment. Driven by a simple ISPF interface, zOSEM encompasses a multitude of features for improved control, throughput, and processing efficiency in a z/OS environment. zOSEM is enabling customers to reduce and control ISV costs, eliminate exit migration issues, and provides an easy to use DFSMShsm Optimizer that can dramatically improve HSM performance.

Company profile Triton Consulting is a highly focused, independent data management services provider. Renowned in the industry for our levels of DB2 expertise, we are proud to be the home of an IBM Gold Consultant, two IBM Champions and some of the most highly qualified DB2 experts in the world. Product/service information zTune Triton can help you to regain control of your software charges by running an audit of your current environment and identifying when and where the workload peaks occur. Initial Analysis – Typically customers can reduce their peak CPU charges by a minimum of 3% with no performance impacts whatsoever and many customers can reduce their peak by 5% from this initial analysis. Performance Tuning – The majority of mainframe users have significant potential for further reducing resource consumption (and therefore costs) through performance tuning of key workloads. This is especially true for those with older applications that haven’t been actively maintained for a while or who have lost some of their deep middleware skills through retirement or redundancy. By tuning these workloads, ongoing software costs can be reduced and mainframe upgrades potentially deferred. In addition, application performance will be enhanced and overall Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) reduced. Our unique zTune service will identify potential mainframe workload management improvements and could immediately reduce your IT spend.

zOperating System Environment Manager is one solution for total system management of z/OS, the goal is to simplify and modernize how we manage z/OS.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Type80 Security Software Address: 211 North Union Street, Suite 100, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA Phone: (877) 320-0477 (Toll Free) or (703) 717-6574 Email: info@type80.com Web: www.type80.com Sales contacts EMEA: Jaques Gabay, GroovySoft, +33 4 67 69 74 25, contact@groovysoft.com AsiaPac: Tim Davoren, Evercom Networks, +61 2 62 43 48 16, sales@evercom.net.au Activity: Software vendor. Specialist areas: Security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS Pricing options: One-time charge, Optional annual support and maintenance agreement.

(perhaps those with credit card data for PCI compliance, or those related to patient data for HIPAA compliance), and capture all relevant data whenever those items are accessed – even by authorized users! The SMA_RT product was designed for easy installation by any mainframe systems programmer. It is dynamically installed, with no IPL needed for full operation. SMA_RT has a very small memory footprint, and extremely low impact processor utilization. Once installed, SMA_RT’s monitoring rules are very simple, and easily entered through our TSO interface.

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

Company profile Type80 is a privately owned IBM “Software in Development Partner”. Type80 Security Software was founded by experts in the areas of Systems Programming and information security. Our founders draw from a diverse background, from providing security training to NATO counter intelligence, conducting enterprise-wide security assessments for companies maintaining the nation’s critical infrastructure, and developing high-level mainframe applications for major financial institutions. Type-80’s flagship product, SMA_RT, is a revolutionary host-based security monitoring and compliance reporting product for the z/OS mainframe system. Using a combination of both signature-based and anomaly-based attack detection, SMA_RT notifies administrators of malicious activity in real-time. SMA_RT can easily integrate with a variety of security management products including many leading SIM/SEM products.

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; other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390, VM/ VSE, z/Linux Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, distributed Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based, workload/usage based, other

Product/service information Type80 Security Software’s SMA_RT product makes mainframe security to be state-of-the-art. By analyzing data from both Operator (WTO) messages and the Systems Management Facility (SMF), Type80 gathers detailed information about potential security events on the mainframe. This data is then interpreted, normalized in standard syslog format and delivered in real-time to those responsible for enterprise security. This gives an organization an enterprise-wide view of all the events they need to capture to stay abreast of attacks against their infrastructure.

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.

Further, the SMA_RT product allows administrators to designate specific items of interest for deeper monitoring than normally provided in the mainframe environment. For example, an administrator can specify files of interest

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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.

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. Product/service information Value-4IT are focused on delivering cost efficient and

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory 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.

Detection, Vanguard automates processes necessary to identify and mitigate the risks customers face. Vanguard’s customers receive a rapid return on investment and are able to focus on other critical business needs thereby becoming more productive and more secure. For more information, visit www.go2vanguard.com.

Through a combination of innovative and evolving processes, the raison d’être of Value-4IT is to collaborate in long-term and rewarding partnerships with our customers, becoming their trusted advisor, by consistently delivering timely and cost-efficient solutions.

Product/service information Security Management Solutions Vanguard Administrator - Automated security administration Vanguard Advisor - Event detection, analysis, and reporting Vanguard SecurityCenter - Windows-based security administration of RACF Vanguard Enforcer - Intrusion detection and management system for z/OS and OS/390 mainframe systems Vanguard Policy Manager- A “Best Practices” enforcer for z/OS Security Server RACF Commands

Value-4IT also maintains an independent viewpoint of the IT market place and are ideally placed to provide pragmatic third-party input into technology selection and IT portfolio review for our customer base. Of course we also are honoured to have been chosen to be the UK territory distribution channel for a modicum of best-of breed software solutions, while we do so with a Software Asset Management (SAM) focus, using straight-forward, competitive and no-small-print caveat pricing regimes. Value-4IT are UK partners for ConicIT, Dino-Software, INTERCHIP, PerfTechPro, Phoenix Software International, Softlib,Vanguard Integrity Professionals, and zIT Consulting, supplying high-function Mainframe Systems Management solutions, with short-term ROI and optimized TCO, when compared with similar products.

Vanguard Integrity Professionals, Inc. Address: 6625 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89119, USA. Phone: 702-794-0014 Email: marketing@go2vanguard.com. Web: www.go2vanguard.com Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS. Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, workload/usage based, other Company profile Vanguard Integrity Professionals provides enterprise security software and services that solve complex security and regulatory compliance challenges for large enterprises and government agencies around the world. With solutions for Identity and Access Management, Audit and Compliance, Security Administration and Intrusion

Compliance and Audit Solutions Vanguard Analyzer - System integrity and analysis Vanguard inCompliance - Continuous system compliance verification Vanguard Enforcer - Intrusion detection and management system for z/OS and S/390 mainframe systems Vanguard Policy Manager - A “Best Practices” enforcer for z/OS Security Server - RACF Commands Access Management Solutions Vanguard Authenticator - Scalable, modular, and integrated authentication solution for entire enterprise Vanguard ez/SignOn - Enterprise identity management and intrusion detection Vanguard ez/Token - A two-factor authentication solution integrated with RACF for users logging on to the mainframe Vanguard Tokenless Authentication - Delivers strong authentication capabilities by generating and sending a one-time use, time-sensitive passcode to a communication device the user already possesses: the user’s cell phone, PDA, Blackberry and more Vanguard ez/Integrator - Security programming tools that allow your applications to inherit the enhanced security of RACF Vanguard ez/AccessControl - Extending RACF access and identity management to desktops and servers Vanguard PasswordReset - User reset of forgotten passwords Intrusion Detection Solutions Vanguard Enforcer - Intrusion detection and management system for z/OS and S/390 mainframe systems Vanguard Advisor - Event detection, analysis and reporting Vanguard ez/SignOn - Enterprise identity management and intrusion detection.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Verhoef Training Ltd Address: 11 Kingsmead Square, Bath BA1 2AB, UK Phone: +44 (0) 1225 339705. Email: info@verhoef-training.co.uk. Web: http://www.verhoef-training.co.uk Sales contacts: America: bmiller@verhoef.com. EMEA: info@verhoef-training.co.uk. AsiaPac: info@verhoef-training.co.uk Activity: Education 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: IBM i, AIX, other Unix, distributed Linux, Windows, other Pricing options: Public schedule and one company onsite options. Company profile Verhoef-Training.co.uk - is a 17 year old company delivering Technical Training for IT Professionals. With its roots in the Enterprise Server field, Verhoef is now an independent, multi-platform training vendor with courses for Applications, Operations, Systems, Projects, and Networking staff. Product/service information Training for zSeries, iSeries and pSeries with all subsystems and additional products.

WDR Ltd Address: Park Lodge, 60 London Road, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1AY, UK Phone: +44 (0)1403 268251. Email: info@wdr.co.uk. Web: 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

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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 UK’s 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.

Web Age Solutions

Address: Suite 1, 436 York Road, Jenkintown, Montgomery County, PA 19046, USA Phone: +1 215 517 6540. Email: gwagner@webagesolutions.com. Web: www.webagesolutions.com Activity: Education Specialist areas: System management; data management; storage management; programming/testing; web integration and legacy reengineering tools Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, OS/390 Non-mainframe platforms supported: Unix, Linux, Windows Pricing options: Other Company profile Web Age Solutions supports the following technology and methodology areas through training, mentoring and consulting. Mainframe – DB2 – WebSphere – WebLogic – Linux – UNIX – Python – Java EE – OOAD – Spring – Hibernate – Oracle – Big Data – Service Oriented Architecture – Cloud – Enterprise Architecture – Mobile Computing (Android and i/OS) – JBoss – HTML5 – Open Source–- Microsoft – Web services – AJAX – Data Warehousing – XML/XSLT – Virtualization – ITIL – Web 2.0.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory Product/service information Specific to our mainframe curriculum, we provide training in subjects as diverse as MVS Concepts and Utilities,CICS, COBOL, DB2, TSO/ISPF, IMS, z/OS Systems management and others. Our courses are developed by industry experts and run using IBM mainframe computers.

William Data Systems Ltd Address: 210 Wirt Street, SW, Suite 202, Leesburg, VA 20175, USA Phone: +1 703-674-2200 Email: info@willdata.com Web: www.willdata.com. Sales contacts: America: +1 703-674-2200 EMEA: +44 (0)1342 321234 AsiaPac: +44 (0)1342 321234. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: Network performance management, security Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, Linux Pricing options: Other Company profile Founded 20 years ago, William Data Systems (WDS) is the pioneering developer of ZEN, the integrated suite of cost saving z/OS network management and security solutions. ZEN products are trusted and relied upon for enterprise wide, mission critical systems owned by major Government, Financial and Commercial organisations, worldwide. WDS creates original, leading edge solutions for better z/OS network management. Based on delivering more functionality for less cost, ZEN solutions reduce annual z/OS budgets and costs for many within the z/OS community. Evolving customer requirements are matched by ZEN’s evolutionary development with cellphone and tablet devices now supported. WDS’s ZEN products and support services are available from its offices and distributors in the USA, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australasia and South America. All ZEN products can be downloaded for free evaluation from the WDS website. ZEN products are easy to install, fast to use and automatically generate management information. Product/service information ZEN, the integrated suite of pioneering, cost saving z/OS network management products includes:

• ZEN AUTOMATION: For NetView® & NetMaster® replacement, allowing delivery of customer specific network management solutions with lower annual costs. • ZEN IP MONITOR: Providing better IP visibility to locate potential disruption faster, with easy, real-time, detailed monitoring of IP stacks across LPARs, CPUs and entire Sysplex configurations. • ZEN OSA MONITOR: Provides immediate, intelligent and unique monitoring capabilities of the most important mainframe network device. • ZEN LINUX MONITOR: Monitor the performance of Linux systems from a single z/OS display. • ZEN APPLICATION GATEWAY: Implement both IPv6 and IPv4 under z/OS while minimizing costs and changes to applications, hardware or networks. • ZEN EE MONITOR: Eliminates poor APPN/HPR and/or Enterprise Extender (EE) routing for maximum network availability. • ZEN EE SECURITY: Recycles SNA investments with secure, encrypted IP technology by adding SSL/TLS encryption and digital certificate authentication to Enterprise Extender (EE). • ZEN TRACE & SOLVE: Minimizes disruption to business operations via expedient problem diagnosis with intelligent network tracing offering faster problem analysis and resolution. • ZEN FTP CONTROL: Overcome FTP’s weaknesses with secure, audited use of FTP to automate processes, minimize risk and maximize compliance.

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.

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Your gateway to cost saving z/OS Network Management

Reduce time, effort and annual costs Simplify your network management One ZEN suite, many network solutions www.willdata.com Product/service information Xbridge’s DataSniff software product is the first step in PCI compliance - and is the world’s 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. DataSniff’s 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. DataSniff allows you to automate the mainframe data discovery process, immediately define and manage risk exposure, and finally bring your mainframes into compliance, once and for all.

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zIT Consulting Address: Moorstrich 38, 26349 Jade, Germany Phone: +49 4454 206 9897 Email: info@zit-consulting.com Web: www.zit-consulting.com Sales contacts: America: +1-866-464-3724 EMEA: +49 4454 206 9897 AsiaPac: +61 2 62348014. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: System management. Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS. Pricing options: One-time charge, monthly/annual license, processor/capacity-based Company profile zIT Consulting GmbH specializes in MLC optimization:

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2007 2014 Vendor Directory reduce your monthly license cost while - often - even improving your service level agreements by optimizing the WLM settings.

immediate reduction of the MLC invoice ranging from 3% to 20%!

Our products are and always have been a direct result of our consulting assignments and are therefore very much based upon practicaly experiences.

Contact us for more information and for a first analysis, giving you an idea about the possible savings in your environment: info@zit-consulting.com. Visit our Website at: www.zit-consulting.com.

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Address: Kloosterwei 320, 2361 XR Warmond, The Netherlands Phone: +31 71 3011178. Email: info@zsoftware.nl. Web: www.zsoftware.nl. Activity: Software vendor Specialist areas: asset and change management, other Mainframe platforms supported: z/OS, VM/VSE Non-mainframe platforms supported: AIX, other Unix, Linux, Windows

Virtual IMS user group Virtual CICS user group

The Virtual IMS user group can be found at at www.fundi.com/virtualims. The Virtual CICS user group can be found at at www.fundi.com/virtualcics. They are independently-operated vendor-neutral sites run by and for their user communities. Look out for their regular webinars and newsletters.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Vendor Directory Company profile zSoftware specializes in analysing your Software Portfolio, the workload, Software licenses and Software contracts. Based on the outcome of a health check, zSoftware advises you on saving software software costs and therefor optimizing the value of you Software Assets. This service is not limited to your IBM-zEnterprise platform, but can be executed cross platform.

Zosterops Ltd Address: 9 Borelli Yard, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7NU, UK Phone: +44 (0) 845 121 8335. Email: info@zosterops.co.uk Web: 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 BMC’s 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.

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Newsletters, magazines, user groups, and social networking information resources for the z/OS environment 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). Enterprise Tech Journal Whereas its predecessor, zJournal, was purely mainframe focused, this new journal describes itself as being for IT technicians in the world’s largest multi-platform enterprises. The associated Web site at enterprisesystemsmedia. com contains articles, news, jobs, events, and a store.

enterprisesystemsmedia.com/magazines/ enterprise-tech-journal/

Enterprise Executive Formerly Mainframe Executive, this is the sister publication to Enterprise Tech Journal, and is aimed at IT managers in the world’s largest multi-platform enterprises. It is a less technical, but no less informative, than ETJ.

enterprisesystemsmedia.com/ magazines/enterprise-executive/

Enterprise Systems Based on the once-celebrated Enterprise Systems Journal, the Enterprise Systems website and newsletter did provide some very interesting articles and discussions on mainframes and other platforms. Sadly, nothing seems to have been published during 2013. 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

IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe Edition IBM Systems Magazine also comes in AIX, IBM i, Power, and Linux on Power versions. The content is online with regular e-mail newsletters. www.ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/

IBM Data Magazine IBM Data Magazine covers Big Data and Warehousing, Databases, Information Strategy, Integration and Governance. ibmdatamag.com/

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SearchDataCenter TechTarget publishes a range of Web-based newsletters, and its data center title provides plenty of interesting and relevant mainframe coverage.

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SHARE’s Five Minute Briefing: Data Center Database Trends and Applications publishes a number of Five Minute Briefing newsletters, but the Data Center title should appeal directly to mainframers. Published in conjunction with user group SHARE, the newsletter provides an excellent weekly round-up of relevant announcements. www.dbta.com

Wikipedia Wikipedia is a great online encyclopaedia that is written and maintained by its readers. The editors work hard to make sure that valuable content is not vandalized, and the site contains a surprisingly up-to-date range of mainframe-related definitions. http://en.wikipedia.org/

Mainframe social media In addition to the ever-growing number of blogs focusing on mainframe-related topics, it’s now possible to interact with mainframe-minded people on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media. IBM has its IBM Mainframe Insights blog at: www. ibm.com/blogs/systemz. IBM Destination z hosts a variety of bloggers, who write on different topics each week. It also hosts a variety of articles. You can find the blog at www. destinationz.org/Community.aspx.

There’s the new Millennial Mainframer blog, which they describe as a fresh look at all things mainframe. That’s at www.millennialmainframer. com. Also worth a look is Marc Wambeke’s Mainframe Watch Belgium at mainframe-watch-belgium. blogspot.com. And don’t miss the Mainframe Update blog at mainframeupdate.blogspot.com, written by Arcati associate Trevor Eddolls. There’s always something interesting in the blog by CA’s Marcel Hartog and Michael Madden at http://community.ca.com/blogs/mainframe-voice/ default.aspx. They seem to cover quite a wide range of topics. Willie Favero’s Getting the Most from DB2 for z/OS and System z blog is at it.toolbox.com/ blogs/db2zos. Other DB2-related blogs are: DB2utor by Troy Coleman at ibmsystemsmag. blogs.com/db2utor/; and An Expert’s Guide to DB2 Technology by Chris Eaton at it.toolbox. com/blogs/db2luw/. And, not to be missed, Craig Mullins’ DB2 Portal blog at db2portal.blogspot. co.uk/. Alan Radding describes himself as a 20-year IT industry analyst and journalist covering mainframe, midrange, PC, web, and cloud computing. His DancingDinosaur blog – Mainframe computing in the 21st century – can be found at dancingdinosaur.wordpress.com. There’s a group of techie/creative people working in and around IBM’s Hursley Park Lab in the UK. They produce an interesting blog at eightbar.co.uk/ – although not that frequently. There are a number of very insightful blogs at IBM’s My developerWorks. You can click on the links from www.ibm.com/developerworks/ mydeveloperworks/blogs/. Other interesting blogs are: Drunken Data by

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www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4304249; and the Virtual CICS user group at www.linkedin.com/ groups?gid=3847862. For IMS there’s IBM IMS at www.linkedin.com/ groups/IBM-IMS-1949922; and the Virtual IMS user group at www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=379256. In future, LinkedIn might consider using logical names like Facebook does. If you go to YouTube (www.youtube.com) there are numerous short videos about mainframes and mainframe-related topics. O n Tw i t t e r, h e r e ’ s a f a i r l y r a n d o m assortment of good tweeters to follow: @IBM_CICS, @IBM_DB2, @IBM_Informix, @IBM_InfoSphere, @ibm_iod, @IBMdatamag, @IBMDB2, @IBMSTG, @_PeUR, @ARCserve_ Europe, @Attachmate, @BarrySchrager1, @Bcrusso, @bethflood, @BigData_paulz, @BMCMainframe, @BMCSoftware, @BobThomas_ESM, @bosnews, @ B r i l l Te c h n o l o g y, @ B T R G _ M i k e M a r t i n , @CAmainframe, @CAUKI, @CenSoft, @craigmullins, @cristianmolaro, @crshnburn, @DaniSchererBMC, @dianegjohnson, @ D Tu r n e r B l o g s , @ G l o b a l K n o w l e d g e , @ G r e e r J P, @ h e r b p a y n e , @ I D U G D B 2 , @ i i x p e e r i n g , @ironarchitect, @Isaac_Yassin, @jodiraquel, @jondbray, @KCandLoveData, @kennethfogarty, @Macro_4, @Maintec_Inc, @martinpacker, @MattBullamore, @MichaelDag, @microfocus, @mitzihunter, @MSFTBusinessUK, @mwambeke, @myzcommunity, @pablocabra, @PlexSpy, @robinreddick, @rochanet2, @ r u s s e l l b o n n e r, @ S h e e n a _ S e g u i n , @simonbu, @simonjcooper, @susvis, @Syncsort, @sysprog101, @t_eddolls, @Tanglewould, @TeamARIN, @termalabs, @ThFalissard, @ToolboxforIT, @tweet2thousif, @vidierre, @VirtualCICS, @VirtualIMS, @wcfink, @wfavero, @WilliamDataSyst, and @zOShelpForums. It may not be a definitive list, but it’s a good place to start! 127

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Mainframe user groups The IBM mainframe world has attracted numerous user organizations and special interest groups (SIGs). Most hold regular meetings and conferences, often with satellite groups and chapters throughout the world. Here are a few of them: • SHARE. The oldest (1955) and probably most influential IBM user organization with SIGs focusing on various aspects of IBM software, hardware and security. Known as GUIDE/ SHARE in Europe and Interaction in Australia.

http://www.share.org

http://www.gse.org

http://www.interaction.com.au

• CMG. The Computer Measurement Group is widely supported and specializes in capacity planning and performance issues (mainframe and increasingly distributed). There is a large network of CMG organizations worldwide.

http://www.cmg.org

• IDUG – International DB2 User Group.

http://www.idug.org

• WAVV – World Alliance of VSE, VM (and now Linux apparently).

http://www.wavv.org

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• TPFUG – TPF User Group (yes, it’s still out there, handling 5000 transactions per second).

http://www.tpfug.org

• Global WebSphere Community.

http://www.websphereusergroup.org/

• International zSeries Oracle SIG for companies licensed for Oracle on z/Linux and/or z/OS.

http://www.zseriesoraclesig.org

There are also two large user organizations for data center managers with a focus on infrastructure (including mainframe): • AFCOM (http://www.afcom.com) • 7x24 Exchange (http://www.7x24exchange.com) Apart from the Virtual IMS user group (www.fundi. com/virtualims), regional IMS user groups include the long-established Dallas/Fort Worth group and a number of newer ones. Canada has CIPS, Canada’s Association of IT Professionals, which has been in existence since 1958 and can be found at http://www.cips.ca/. Scotland has the Scottish Mainframe Users’ Group, which formed in 2009 and can be found at http://smugsite.co.uk.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Compiled by Trevor Eddolls of Glossary iTech-Ed

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 IBM’s 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.

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 IBM’s proprietary telecommunications software. ACID This acronym describes the properties of a transaction. Atomicity refers to a transaction’s 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).

ACB Access Control Block. The control block used to tie an application program to a VSAM dataset.

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.

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.

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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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary Address Resolution Protocol The Internet Protocol (IP) used to dynamically map IP addresses to physical hardware Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. Address space The virtual storage allocated to an executing task in a mainframe. Generally used within z/OS to mean the space used by one of batch job, system task, or TSO user. AIX Advanced Interactive eXecutive. IBM’s version of Unix for mid-range systems (System p). It is one of four commercial operating systems that are certified to The Open Group’s UNIX 03 standard. It is currently supported on IBM Power Systems alongside IBM i and Linux. AJAX Asynchronous Javascript And XML is a way of creating interactive Web applications using a group of technologies together. These technologies include XHTML (or HTML) and CSS; the Document Object Model; and the XMLHttpRequest object. AMASPZAP z/OS batch utility to apply a fix directly to object code in situ. Often protected against unauthorized use because of its additional ability to make direct changes to disk. AMODE Addressing MODE. Attribute of z/OS programs indicating the length (in bits) of the addresses used in the program. Introduced in MVS/XA to differentiate between the then new 31-bit addressing that expanded the addressable space from 16MB (24 bit) to 2GB. z/ OS introduced 64-bit addressing. AMS Access Method Services. z/OS and VSE subsystem for performing various data-related actions on VSAM and ICF catalogs, including defining VSAM datasets, and deleting and copying most dataset types. In short, a multi-purpose utility. Also known as IDCAMS because that is the program name. APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report. An official report of a software error to IBM. Also used to refer to the patch supplied by IBM to fix the error (PTF is the correct term).

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API Application Program(ming) Interface. Documented programming procedures to access a given piece of software; typically an entry point name and parameter list. APL A Programming Language, conceived within IBM by K E Iverson, and popular on the mainframe in the late ’70s and early ’80s to support end-user activities. APM Application Performance Management monitors and manages the performance and availability of software applications in order to meet business needs. App This usually refers to a mobile application found on Android and Apple smartphones and tablets. Applet A small application program written in the Java that can be retrieved from a Web server and executed in a browser. APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking architecture is an enhancement to SNA architecture. It can handle dynamic multipath routing. ARM Automatic Restart Management is a sysplex-wide integrated restart mechanism that can restart MVS subsystems after an abend, restart workloads on another MVS image after an MVS failure, and restart a failed MVS image. AS/400 Application System/400. IBM’s mid-range processor, announced in June 1988. It was replaced by the IBM Power Systems in April 2008. ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A modification of the international code which has become a de facto standard (except for IBM which also uses the EBCDIC code) for transmitting data. Uses seven bits plus a parity bit, and includes alphanumeric and control characters. ASCII must be converted to EBCDIC for uploading to IBM mainframes.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary ASM Auxiliary Storage Manager. The part of z/OS that looks after the I/O operations relating to paging – specifically the pages and page slots on external storage (typically DASD). Assembler Programming language that allows the user to get close to the hardware on IBM mainframes. Assembler statements correspond one-to-one with mainframe, machine-level instructions.

BASIC Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Universal interactive programming language. Batch An accumulation of data brought together for processing or transmission, usually unattended. Less formally, the processing of such data, as opposed to online processing where a user is present to respond interactively.

ATL Automated Tape Library (also known as Automated Cartridge System – ACS, tape silo, or silo). Type of mass storage system (MSS) in which industry standard tapes are loaded by a robotic arm.

BCD Binary-Coded Decimal. A binary-coded notation in which each of the decimal digits is represented by a binary numeral. This differs from the pure binary notation, where the entire number is represented as a single binary numeral.

Augmented reality Using a device, such as a smartphone or tablet, to view an object, such as server, and see on that device additional information about the object – such as performance information.

BCS The Basic Catalog Structure and the VVDS are the two parts of the ICF catalog. The BCS contains dataset and alias names and volume serial numbers.

Auxiliary storage All storage needing a channel I/O to access it (basically cache, SSD, disk, tape, mass storage). AWLC Advanced Workload License Charges is a new monthly licence pricing metric from IBM and applies to z196s. Backout A process that removes all database updates performed by an application that has abended (qv). BAL Basic Assembler Language. The machine language on the original S/360 from which the modern Assembler languages are derived. Bandwidth A measure of how fast a network can transfer information, originally measured in Hertz (Hz), but now used for any measure of network throughput. The more precise definition: frequency range within a radiation band required to transmit a particular signal. Measures the difference between the highest and lowest signal frequencies in millions of cycles per second.

BCU A Balanced Configuration Unit comprises processor memory, I/O, storage, and DB2 resources. It is the smallest combination of these that work together efficiently. As more work is added to the system, so more BCUs can be added. This avoids any one component being too big in terms of the others. BDAM Basic Direct Access Method allows programmers to access specific blocks of data on DASD. Benchmark An agreed workload used as a standard against which to compare the performance of different hardware/ software. For a benchmark to be useful it needs to be a public standard. Big Data The SNA/APPN command used to activate an LU-LU session following the successful completion of the SNA/ APPN session initiation processing. Big SQL This allows users to access Hadoop-based data using familiar SQL statements. It utilizes InfoSphere BigInsights.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary BIND The SNA/APPN command used to activate an LU-LU session following the successful completion of the SNA/ APPN session initiation processing.

Bus Generic term in data communications to describe a wiring topology (such as that used in Ethernet) in which devices are connected along a single linear medium.

BIOS Basic Input/Output System. The I/O component of a simple operating system defining the interface between the operating system and the outside world.

BYOD Bring your own device is the policy many companies are adopting to allow employees to bring their own mobile devices (laptops, tablets, and smartphones) to their workplace, and to use those devices to access privileged company information and applications.

Bitcoins Bitcoins originated in a 2008 concept paper by Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoins are a virtual currency that are ‘mined’ by solving complex algorithms and are usually stored in a digital wallet. Bitcoin exchanges are completely private, which makes them popular with criminals! Many legitimate companies offer products for sale using bitcoins. BLOB Binary Large OBject. A generic term for a file containing some kind of binary data (text, image, document, sound, etc). Typically BLOBs can be transferred and manipulated across a wide range of platforms. Block A string of data elements, such as characters, words, or physical records, that are recorded or transmitted as a unit. BMS Basic Mapping Support. An interface between CICS and an application to control the movement and presentation of datastreams to and from a dumb terminal. BMS allows data to be displayed without allowing for display-dependent formatting characters. Boolean An operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra. Boot To prepare a computer system for operation by loading an operating system. BPAM Basic Partitioned Access Method is a low-level access method used to access Partitioned DataSets (PDSs).

BYOI Bring Your Own Identity is the growing practice of taking a validated identity with you and so not needing to remember different user-ids and passwords for different environments. There are security issues. Byte A string of 8 bits that represents one EBCDIC character. The IBM mainframe architecture is organized around the concept of the byte. C A programming language developed at Bell Labs in 1972, so named because its predecessor was named B. Unix was written in C. C/C++ An optional, separately priced feature of z/OS, available with or without Debug Tool. The C/C++ IBM Open Class Library is included with z/OS, but is only enabled when C/C++ is licensed. Cache High-speed buffer between a fast device and a slow device. In large IBM systems cacheing may take place in the CPU (in main or expanded storage), the controller, device head-of-string, or the device itself (eg in a track buffer). It is used to reduce access time. Capacity on Demand Processors can be purchased with extra capacity already on-board but not functioning. When extra capacity is required at a site, it is turned on. This is non-disruptive and customers don’t pay for the extra capacity until they start using it.

BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method, along with QSAM, is an access method used to access sequential datasets.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary Catalog A dataset that contains information about other datasets, eg type, location, size, format. The z/OS master catalog usually also contains entries for user catalogs.

CICS Customer Information Control System. General purpose TP monitor for terminal-oriented and intersystem transaction processing in z/OS and VSE/ESA environments. Now with added SOA.

CCL Communication Controller for Linux (CCL) on zSeries runs the Network Control Program (NCP) software product in Linux, enabling users to get rid of their legacy 3745 communication controllers running NCP-based SNA workloads to zSeries servers.

CICSplex A CICS complex (CICSplex) is a group of intercommunicating CICS systems.

CDS Configuration DataSet. CGI Common Gateway Interface. A mechanism used by HTTP servers to invoke arbitrary programs for additional processing of certain requests; typically, those involving database access. Change management The methodology for planning and controlling software changes. Channel A specialized computer used in the IBM mainframe architecture to control transfers between devices and the processor unit. The channel offloads some of the processing associated with I/O from the main CPU. Channel adapter Hardware unit to attach a channel to a processor. Channel attached Devices that are directly attached to the processor by cable rather than over a communications link. Channels CICS TS 3.1 introduced a replacement for sizerestricted COMMAREAs – they are channels and containers. Any number of containers can be passed between programs and they are grouped together in channels. CHPID CHannel Path IDentifier. A single byte binary value used to uniquely identify each channel path on an eServer zSeries and previous mainframe systems.

CKD Count Key Data is a way to format disk drive using cylinder number, track number, and physical record. Client/server Generic term for systems (also known as server/ requester) in which one machine provides a range of services to one or more other machines. CLIST Control language used to manage interactive applications in the z/OS TSO environment. Largely superseded by REXX. Cloud computing A new name for something similar to client/server computing. A user launches a browser and clicks a link. Somewhere else an application launches and work is done. The mainframe seems to have always worked in this way. Organizations like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are trying to become big players in this ‘new’ paradigm. CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. A chip technology used widely by IBM in its processors, superseding the water-cooled ECL chips on the mainframe. CMS Conversational (originally Cambridge – the lab where it was built) Monitor System. Operating system running under VM, and providing timesharing and program development facilities. COBOL Programming language, very widely used for commercial applications on the mainframe. Some sources suggest that CICS and COBOL account for 85% of all transactions processed.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary Communication Server IBM’s all inclusive, multi-platform, software bundle that provides a plethora of terminal emulation, Web-to-host, and networking capabilities. Compile The translation of a high-level programming language (source program) into a machine language program (an executable program). Compiler A program that translates high-level programming languages into machine language programs. Composite applications A composite application is an application built by combining multiple services. This tends to mean taking part of a really useful mainframe application and combining it with some other code so that the mainframe application becomes available over the Web Compression Generic term for a method of reducing the amount of space needed to store data, by encoding the data. This is achieved through the elimination of empty fields, gaps, redundancies, and unnecessary data to shorten the length of records or blocks. Connector One way of integrating CICS applications as Web services is to use connectors on the mainframe and use native interfaces to permit tight integration with the target application. Containers CICS TS 3.1 introduced a replacement for sizerestricted COMMAREAs – they are channels and containers. Any number of containers can be passed between programs and they are grouped together in channels. Channels are deleted when no programs are using them. Control Point SNA/APPN/HPR functionality that performs authorization, directory services and configuration management. CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture. Set of standards for distributed object management from the Object Management Group (OMG).

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Coupling Generic term used to mean connecting of processors together into a more or less tightly-knit computing complex. Used specifically by IBM to mean the connection of multiple eServer zSeries processors in a Sysplex. Coupling Facility Hardware from IBM, where common tables can be shared in a Sysplex, for high-speed cacheing, update locking of shared data, list processing and workload balancing between multiple processors. CPC Central Processor Complex. CPU Central Processing Unit. Processor. The part of a computer that executes instructions. CRM Customer Relationship Management refers to the way organizations manage their relationships with customers - including finding, marketing to, selling to, and servicing these customers. CTG CICS Transaction Gateway provides J2EE standardsbased access to CICS applications, which means it’s an easy way to make existing CICS applications part of a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). CTC Channel-To-Channel connections would link two mainframes and provide high-speed communication. Cylinder The tracks, in an assembly of magnetic disks, that can be accessed without repositioning the access mechanism. DASD Direct Access Storage Device. IBMspeak for disk. DAT Dynamic Address Translation. The process by which virtual addresses are converted into real addresses during instruction execution.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary Data dictionary A data dictionary (DD) is a database containing information about the way items of data are used. Typically a DD contains details of data names, data usage, data structures, data models, and so on. Data mining The practice of using a data warehouse for highly complex, ad hoc queries. Data warehouse General term for a collection of database, middleware, and query tools that allow fast, flexible access to nearoperational corporate data. Dataset A unit of data storage and retrieval consisting of one or more data records. Outside of the IBM mainframe environment, people call them files. DB2 Database/2. Relational database management system first announced for mainframe environments in 1983. Originally promoted as an end-user tool, but is now IBM’s preferred DBMS for just about everything and runs on all platforms. Debug The human problem determination process for software. Literally, to remove bugs. DEDB Data Entry DataBases are one of two types of IMS fast path database. These databases do not have indexes and are stored in VSAM files. Defragmentation The use of a software utility to improve access and retrieval time by rewriting fragmented data to contiguous sectors of a computer storage medium. Denial of Service An insidious, carefully-orchestrated attack on computer systems or networks to overload their resources with a barrage of requests in the hope of discovering overloadinduced vulnerabilities within the targets or to just disrupt the mission-critical activities of an enterprise. Device Any computer peripheral, such as tape or DASD, or any object that appears to be a peripheral.

DFSMS Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem. An element of z/OS and also available for z/VM, as DFSMS/VM. The idea is that you simply tell the system about your storage, back-up, performance, and other requirements of the data, and the system does the rest for you. Of course, it’s not really that simple. DFSMSdfp DFSMS Data Facility Product. A component of DFSMS that provides functions for storage, data, program, and device management, in conjunction with distributed data access. Enables the definition of the services to be assigned to new datasets. Handles catalog management and access methods. DFSMSdss DFSMS DataSet Services. An optional, separately priced feature of DFSMS that handles device migration, copy, space management, and dump/restore. It also converts existing data between non-SMS and SMS volumes, and provides an interface for storage administrators (ISMF). DFSMShsm DFSMS Hierarchical Storage Manager. An optional, separately priced feature of DFSMS. It is a sophisticated automated system for both back-up and hierarchical storage management. It includes an ISPF interface for end users who wish to migrate, recall, back-up, or recover individual datasets, or to override the default migration and/or back-up parameters. DFSMSrmm DFSMS Removable Media Manager. Its goal was to integrate the system managed storage principles of DFSMS into all removable media, most notably tape and optical. DL/I Data Language/I. The I is the Roman numeral One. The data manipulation language within IMS DB. DL/I is also the product name for IBM’s VSE/ESA implementation of IMS DB. DLSw Widely-used SNA/APPN(/NetBIOS)-over-TCP/IP transport mechanism which, however, unlike EE, does not support SNA COS or routing.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary DMZ A De-Militarized Zone is used in the on-going war against viruses and malware etc. Typically, one computer accepts incoming data and send outgoing data. Behind it is a firewall, and behind that is the protected LAN. Domino Web server technology from Lotus (June 1996), which allows browsers to interact with Notes and access Notes databases. Now closely integrated with WebSphere. EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. Coded 8-bit character set (giving 256 characters) used by IBM mainframes. e-business Used to refer to business transactions that use the Internet. ECI The External Call Interface is used by CICS to allow non-CICS programs to invoke programs under CICS. Eclipse Eclipse is an Open Source IDE. IBM’s version is sold as WebSphere Studio Workbench. The Eclipse platform comprises the platform run-time, the workspace, the workbench, the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT), the Version and Configuration Management (VCM), and the help system. Eclipse comes with a large number of plug-ins. The user interface for Eclipse is known as the workbench. ECLipz A not very secret IBM project to use many of the same components on its different server lines (i, p, and z) and thereby save huge amounts of money on development costs. It was also suggested that the plan was to thwart Sun Microsystems’ server plans – as in “total eclipse of the sun”. EE HPR-over-UDP/IP, created by committee and codified in RFC 2353 in 1998, which permits SNA/APPN networking, replete with native COS and routing, across IP networks.

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EJB Enterprise JavaBeans. A server-side, transactionoriented extension to the JavaBeans component model specification published by Sun. EJB are JavaBeans, but have no user interface and are designed to run within a special EJB container. In principle, any properly coded EJB should run within any fully compliant EJB container. Enqueue The z/OS expression (often abbreviated to ENQ) for requesting resource serialization. ENQ can be used to put a user-named entry in the system resource queue in order to prevent another program using a serially usable resource. Enterprise Extender Enterprise Extender (EE) is a combination of SNA encapsulated in IP packets, so it can be thought of as a kind of protocol. EPI A CICS External Presentation Interface service is an implementation of a service that can be created from a 3270 terminal. EPI provides communication with 3270 terminal-based CICS applications. ERP Enterprise Resource Planning systems try to integrate all the data and processes that exist within an organization into a single unified system. Error log A dataset or file that contains a record of machine checks on device errors, which are stored for later analysis. ESB An Enterprise Service Bus is a software architecture construct that is standards-based and flexible. It is an attempt to separate the service being called and the required transport medium. ESCON Enterprise System Connectivity. The high-speed fibre-optic channel architecture (using a serial, packetswitched protocol) first available on ES/9000 and 3090Js and many peripherals. Replaced by FICON in May 1998, though still available.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary ESDS Entry Sequenced DataSet is a VSAM sequential dataset.

FLPA The Fixed Link Pack Area is an area of storage containing modules loaded at IPL time.

ESM An External Security Manager is software that controls access to applications and data externally. RACF is an External Security Manager.

FORTRAN FORmula TRANslation. A programming language best suited for engineering, scientific, and mathematical applications.

ESS The Total Storage Enterprise Storage Server, codenamed shark, is a high-speed data storage product.

Fragmentation When an operating system writes data to disk or other storage media, and there is insufficient contiguous space, the data is then written to discontiguous sectors. The result is fragmented data. Fragmentation can cause increased data access times because the operating system must search different tracks for information.

EWLC Entry Workload Licence Charges allow customers only pay for peak z/OS usage, not for full machine capacity. FBA Fixed Block Architecture is a way of formatting disk drives where space is allocated in fixed-length blocks rather than cylinders. Fibre optic channel Channel technology which replaced copper bus-andtag channel cables with fibre-optic links. FICON FIbre CONnection. Mainframe channel that implements the ANSI FCS transport. Each FICON channel can handle over 4,000 I/O operations per second, equivalent to eight ESCON(qv) channels. The FICON channel link speed is 100MB/sec full duplex, compared with 17MB/sec simplex with ESCON links. Firewall Specialized software designed to prevent unauthorized access to a computer system while permitting validated, non-harmful interactions to get through. Flat file Any file (dataset, mainframe parlance) stored in a file access method without an index which, of course, eliminates all relational DBMSs. Floating point One of several methods of storing numbers on an IBM mainframe and most other computers. Similar to scientific notation, such as 3.75 times 10 to the 25th power, only it is 2 or 16 that is taken to some power.

FTP File Transfer Protocol is an application layer protocol that uses TCP and Telnet services to transfer bulk data files between machines or hosts. FWLC Flat Workload License Charge. A flat monthly charge for a software product, no matter what size of zSeries server it is being run on. Gamification A way of making using the software more fun – like in a game – and so people are more likely to do it. It has applications in mundane tasks such as updating a knowledgebase. Gateway One way of integrating CICS applications as Web services is to use gateways, which run off the mainframe on middle tier servers and may well use traditional methods, such as screen scraping. GDG Generation Data Group. Collection of (z/OS non-VSAM) datasets all with the same logical name (GDG Base Entry); the individual datasets are uniquely identified by the generation number which is stored as part of the dataset name.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary GDPS Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex is an application to manage z/OS remote copy configuration and storage subsystems, to automate various tasks, and perform failure recovery for a sysplex located at two sites. GTF Generalized Trace Facility. An optional z/OS utility that records system events, which can be used for problem diagnosis.

HFS Hierarchical File System comes with Linux and refers to the way files are stored. HiperBatch A way of running batch jobs in hyperspace, so there was far less I/O and things ran faster. HMC Hardware Management Console used to manage hardware.

GUIDE Guidance for Users of Integrated Data processing Equipment. For many years, an international user group for users of large IBM equipment. Main GUIDE interests were in applications and the commercial world. Depending on the area of the world you live in, it either stepped aside for SHARE or merged with SHARE (now GUIDE/SHARE in Europe, for example).

Host A computer system that is a server and/or serves attached terminals. Often used to refer to mainframe.

Hadoop An open-source software framework for storage and large scale processing of data-sets. On a mainframe, it runs in a Linux partition (Linux on System z).

HSA High-Speed Adapter is the name for subchannels on some servers.

Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) A filesystem used to store Big Data. HALDB High-Availability Large Databases are the newest (since V7) IMS databases. They are like souped-up very big full-function databases. HBase This is a non-relational, distributed database, written in Java that is used to store Big Data. HCD Hardware Configuration Definition is an interactive tool used to define the hardware configuration. HDA Head/Disk Assembly. The read/write head and associated bits and pieces that read data from disks. The implication is also of a sealed unit, at least from the customer perspective, as opposed to a removable disk pack.

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HPR High-Performance Routing is an extension to APPN networking providing improved routing performance and reliability.

HTML HyperText Mark-up Language is a “mark-up language” for defining the structure of a document – eg Web pages. HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol is the protocol used to request, transfer, and display hypertext documents. Hub A generic term for a device that has a single connection to the host and many connections for other devices to connect to it. I/O Input/output. Refers to the transmission of data into or out of a processor’s memory. This would include communication lines and peripherals such as disk drives. ICETOOL An enhanced DFSORT utility that includes the OUTFIL feature.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary IBM i An operating system running on IBM Power Systems. It was originally named OS/400 and ran on AS/400s.

IEHLIST z/OS List System Data utility for listing a VTOC or the directory of a PDS.

ICF Integrated Catalog Facility contains catalog information about datasets. It is made up BCS and VVDS.

IEHMOVE z/OS Move System Data utility for moving or copying logical collections of operating system data. Replaced by DFSMSdss.

ICF Integrated Coupling Facility is a component of a Parallel Sysplex. It allows multiple processors to share, cache, update, and balance data access. ICSF Integrated Cryptographic Service Facility is part of MVS security, protecting data on the mainframe. IDCAMS Access Method Services. Multi-purpose batch VSAM utility program. IDE Integrated Development Environment. Salesmen say it stands for “It Does Everything”, and unlucky customers as “I Do Everything”! An IDE could be a glorified text editor right up to all-singing all-dancing software like Eclipse and Visual Studio. IEBCOMPR z/OS Compare Datasets utility does a logical compare of datasets. Replaced by SuperC in ISPF/PDF. IEBCOPY z/OS Library Copy utility for copying members of a partitioned dataset (PDS), unloading a PDS into a sequential dataset and back again. Unloading is especially useful for copying a PDS to tape. IEBGENER z/OS Sequential Copy/Generate Dataset utility. Replaced by ICEGENER in DFSORT and several non-IBM products. IEBPTPCH z/OS Print-Punch utility for producing a hard copy of datasets and library members. Replaced by ISPF/ PDF’s hardcopy capabilities. IEBUPDTE z/OS Update Dataset utility. Can only be used for PDS members and sequential datasets with fixed-length records no greater than 80 bytes in length.

IETF Internet Engineering Task Force. An open community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. IFL Integrated Facility for Linux. Dedicated Linux processor on the zSeries. IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol is an object-oriented protocol that makes it possible for distributed programs written in different programming languages to communicate over the Internet. IML Initial Microcode (sometimes Machine) Load. The first step in starting up a mainframe, during which the firmware is automatically copied into the machine. IMS Information Management System. Vintage but extremely powerful system for transactional workloads, still underpinning many of the world’s business-critical applications. Composed of two systems: Database Manager (IMS DB) and a Transaction Manager (IMS TM). IND$FILE Mainframe file transfer program. Info/Man IBM Information/Management. Software problem, change and configuration management software. Now called Tivoli Information Management for z/OS. Internet of Things This refers to devices such a remote sensors, CCTV, weather satellites, etc that will be monitoring thrughout the day, and producing data that can be captured and analysed.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary IOCDS Input/Output Configuration DataSet. The dataset specifying the I/O devices that can be connected to a mainframe. IOCP Input/Output Configuration Program. The program describing the I/O configuration to the channel subsystem. IP Internet Protocol. An Internet protocol that routes data through networks. IP acts as an intermediary between the higher protocol layers and the physical network. It does not provide error recovery or flow control. IP address The numerical Internet Protocol (IP) address of an Internet computer. Every computer has a unique numerical IP address. IPv6, which offers 64-bit addressing, is meant to replace IPv4, which only offers 32-bit addressing. One day, all the addresses available with 32-bit addressing are meant to be used up! IPL Initial Program Load. The first part of the process of loading an operating system into a machine. IRC Inter-Region Communication is a CICS facility providing communication between CICS regions using functions such as Multiregion Operation (MRO) and Distributed Program Link (DPL). IRD Intelligent Resource Director. z/OS feature for redistributing workloads on the fly. ISHELL ISHELL (ISPF Shell) is the name of the panel displayed after issuing the ISH command. It can be used to view files and directories. ISPF Interactive System Productivity Facility. Menu and screen management system.

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ISPF/PDF ISPF/Program Development Facility. ISPF facility providing access to application development services for end users and programmers. Incorporates C and REXX programming support, and some support for programmable workstations. ISV Independent Software Vendor. A software vendor which isn’t part of and/or doesn’t belong to a hardware manufacturer. ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library. ITIL provides a framework of best practice guidance for IT service managers. The actual ITIL publications cover areas such as service strategy, service design, service transition, service operation, and continual service improvement. J2EE Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition. The Java Software Development Kit (SDK) tools, APIs, and run-time (ie execution) environment targeted at Java developers building enterprise-class, server-side applications. Java An object-oriented programming environment developed by Sun towards the end of 1995. Java creates applets which can be downloaded across the Internet, and which will allow clients to interact with objects on the Web and intranet servers. Java Virtual Machine The facility allowing Java applets/source code to run on a computer. JavaBeans A platform-independent, software component technology for building reusable Java components called Beans. The JavaBeans component model specifies how to build reusable software components, how the resulting Beans describe their properties to visual rapid application development tools, and how they communicate with each other. Beans can be combined to create applications or applets.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary JavaScript An interpreted scripting language. JCA J2EE Connector Architecture is used to connect CICS with a J2EE platform. JCL Job Control Language. The language used on the mainframe to describe the steps of a batch job (files to be used, programs to be run, etc). JDBC Java DataBase Connectivity. An API that is designed for use by Java database applications, and has the same characteristics as Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). JDK Java Development Kit. Software development kit from Sun consisting of a Java compiler, a debugger, standard Java classes, and a Java run-time (ie JVM) for Unix. JES2 and JES3 Job Entry Subsystem 2. One of two batch processing subsystems available for z/OS, both developed in the 1960s and with a different heritage and different control statements. Each reads batch jobs in, schedules their execution and spools their output. JES2 is by far the more popular. JMS The Java Message Service is a Java API to messageoriented middleware (MOM). JNDI Java Naming and Directory Interface is really two APIs used to keep track of, and access, dispersed data. JNI The Java Native Interface is a programming interface for writing Java native methods and embedding the Java virtual machine into native applications. JSON JavaScript Object Notation is an open standard format using human-readable text to send data objects as an alternative to XML.

JSP JavaServer Pages. Uses XML-like tags and scriptlets to encapsulate logic that fills out the dynamic content of HTML pages. JVM see Java Virtual Machine. Kantara Initiative This is an organization dedicated to advancing technical and legal innovation related to digital identity management. It isn’t a standards body, buts make recommendations to standards bodies about digital identity management. Kerberos Security system for Unix environments derived from MIT’s Project Athena. Uses a trusted server to ensure that there are no unwanted systems in the network. Kernel The core of an operating system that performs basic functions such as allocating hardware resources. Kilobit 1024 bits, or 2 to the 10th power, when referring to processor storage, real and virtual storage, and channel volume. However, when referring to disk storage capacity it is 1000 bits. Abbreviated as Kb. Kilobyte 1024 bytes, or 2 to the 10th power, when referring to processor storage, real and virtual storage, and channel volume. However, when referring to disk storage capacity it is 1000 bytes. Abbreviated as KB. KSDS Key Sequenced DataSet is a type of VSAM dataset in which the physical location of records is controlled by the key used. LAN Local Area Network. A generic term for the transport mechanism for a local (eg site or building) network. The thing that makes current LANs special is their intimacy with the connected machines; effectively the LAN acts as an extension to the internal bus of the attached system, and allows a single system to be built from physically dispersed components.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary Language Environment LE provides a common run-time environment for major programming languages. The common library of runtime services includes message handling, condition handling, storage management routines and time/date functions. Latency A measure of response time. On a disk drive, how long it takes for the first bit of requested data to rotate under the head. In a network, the minimum elapsed time for a message to be transmitted, consisting of the aggregate delay contributed by the communications links and devices along the way. LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. An Internet directory management standard that provides a consistent way to manage user access to network resources, such as information, applications and systems. LDS Linear DataSet is a type of VSAM dataset that can be kept permanently in memory thus improving performance. Legacy system The description given to any system that’s been around longer than the programmer who wants to change it. Some ‘legacy systems’ can be comparatively recent and, despite popular perceptions, they are certainly not exclusive to the mainframe. LIFO Last In, First Out. A queuing technique where the most recent addition to the queue is processed first. Also known as a push-down stack. Linear Dataset A VSAM dataset type, similar to an ESDS, but which always has 4096 byte blocks, and which can be kept permanently in memory for enhanced performance. Linux An Open Source Unix variant that seems to run on everything from workstations (where Microsoft haters insist it will replace Windows) to mainframes (where IBM has spent bags of money making it run well).

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Listener An application that ‘listens’ for input on a line and then acts on it. Load module A program in a form that can be loaded into memory for immediate execution. Logical Partitioning A way of dividing up a processor’s capacity under PR/ SM into physically separate areas (LPARs or Logical PARtitions) for resilience, performance or security reasons. LPA Link Pack Area. The z/OS area used for resident programs, eg those programs which are most frequently used and (usually for performance reasons) should not be loaded by each application program from libraries stored on disk. LPAR Logical PARtitioning is a way of dividing up a processor’s capacity. LSR Local Shared Resources. A technique for improving CICS performance by the sharing of a common buffer pool for VSAM datasets. LU SNA’s software interface (or ‘port’) through which end users gain access to the SNA network. LU 6.2 SNA’s protocol suite for program-to-program communications. LUW Logical Unit of Work is the amount of work that will be backed out in the event of a failure. For example, a CICS transaction is processing away happily and then something goes wrong. The LUW defines how much of what has been processed will be backed out and how much that occurred previously can be left. Large LUWs are efficient providing that failures are rare. Small LUW use processing power, but are more efficient for recovery after a failure.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary MAC Media Access Control. Generic term for the way in which workstations gain access to transmission media. Macro A preprocessor (precompiler), and the statements it processes, for Assembler. Generates Assembler instructions and machine instruction mnemonics as well as allowing assembly time conditional logic. Mainframe A high-performance computer serving many people at once and running many different applications concurrently. Man-in-the-Middle Data siphoning scheme where fraudulent software manages to insert itself, undetected, between two network partners by actively emulating the two partners being deceived. MapReduce A process used on Big Data at runtime that maps the data and reduces it. Master catalog The z/OS catalog where the search begins for a dataset. MCM The MultiChip Module (MCM) contains the Central Electronic Complex (CEC) of a S/390 system. Measured usage The method of charging for software based on the monthly usage. Same as Usage-based pricing. Megabit 1,048,576 bits. Abbreviated as Mb. Megabyte Roughly one million bytes – actually 1,048,576 bytes. Abbreviated as MB. MFLOPS MegaFLOPS. One MFLOPS is one million floating point operations per second – a common measure of numerically intensive compute power.

MIB Management Information Base. Generic term (often used specifically in relation to the SNMP management protocol) for the database of the objects managed in a network – usually a LAN. Microcode Although it can have very specific alternative meanings, its most common usage is as a synonym for firmware. Microsecond 1/1,000,000 of a second. Microsoft The company that made the shrewd move of persuading IBM to use its DOS operating system for the IBM PC. The rest is history. Middleware Though it defies definition, its primary role is to provide connectivity and other shared services between platforms. There are numerous types. MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. An encoding format allowing e-mail messages containing a variety of media forms (audio, video, image, and text) to be sent across the Internet. MIPS Million Instructions Per Second (or Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed). A crude and not very meaningful way of expressing raw computer power, widely used for comparing the power of different mainframe models and for demonstrating the futility of comparing the mainframe with other platforms. Mirroring The technique of constantly maintaining a parallel copy of critical datasets, so that the duplicate data can be used if there is a problem with the main data. MLPA The Modified Link Pack Area is an area of storage used to contain re-enterable routines from APF-authorized libraries. MOM Message Oriented Middleware. For example, WebSphere MQ.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary MongoSQL This is an Open Source NoSQL database that uses JSON-like documents with dynamic schemas for speed. MPF Message Processing Facility. A utility in z/OS that controls message display and message processing, typically to suppress unnecessary system messages. A first step towards automated operations. MQSeries Messaging and Queueing Series – see WebSphere MQ. MRO Multi-Region Operation is a function of the CICS InterRegion Communication facility enabling communication between CICS regions. MSDBs Main Storage DataBases are one of two types of IMS fast path database. These databases do not have indexes and are stored in VSAM files. MSS Mass Storage System is hardware for storing large amounts of archive data, typically involving the use of a jukebox mechanism to retrieve discrete data cartridges. MSU Millions of Service Units. Measure of mainframe compute power, used selectively by IBM as an alternative to MIPS. Opinions vary as to how the two metrics compare. MTBF Mean Time Between Failures. The average value of the length of time between consecutive failures under stated conditions of a system. MTO Master Terminal Operator. Software enabling a terminal to control a subsystem, eg CICS. MTTR Mean Time To Recovery or Repair. The average time required for corrective maintenance. See also MTBF.

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Multiplexer A generic device (also known as a mux) that combines data from two or more devices, transmits the data as a single datastream over a high-speed communications medium, and disentangles (de-multiplexes) the data at the other end. Multi-point Communications configuration in which a single primary node communicates with two or more secondary nodes (which cannot communicate with one another, except through the primary). Also known as multi-drop. MVS Multiple Virtual Storage. In z/OS’s long history, MVS has the honour of being its name for the longest period (about 20 years), and the operating system is still referred to as MVS by many mainframe technical specialists. Popularly believed to stand for Man Versus System. Nanosecond 1/1,000,000,000 of a second. NAS Network Attached Storage. .NET .NET is a Microsoft strategy for creating Web services. In essence, a Windows user should be able to run applications locally or over the Web without noticing the difference. Visual Studio .NET is a development environment that is currently available. NetView SNA network management product. Announced mid-1986. Although it started off life as a rather halfhearted bundling of various mainframe-centric network management products (including NCCF, NLDM, NPDA, VNCA, and NMPF), by mid-1995 it had turned into a fully-fledged distributed network management system, with a strong focus on distributed Unix boxes as network management workstations. Replaced by Tivoli NetView and other products.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary NFS Network File System. Set of Unix protocols (originally developed by Sun Microsystems) for file sharing across a LAN. Built on top of Ethernet and TCP/IP.

OLE Object Linking and Embedding. Microsoft-sponsored standard for moving and linking data and other objects between applications and systems in Windows.

NJE Network Job Entry. JES facility enabling multiple hosts to share job queues and system spools.

OLTEP On-Line Test and Execution Program. IBM engineer’s tool for analysis of hardware problems.

Node In SNA, a total unit of network-attachable functionality, realized in software, that gets implemented within a device or runs on a computer.

OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing. Generic term for highthroughput, very resilient transaction systems. OLTP tends to be used to refer to systems with some degree of fault tolerance.

NoSQL NoSQL databases don’t have to use SQL, but may. They are different from traditional relational databases.. Notes Lotus groupware product that IBM took on in June ’91. OAuth This is an open standard for authorization. It allows people to access third-party Web sites using their validated Facebook or Twitter IDs. OCR Optical Character Recognition. OCR software is used to convert scanned documents into machine-readable text files. ODBC Open DataBase Connectivity. An API created by Microsoft that allows Windows applications to access relational databases, such as DB2 and Oracle, and other data sources using SQL statements. OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer. An OEM is a manufacturer who makes a product and sells it to another company, which puts its own badge on it and sells it to the end user. OLAP On-Line Analytical Processing. A term coined by database guru Ted Codd and used to refer to multidimensional analysis and reporting applications of the EIS and Information Warehouse type.

OMG Object Management Group. A group of vendors responsible for standards for object management and interoperability including CORBA, UML, MOF and CWM. IBM joined in 1991. OMVS The OMVS command is used to invoke the z/OS Unix shell.From here you can use shell commands or utilities requesting services from the system. You could also write shell scripts and run shell scripts or programs written in C. Open Systems Computer systems that provide either interoperability, portability, of freedom from proprietary standards, depending on your perspective. OpenEdition ‘Open’ version of MVS that was replaced by Unix System Services in z/OS and OpenEdition Shell and Utilities in z/VM. OpenID This provides a way for users to consolidate their digital identities by having a single OpenID when connecting to different Web sites. ORB Object Request Broker. A specialized object that allows other objects to communicate with each other to make and receive requests and responses.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary OS/390 Replacement for MVS, announced in 1995. Now superseded by z/OS, but still used in some mainframe sites. OSA Open Systems Adapter is an integrated hardware feature allowing zSeries 900 platforms to provide connectivity directly to clients on LANs. OSA Express Open Systems Adapter-Express are an IBM adapter family consisting of integrated hardware features that are designed to provide direct connection for zSeries and S/390 Parallel Enterprise Servers G5 and G6 to high speed routers and switches, to other high speed servers, and to clients on LANs. OTC One Time Charge. An initial license charge. Caused a furore when the concept was introduced, but people seem to have got used to it now. At the beginning of 1999, OTC was dropped from any mainframe software product for which a monthly charge option was available. OTE Open Transaction Environment was introduced with CICS TS 1.3. Its aim is to open up the CICS application execution environment, allowing applications to be defined to execute under their own TCBs within CICS and allowing CICS to better exploit multiple processors. Outsourcing The notion of contracting out part or all of your IS function to an outside organization. Used to be often used synonymously with facilities management, although strictly speaking facilities management involves delegating responsibility for the whole service rather than just part of it. Page An essential process within virtual storage technology. Fixed sized blocks (typically 4096 bytes) of memory are freed up by writing their contents to a paging device until any virtual address within that block is referenced. Parallel Sysplex See Sysplex.

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Parity bit A binary digit check bit appended to a group of binary digits to make the sum of all the digits, including the appended binary digit, even or odd, depending on whether Even or Odd Parity is being used. Parmlib Parameter Library. A dataset in z/OS containing parameter settings. The most important is SYS1. PARMLIB which contains parameter settings for z/OS and many key subsystems. Parse The analysis of the operands entered with a command in addition to the creation of a parameter list for the command processor. It can also refer to the initial processing of source code by a compiler, when it divides up each program statement into its component parts, also known as tokens. PASCAL Programming language, mainly used in academia, though even there it is rarely seen these days. Patch A code modification to correct a reported problem that is sent to software product users after the release of a product. PAV Parallel Access Volumes are used to eliminate I/O supervisor queueing against DASD. Thus improving the performance of anything accessing the disk devices. PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect. Extremely popular PC bus standard originally promoted by Intel and soon supported by IBM, even though it meant dropping its beloved MCA. PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. Industry-standard interface (not just for memory, but for modems, network interfaces, etc) for laptop and notebook computers. PDF Portable Document Format. File definition format used by Adobe Acrobat.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary PDS Partitioned DataSet. A z/OS feature that is really made up of datasets within a dataset. Each PDS is made up of zero or more members. Each member has all the characteristics of a standard sequential dataset, though all members share the same attributes: those that were defined for the PDS when it was allocated. Each member has a one to eight character name that follows the same rules as a level of a standard z/OS dataset name (DSN). Each PDS has a directory of its members, which can also (optionally) contain other information, known as Statistics, which are maintained by software such as the ISPF/PDF editor. PDSE Partitioned DataSet Extended. Software which enables the space freed by expired or deleted PDSs to be reused. Introduced in 1989 in an attempt to address the limitations of the PDS. Peer-to-peer A form of distributed system in which all participating nodes can function as both client and server. PERL Practical Extraction and Reporting Language. A general-purpose Unix scripting language, which is popular for writing CGI programs. Its speed and flexibility make it well suited for form processing and on-the-fly page creation. Petabyte 1024 terabytes (TB) – 2 to the fiftieth power, or 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes. Abbreviated as PB. PF key Program Function key. A single keystroke can be used to perform a specific command. PGP Pretty Good Privacy. Encryption technology which uses the public key approach. Messages are encrypted using a public key, but can only be decoded using a private key kept by the intended recipient of the message. Phishing A malicious scheme to obtain the credentials necessary to access a secure system by masquerading as that system and fooling people into entering the sought after credentials.

Picosecond 1/1,000,000,000,000 of a second. A time span during which even <insert your least-liked company name here> would not be able to put up prices. PING Packet INternet Groper. A test of reachability in TCP/IP networks. A PING is a program used to test the ability to reach destinations by sending an echo request and waiting for a reply. Pipeline In Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, a pipeline is a set of processes chained together. Output from one process is then input for the next process until all the processes have executed. PL/I Programming Language/One. Language developed by IBM. A sort of love-child of COBOL and FORTRAN, it was widely used on the mainframe for many years but never quite achieved the ‘universal standard’ status that IBM had hoped. Plain text Data that is not encrypted. Typically refers to data while it is being transmitted across a network. PLPA Pageable Link Pack Area is part of memory containing system-level programs that may be run by multiple address spaces. Polling Generic name for a method for controlling devices (eg networked workstations or terminals), in which a computer calls (polls) each device in turn to see whether it wants to communicate. POP Principles of Operation. The name of the manual that defined the S/360 and subsequently the S/370 architecture. Port Generic noun and/or verb. As a noun, it means a point at which data can enter or leave a data network or individual device; as a verb it means to convert a piece of software written for one environment so that it runs in another.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary POSIX Portable Operating System Interface Standard. Operating system interface standard from the IEEE, designed as a procurement reference standard for ensuring source-level application code portability. PostScript Language/protocol cum page description language developed by Adobe Systems for driving high-resolution page printers. Power Systems Originally, IBM had the System i running IBM i (OS/400) and the System p series running AIX or Linux. In 2008, IBM merged the two lines of servers and workstations under the same name, Power Systems, with identical hardware and a choice of operating systems, software, and service contracts. PPP Purchasing Power Parity is Gustav Cassel’s theory (1920) that, in an efficient market, identical goods must have only one price. PR/SM Processor Resource/Systems Manager. Logical partitioning hardware technology that makes a single system, even if it has only one processor, look like multiple systems each of which is a Logical PARtition (LPAR). Private area Area within z/OS which contains the user’s own data/ programs. Private key A key known only to the sender or receiver of an encrypted message. Problem State A term used in performance measurement to indicate when the machine is performing end-user work. The opposite is Supervisor State, when the machine is spending time generally managing itself. PROLOG PROgramming in LOGic. Language mainly used for developing artificial intelligence and expert systems.

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PROP PRogrammable OPerator. A facility in z/VM that allows remote control of a virtual machine, enabling limited automation of routine operator activities. Proprietary Proprietary is used to refer to architectures and standards owned by a hardware or software vendor. The term is usually used in opposition to ‘open’. Proxy server A server that receives and fulfils requests intended for another server. PRPQ Programming Request for Price Quotation. IBM terminology for a customer request for a price quotation on alterations or additions to the functional capabilities of system control programming or licensed programs. PSLC Parallel Sysplex License Charge, a monthly license charge designed to support the design of a Parallel Sysplex cluster. In a fully qualified Sysplex environment, PSLC software charges are based on the total MSU value for only those machines where the products execute. PSW Program Status Word. A hardware register (double word) in the mainframe. The PSW contains the address of the next instruction to be executed and, when an application or system software error occurs, why it happened and other status information. PTF Program Temporary Fix. An official IBM temporary patch to a program – often less temporary than IBM and its users would wish. PTFs are distributed on PUTs. Sometimes the term APAR is used instead of PTF. Public key A published key value used as one of the two keys in public key encryption. QMF Query Management Facility. Query and report-writing system for DB2 with some analysis and graphics features.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary QSAM Queued Sequential Access Method is an access method for communicating with sequential datasets. RACF Resource Access Control Facility. Security and access control system under z/OS and z/VM. The z/ OS version is a component of SecureWay Security Server, but is also available as a stand-alone product. RACF authorizes access to resources (datasets, mini-disks, TSO/CMS/CICS/IMS TM log-on, etc) and logs unauthorized access attempts and accesses to protected datasets. RAG Red/Amber/Green status lights used to indicate in an easily interpretable way the status of a system, with red indicating poor system health. RAID Set of redundancy standards for disk subsystems (RAID 0-6), developed by the University of Berkeley and adopted by the RAID Advisory Board. RAM Random Access Memory, also known as system memory, is the amount of physical memory that is addressable by and directly accessible to the processor chips on the motherboard. RAS Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability – the three most desirable properties for IBM computers. RDBMS Relational DataBase Management System. Database system based on relational principles. DB2 is IBM’s preferred RDBMS for just about every platform. Read-only mode A mode that does not allow updates to the data being read. Real storage The combination of central and expanded storage. Also known as processor storage. Red teaming This refers to the practice of viewing a problem from an adversary or competitor’s perspective – and that usually means looking at issues with security.

Redbook A more readable version of an IBM manual Relational database A type of database that allows information in one set of database tables to be connected to information in another set of tables without requiring duplication of information. REXX Restructured EXtended eXecutor language. A widely used job control language, REXX has become a replacement for existing procedural languages such as CLIST. REXX is an effective programming language in its own right with powerful string processing facilities. RJE Remote Job Entry. Dedicated RJE terminals include 2780/3780 or 3770. RMF Resource Measurement Facility. On-line performance and resource monitor for z/OS. Also includes a formatter for printing performance reports. An optional, separately priced feature of z/OS. RPG Report Program Generator. Programming language widely used on the eServer iSeries 400 and its predecessors, AS/400 and System/3x. As its name implies, originally used mostly for report generation and very strong sort/merge facilities, where it can be used completely non-procedurally. RRDS Relative Record DataSet is a type of VSAM file. Each record is accessed directly by its record number. RSM Real Storage Manager. The part of z/OS that controls real memory. SAF Security Authorization Facility can be used for example with CICS to divert requests to an ESM (External Security Manager – such as RACF). In this way, security can be added to an operating system of subsystem.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary SAML Security Assertion Mark-up Language addresses the issue of Single Sign-On (SSO). The SAML specification defines three roles: the principal (typically a user), the identity provider (IdP), and the service provider (SP). SAN Storage Area Network. SAP (System Assist Processor) A System Assist Processor is a specialized processor that assists a central processor on a mainframe. SCEM Supply Chain Event Management examines all possible events and factors that might disrupt a supply chain. SCM Supply Chain Management applies to all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. It is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the operations of the supply chain as efficiently as possible. Screen scraping A programming technique for interacting with online host applications that generate text-only display output. The display output is read (scraped) right off a virtual screen by the workstation-based software and input generated on a virtual keyboard. What the user sees is quite different, and usually includes a GUI. SDSF System Display and Search Facility. Online tool for programmers and operators monitoring jobs awaiting execution in the JES2 input spool queues and, most commonly, viewing the printed output of batch jobs in the Held output spool queues, to save printing it on paper. Serial number Term used to denote the machine which you own today, which may be very different from the one you originally bought. Server A device providing database information, or Web pages, any other information. It usually has a number of clients or users of this data.

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Service Level Agreement Generic term for an agreement between a user and the people providing a computer service. The SLA specifies such things as response time, availability, etc. Service Unit The basic charging unit in usage-based pricing. Servlet A Java applet, without a user interface, that is executed on a Web server. Often used to replace CGI routines, because they support dynamic HTTP requests. SFM Sysplex Failure Manager is used when one of the systems in a parallel sysplex fails. It is responsible for recovery of the system and subsystem. SGML Standard Generalized Mark-up Language. The canonical mark-up language from which HTML and XML are derived. SIGP SIGnal Processor. Skeuomorphism is making one thing look like something else, eg making the digital interface look like a paper one - you often see it with calendar applications that look like desktop paper calendars. The GUI emulates real physical objects that the user will be familiar with. Including skeuomorphism in a UI design is a good idea because it makes an unfamiliar interface look like something familiar - and, therefore, its use becomes more intuitive. SLA A Service Level Agreement is a formally negotiated agreement between two parties (the IT department usually being one of them) where the level of service is formally defined. SMF System Management Facilities. Function within z/OS which collects data on all system activities for use in accounting, performance monitoring, capacity planning, etc. SMF creates log entries (SMF records) of this data.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary SMP/E System Modification Program / Extended is used to install most software products. SMS System Managed Storage. The philosophy of letting the computer system manage the storage of data rather than having it done by a human data administrator. SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. The protocol allowing the transmission of e-mail messages across the Internet. SNA Systems Network Architecture. IBM’s extremely powerful but complex data communications architecture defining levels of protocols for communications between terminals and applications, and between programs. While SNA-only networks have all but disappeared, SNA applications are still very much in evidence in the large enterprise. SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. Unix protocol originally developed for management of TCP/IP networks. SOA A Service-Oriented Architecture is a collection of services that communicate with each other. The services are self-contained and do not depend on the context or state of the other service. Mainframe applications become available to Web browsers and now mainframe applications can call other Web services. SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol. A lightweight form of middleware for accessing services, objects, and servers in a platform-independent manner. Sockets Software interfaces that allow two Unix application programs to talk to one another using TCP/IP protocols. Spool Simultaneous/Shared Peripheral Operation On-Line. DASD storage used as a temporary storage area between devices – eg printer and processor.

SQL Structured Query Language. IBM and ANSI standard (they diverge and converge regularly with the passage of time) for access to relational databases. SRB Service Request Blocks are requests to execute a service routine and they are usually initiated by system code executing from one address space to perform an action affecting another address space. SRM System Resources Manager. Software which is meant to improve throughput by optimizing the use of system resources. SSCP SNA’s System Services Control Point, in an hierarchical network, typically implemented on a mainframe within VTAM, that is responsible for directory services and configuration management. Now superseded by the peer-to-peer oriented functionality of APPN/HPR control points. SSL The Secure Sockets Layer is a much-used protocol for managing the security of messages sent over the Internet. Stand-alone dump A display of all used memory locations, typically stored on DASD or tape, created with a program that does not required the operating system to be functioning normally. Superuser A user ID with minimal security restrictions. Supervisor State A term used in performance measurement to indicate when the machine is spending time generally managing itself. The opposite is Problem State, when the machine is performing end-user work. SupportPac A SupportPac is supplied by IBM and contains complementary software, which may be new utilities, or class libraries, or things that IBM thinks will make the product more usable or work better.

SQA System Queue Area. Storage area in z/OS.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary SVC SuperVisor Call. An interface to operating system functions that is used to protect the operating system from inappropriate user entry. It can also refer to the SVC Assembler mnemonic or machine language instruction it represents.

Tablet For many executives, the must-have device is an iPad from Apple or an Android device from Samsung and other suppliers. As a consequence, these now need to be connected to corporate data, with all the concomitant security issues.

Swapping The process of transferring a complete program between main memory and auxiliary storage (usually disk).

TCB Task Control Blocks represent tasks executing within an address space. There are usually several TCBs associated with each address space, so more than one task could be running in any one address space at any one time. TCBs are created when a program issues the ATTACH macro to initiate a new task.

Syncpoint A point in a transaction’s life when updates are committed. In a distributed environment, where the transactions may be across several databases, the syncpoint enables the commit to be delayed until all the participants can commit simultaneously. SYSGEN System Generation. The process of creating a customized version of an operating system. In the IBM environment this was a complex, error-prone and timeconsuming process. System i Formerly iSeries and now called just i – a later incarnation of the AS/400 family of hardware that runs on Power hardware. System p Formerly pSeries – this is the latest incarnation of the RS/6000 family of hardware. System z Formerly zSeries – this is the name for mainframes running z/OS and/or z/VM and/or other operating systems. SYSOUT z/OS output intended for a printer. The name comes from the JCL DD parameter SYSOUT, where SYSOUT=A means send the output to the JESx Class A spool queue. Sysplex SYStem comPLEX. A processor complex which is formed by loosely coupling System/390 processors together into a single unit (using channel-to-channel adapters or ESCON/FICON fibre-optic links); the processors are synchronized using the Sysplex Timer, and can be managed as a single system image.

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TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Set of protocols for the network and transport layers of a packet-switched data network, most notably the Internet. Developed in the US for the Department of Defense ARPAnet system and has become the de facto standard for most forms of data communication. telnet The remote, or virtual, terminal protocol for the Internet. Allows users to log-in to their home machine from any other machine, or vice versa. Terabyte 1024 gigabytes or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes. Abbreviated as TB. TeraFLOPS 1000 GigaFLOPS, a measure of supercomputer performance. Third platform This is meant to represent the next phase of the IT revolution. The first platform is the mainframe; the second is the PC; and the third comprises cloud services, mobile computing, social networking, and big data analytics. Threadsafe Originally introduced with CICS 3.2, threadsafe refers to the ability of an application to process multi-threaded programs at the same time safely. tn Refers to tn3270, tn3270e and tn5250 collectively or interchangeably.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary tn3270 Specialized TCP/IP telnet protocol which provides compatibility with a 3270 datastream by emulation of the screen buffer. Used for mainframe host access across the Internet and internally within organizations to replace SNA terminal-to-host access with TCP/IP.

Unified Resource Manager The Unified Resource Manager is an integrated System z management facility responsible for platform management on z196s. This tool set enables clients to install, monitor, manage, optimize, diagnose, and service resources and workloads from a single point.

tn3270e Improved version of tn3270 that supports colour, the 3270 System Request key and other capabilities not present in tn3270.

Unit of work The statements executed between one commit point and the next – usually a group of SQL statements which would need to be rolled back as a group if any single statement in the group could not be executed. It’s the basic recovery unit.

TPF Transaction Processing Facility. Low-function but high performance mainframe TP monitor for very large communications systems. Derived from ACP (Airline Control Program), which was derived from PARS (Programmed Airline Reservation System).

Unix A misspelling of UNICS (UNiplexed Information and Computing Service). A hardware-independent operating system originally for minicomputers.

Transport layer The network layer responsible for quality of service and accurate delivery of information, ie error detection/ correction occurs here.

Unix System Services A full function Unix implementation under z/OS that complies with the POSIX standard. Originally introduced as OpenEdition.

TSO Time Sharing Option. These days, everyone just says TSO when they mean TSO/E.

Usage pricing The principle of charging for software on the basis of the amount of work done, eg the number of transactions or the amount of batch data processed.

TSO/E Time Sharing Option/Extensions. An element of z/OS that provides an on-line interactive environment for programmers and users. Best known for the ISPF/PDF environment that runs on TSO/E. Can also be used to test batch programs. TXSeries A merging of CICS, Encina and IBM Transaction Server. UCB Unit Control Block is used to control access to devices. UDDI Universal Description Discovery and Integration is a directory model for Web services. UDDI is a specification for maintaining standardized directories of information about Web services, recording their capabilities, location, and requirements.

User catalog In z/OS, an ICF catalog created to reduce the number of entries in the Master Catalog, thereby improving performance. VIO Virtual I/O. Hyper-efficient z/OS paging technique. Simulates DASD using real storage and so avoids the overhead of channel activity. Virtual storage A technique for giving programs the illusion that they have massive quantities of main storage to themselves. The technique works by allowing programs to address lots of virtual memory, but making the operating system page the required data in and out of real main store and to and from a paging device at the appropriate time. The technique enables cheap DASD to be used instead of expensive main storage.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary Virtualization A way of dividing up a computer’s components and sharing them in order to maximize their usefulness. VM Virtual Machine. Mainframe operating system which can act as a hypervisor, enabling users to run multiple OSs on a single machine. There are two components to VM – the hypervisor itself, which provides resources to the virtual machines; and CMS, which provides conversational and timesharing facilities. VM was on the way out when IBM discovered a new role for the software: z/VM can host hundreds (technically thousands) of Linux images on the mainframe at a fraction of the cost of distributed hardware. VOLSER Volume Serial Number. The key identifying a tape or other storage volume. Maximum six characters. Most installations use a six-digit VOLSER for in-house tapes to easily differentiate them from DASD volumes. Volume The unit of physical storage. Originally the volume equated to a single disk or tape, but logical volumes are more the norm today, especially with most current DASD devices emulating previous products and VTS doing volume stacking on tape. VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method (aka Very Slow And Mysterious). IBM mainframe proprietary software for direct (by key or by record number) or sequential processing of fixed and variable length records on DASD. VSE Virtual Storage Extended. For many years, VSE was IBM’s principal operating system for small to mediumsize mainframes. A few years back it looked as if VSE support would slowly be withdrawn, but customer support is strong and the re-dubbed z/VSE now looks set to continue for some time. VTAM Virtual Telecommunication Access Method. The main SNA subsystem resident in the mainframe, which manages session establishment and data flow between terminals and application programs, or between application programs.

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VTOC Volume Table Of Contents. The area of a disk used to store the directory of components, including datasets, held on that volume. Anything that takes DASD space is listed in the VTOC. For example, the index and data components of a VSAM KSDS file are listed in the VTOC, but not the cluster name, which is only listed in the catalog. VVDS The VSAM Volume DataSet along with the BCS make up the ICF catalog structure. The VVDS is a special type of ESDS. It is created automatically whenever a VSAM component (including a BCS) is allocated on a volume which does not yet have a VVDS. The VVDS is always called SYS1.VVDS.Vvolser. VWLC Variable Workload License Charge. IBM software pricing scheme that allows users to license a product for a capacity less than the total capacity of the system. Replaced by AWLC on zEnterprise mainframes. WAS WebSphere Application Server. IBM’s Java application server. WAS for z/OS version 6.0.1 supports J2EE 1.4 and many mainframe-specific functions. Web 2.0 A practically meaningless term in itself (the Web is not software with version and release numbers) that can be used as a way of highlighting some of the new technologies that are available over the Internet and identifying the companies that are using them, like Google Earth, Flickr, etc. WebSphere An IBM Internet-focused software platform that supports e-business applications and sits at the heart of IBM’s middleware strategy. The foundational products are WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere MQ. WebSphere MQ (WMQ) Originally MQSeries. IBM software/middleware that provides a message queuing infrastructure; it sits on various systems in a heterogeneous environment, providing integration between disparate systems and applications.

Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary Web service Web services are essentially “mini” applications that include a description of what another application does, how to accesses it, and what data it requires. They are often utilized in integration projects where disparate systems may have difficulty interacting with each other without the use of the common standards.

X-Terminal A type of terminal developed in the Unix world that provides a GUI type environment (usually X-Windows) without the need for a programmable workstation.

WLM Workload Manager. Feature within SRM for simplifying the management of system resources such as CPU and storage. eWLM reportedly adds the ability to define business performance objectives across disparate systems.

z/OS The latest incarnation of MVS, the principal operating system for the IBM mainframe. Announced in October 2000, it brought with it support for 64-bit addressing and a broad range of technical innovations. As well as running on zSeries machines, it also runs on System/390 G5 and G6 processors and Multiprise 3000 systems.

Workload License Charges An IBM software licensing scheme which charges according to required software capacity, not hardware capacity. WSAT Web Services Atomic Transaction is now supported in CICS TS 3.1. Web services can be configured to take part in an extended or global unit of work. This is known as an atomic transaction. Recoverable updates are not committed or backed out until instructed to do so by the Web service. WSDL Web Services Description Language is the standard format for describing a Web service. A WSDL definition describes how to access a Web service and what operations it will perform. WSDL (along with SOAP and UDDI) is one of the three foundation standards of Web services. WSRR WebSphere Service Registry and Repository is used with WebSphere in SOA environments. WTO Write To Operator. A message sent to the mainframe operator console from JCL or an application program. XML eXtensible Mark-up Language is a W3C recommendation and provides a standard approach for describing, capturing, processing, and publishing information.

z/Architecture IBM’s latest architecture for mainframes and peripherals.

Z/TPF The latest version of the Transaction Processing Facility, a low-function but high-performance TP monitor for very large data communications systems. z/VM The latest version of the much-loved Virtual Machine, a hypervisor that enabled users to run multiple operating systems on a single machine. zAAP A Java co-processor for the z890 and z990, which allows customers to offload Java application processing without paying software costs for the additional capacity. Zap Affectionate name for various utilities (AMASPZAP, aka SUPERZAP in z/OS), which can be used to apply a fix directly to object code in situ. Zapping is a bad thing – it creates programs in which the object code does not agree with the source, and which are hence totally unmaintainable. zBX The zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) on operates as a tightly-coupled extension to the z196 and z114 mainframes through a high-performance private network. Users then add POWER7 or System x blades to four racks.

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Glossary Zero day vulnerability This is a hole in a piece of software that is unknown to the vendor.

Zombie computers These are used to spread e-mail spam and launch distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks.

zFS zSeries File System is a Unix file system that can be used in addition to HFS. zIIP z9 Integrated Information Processor. A co-processor similar to zAAP (the idea is that you pronounce them ZIP and ZAP), but designed to off-load DB2 work and integrate data across the enterprise. Like zAAP, you pay for the hardware but do not incur IBM software charges for the additional capacity. Minimum requirement: z9109 with z/OS 1.6 or later and DB2 V8.

Zombie data This is old forgotten data that you thought you’d deleted, but hadn’t.

zIIP z9 Integrated Information Processor. A co-processor similar to zAAP (the idea is that you pronounce them ZIP and ZAP), but designed to off-load DB2 work and integrate data across the enterprise. Like zAAP, you pay for the hardware but do not incur IBM software charges for the additional capacity. Minimum requirement: z9109 with z/OS 1.6 or later and DB2 V8.

Zombie programs These are the programs that hackers use to gain access to your computer. They are often called ‘bots’.

This glossary is based on the former Xephon publication, the Handbook of IBM Terminology. Trevor Eddolls of iTech-Ed Ltd is an independent mainframe consultant and writer.

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Hardware tables: zEnterprise EC12 – 2827 System z z114 – 2818 System z z196 – 2817 Mainframe hardware timeline 1952-2013 Mainframe operating system development

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Technical information Model IBM MIPS MSUs 2827-401 240 30 2827-402 459 58 2827-403 670 85 2827-404 876 110 2827-405 1,078 135 2827-406 1,276 160 2827-407 1,470 183 2827-408 1,661 206 2827-409 1,848 229 2827-410 2,032 251 2827-411 2,212 273 2827-412 2,389 295 2827-413 2,563 317 2827-414 2,734 338 2827-415 2,901 358 2827-416 3,065 378 2827-417 3,227 398 2827-418 3,385 417 2827-419 3,540 436 2827-420 3,693 455 2827-501 631 80 2827-502 1,199 150 2827-503 1,751 217 2827-504 2,286 283 2827-505 2,809 347 2827-506 3,320 409 2827-507 3,820 470 2827-508 4,308 530 2827-509 4,784 588 2827-510 5,250 644 2827-511 5,705 699 2827-512 6,150 754 2827-513 6,584 808 2827-514 7,008 859 2827-515 7,423 910 2827-516 7,828 959 2827-517 8,224 1,006 2827-518 8,610 1,052 2827-519 8,988 1,096 2827-520 9,357 1,140 2827-601 947 119 2827-602 1,790 222 2827-603 2,609 322 2827-604 3,403 419 2827-605 4,178 514 2827-606 4,934 606 2827-607 5,670 695 2827-608 6,389 783 2827-609 7,089 869 2827-610 7,772 952 2827-611 8,437 1,031 2827-612 9,086 1,108 2827-613 9,719 1,184 2827-614 10,336 1,256 2827-615 10,938 1,327

Model IBM MIPS MSUs 2827-616 11,524 1,397 2827-617 12,096 1,464 2827-618 12,654 1,530 2827-619 13,197 1,594 2827-620 13,728 1,656 2827-701 1,514 188 2827-702 2,853 352 2827-703 4,151 511 2827-704 5,409 664 2827-705 6,628 813 2827-706 7,809 957 2827-707 8,954 1,092 2827-708 10,063 1,224 2827-709 11,137 1,350 2827-710 12,179 1,473 2827-711 13,188 1,593 2827-712 14,166 1,709 2827-713 15,126 1,822 2827-714 16,069 1,934 2827-715 16,994 2,043 2827-716 17,904 2,149 2827-717 18,797 2,254 2827-718 19,673 2,359 2827-719 20,534 2,462 2827-720 21,380 2,564 2827-721 22,222 2,661 2827-722 23,061 2,755 2827-723 23,896 2,848 2827-724 24,728 2,940 2827-725 25,557 3,032 2827-726 26,382 3,122 2827-727 27,205 3,212 2827-728 28,023 3,301 2827-729 28,839 3,389 2827-730 29,651 3,480 2827-731 30,460 3,571 2827-732 31,266 3,665 2827-733 32,069 3,760 2827-734 32,868 3,853 2827-735 33,664 3,947 2827-736 34,457 4,040 2827-737 35,247 4,132 2827-738 36,034 4,224 2827-739 36,817 4,316 2827-740 37,598 4,408 2827-741 38,375 4,499 2827-742 39,149 4,590 2827-743 39,920 4,680 2827-744 40,687 4,770 2827-745 41,451 4,859 2827-746 42,210 4,948 2827-747 42,966 5,037 2827-748 43,718 5,125 2827-749 44,466 5,213 2827-750 45,211 5,300

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Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2014 Technical information Model IBM MIPS MSUs 2827-751 45,951 5,387 2827-752 46,688 5,473 2827-753 47,422 5,559 2827-754 48,151 5,646 2827-755 48,877 5,731 2827-756 49,600 5,817 2827-757 50,319 5,901 2827-758 51,034 5,986 2827-759 51,745 6,069 2827-760 52,454 6,152 2827-761 53,158 6,233 2827-762 53,859 6,314 2827-763 54,557 6,396 2827-764 55,251 6,477 2827-765 55,941 6,558 2827-766 56,628 6,639 2827-767 57,312 6,719 2827-768 57,992 6,799 2827-769 58,669 6,878 2827-770 59,342 6,957 2827-771 60,013 7,036 2827-772 60,679 7,114 2827-773 61,343 7,191 2827-774 62,003 7,269 2827-775 62,660 7,346 2827-776 63,313 7,422

Model IBM MIPS MSUs 2827-777 63,963 7,499 2827-778 64,610 7,574 2827-779 65,254 7,650 2827-780 65,895 7,725 2827-781 66,532 7,800 2827-782 67,166 7,874 2827-783 67,797 7,948 2827-784 68,425 8,022 2827-785 69,049 8,095 2827-786 69,671 8,168 2827-787 70,289 8,240 2827-788 70,905 8,312 2827-789 71,517 8,384 2827-790 72,124 8,455 2827-791 72,724 8,526 2827-792 73,319 8,595 2827-793 73,909 8,665 2827-794 74,492 8,733 2827-795 75,070 8,801 2827-796 75,643 8,868 2827-797 76,210 8,934 2827-798 76,772 9,000 2827-799 77,329 9,066 2827-7A0 77,880 9,130 2827-7A1 78,426 9,194

IBM zEnterprise EC12 – 2827 (continued)

Model IBM MIPS MSUs 2818-A01 26 3 2818-B01 29 4 2818-C01 38 5 2818-D01 46 6 2818-A02 47 6 2818-E01 51 7 2818-B02 53 7 2818-F01 59 7 2818-A03 67 9 2818-C02 69 9 2818-G01 70 9 2818-B03 75 10 2818-H01 80 10 2818-D02 84 11 2818-A04 86 11 2818-I01 88 11 2818-E02 93 12 2818-B04 96 12 2818-J01 98 12 2818-C03 98 12 2818-A05 104 13

Model IBM MIPS MSUs 2818-F02 107 13 2818-K01 110 14 2818-B05 116 15 2818-D03 119 15 2818-C04 126 16 2818-G02 127 16 2818-L01 130 16 2818-E03 132 16 2818-H02 145 18 2818-M01 150 19 2818-F03 153 19 2818-D04 153 19 2818-C05 153 19 2818-I02 160 20 2818-E04 170 21 2818-N01 172 21 2818-J02 178 22 2818-G03 181 23 2818-D05 185 23 2818-O01 193 24 2818-F04 196 25

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Model IBM MIPS MSUs 2818-K02 200 25 2818-E05 205 26 2818-H03 207 26 2818-P01 216 27 2818-I03 228 29 2818-G04 233 29 2818-L02 236 30 2818-F05 237 30 2818-Q01 247 31 2818-J03 254 32 2818-H04 266 33 2818-R01 272 34 2818-M02 273 34 2818-G05 281 35 2818-K03 285 36 2818-I04 293 37 2818-S01 303 38 2818-N02 313 40 2818-H05 321 40 2818-J04 326 41 2818-L03 337 42 2818-T01 340 42 2818-O02 351 44 2818-I05 353 44 2818-K04 366 46 2818-U01 389 49 2818-M03 389 49 2818-P02 393 49 2818-J05 394 49 2818-V01 429 53 2818-L04 432 54 2818-K05 442 55 2818-N03 446 56 2818-Q02 449 56 2818-W01 480 60 2818-R02 494 62 2818-M04 499 62 2818-O03 500 62 2818-L05 522 65 2818-S02 551 69 2818-P03 560 70 2818-N04 572 71 2818-X01 584 73 2818-M05 602 75

2818-T02 618 77 Model IBM MIPS MSUs 2818-Q03 640 80 2818-O04 642 80 2818-Y01 690 86 2818-N05 691 86 2818-R03 705 88 2818-U02 707 88 2818-P04 718 90 2818-O05 775 97 2818-V02 780 98 2818-Z01 782 98 2818-S03 785 98 2818-Q04 821 102 2818-P05 868 108 2818-W02 873 109 2818-T03 881 110 2818-R04 904 113 2818-Q05 992 123 2818-S04 1007 125 2818-U03 1008 125 2818-X02 1062 132 2818-R05 1092 136 2818-V03 1112 138 2818-T04 1130 140 2818-S05 1217 151 2818-W03 1244 155 2818-Y02 1254 156 2818-U04 1293 161 2818-T05 1366 170 2818-Z02 1421 177 2818-V04 1426 177 2818-X03 1514 188 2818-U05 1562 194 2818-W04 1595 198 2818-V05 1723 214 2818-Y03 1788 221 2818-W05 1928 239 2818-X04 1941 240 2818-Z03 2026 251 2818-Y04 2293 283 2818-X05 2346 290 2818-Z04 2598 321 2818-Y05 2771 343 2818-Z05 3139 388

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Model IBM MIPS 2817-401 240 2817-402 459 2817-403 672 2817-404 879 2817-405 1,082 2817-406 1,280 2817-407 1,476 2817-408 1,667 2817-409 1,855 2817-410 2,039 2817-411 2,220 2817-412 2,397 2817-413 2,571 2817-414 2,742 2817-415 2,909 2817-501 588 2817-502 1,123 2817-503 1,642 2817-504 2,147 2817-505 2,639 2817-506 3,118 2817-507 3,586 2817-508 4,042 2817-509 4,486 2817-510 4,919 2817-511 5,342 2817-512 5,754 2817-513 6,156 2817-514 6,547 2817-515 6,929 2817-601 768 2817-602 1,460 2817-603 2,131 2817-604 2,783 2817-605 3,417 2817-606 4,035 2817-607 4,635 2817-608 5,219 2817-609 5,788 2817-610 6,341

MSUs Model 30 2817-719 58 2817-720 85 2817-721 110 2817-722 135 2817-723 160 2817-724 183 2817-725 207 2817-726 229 2817-727 252 2817-728 274 2817-729 296 2817-730 318 2817-731 339 2817-732 359 2817-733 74 2817-734 140 2817-735 204 2817-736 265 2817-737 326 2817-738 385 2817-739 442 2817-740 498 2817-741 552 2817-742 604 2817-743 655 2817-744 705 2817-745 754 2817-746 806 2817-747 849 2817-748 97 2817-749 182 2817-750 263 2817-751 344 2817-752 421 2817-753 497 2817-754 569 2817-755 640 2817-756 709 2817-757 777 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

MSUs 1,983 2,064 2,144 2,224 2,306 2,388 2,469 2,550 2,627 2,704 2,780 2,855 2,927 2,998 3,068 3,134 3,207 3,279 3,351 3,418 3,489 3,564 3,639 3,713 3,788 3,861 3,935 4,009 4,082 4,155 4,228 4,300 4,372 4,444 4,515 4,586 4,656 4,726 4,795 4,864

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843 2817-759 907 2817-760 969 2817-761 1,028 2817-762 1,084 2817-763 150 2817-764 281 2817-765 408 2817-766 531 2817-767 650 2817-768 766 2817-769 879 2817-770 988 2817-771 1,091 2817-772 1,191 2817-773 1,286 2817-774 1,381 2817-775 1,473 2817-776 1,562 2817-777 1,648 2817-778 1,731 2817-779 1,816 2817-780 1,899

42,079 42,661 43,239 43,814 44,385 44,953 45,517 46,078 46,622 47,147 47,656 48,149 48,626 49,087 49,534 49,967 50,385 50,791 51,183 51,563 51,931 52,286

4,933 5,001 5,069 5,136 5,203 5,270 5,336 5,402 5,466 5,528 5,588 5,646 5,702 5,757 5,810 5,862 5,912 5,960 6,007 6,053 6,097 6,140

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Please note: we do not have information for the z12BC processors.

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