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NEON Enterprise Software has announced that its Eclipse Reorganization Utilities will now run using IBM’s z9 Integrated Information Processors (zIIP). The advantage of this is the fact that zIIP processors free up general computing capacity and lower the total cost of computing by moving selected types of workload from general-purpose processors to zIIP processors. Customers incur no software costs for zIIP processing, resulting in reduced software costs and additional processing capacity, which can eliminate or delay the need to upgrade.
Version 5.1 of the NEON Eclipse Reorganization Utilities have the following zIIP processing potential:
iCheck – 97%
iSurvey – 97%
iBuild – 97%
iUnload – 50%
iExtract – 50%
iLoad – 3 %
iReorg – 50%
Full details are available here.
IBM is discontinuing service for IMS Version 8 on November 5, 2008.
Full details are available here.
Mainstar has announced a new product, Clone and Rename for IMS (ICR). The product is designed to make it easy to refresh IMS subsystems and selected databases within minutes instead of hours, increasing data access and productivity. ICR can help users gain access to critical data quickly, with minimal downtime. If available, fast copy technology is utilized to gain speed, and automation is used to enable cloning on the same LPAR by renaming the volume internals and data sets, and to update the cloned IMS subsystem or DBRC definitions if a database was refreshed.
Full details are available here.
Layer 7 Technologies has announced the availability of its SecureSpan Mainframe SOA Gateway, a mainframe SOA appliance. The appliance is used to expose mission-critical mainframe applications, business logic, and data as a composite business service without coding or porting efforts. The SecureSpan Mainframe SOA Gateway offers support for industry standards and run-time orchestration technology powered by GT Software. The SecureSpan Mainframe SOA Gateway is the only appliance-based mainframe SOA enablement product to support IMS (conversational and non-conversational), CICS BMS and COMMAREA applications, Link3270, TN3270, and mainframe data. Customers can create composite services incorporating one or all of the mainframe environments without requiring WebSphere MQ connectivity. Full details are available here.
AQM Solutions, a TRILOGexpert company, has announced Version 4.1 of TriTune, which features enhanced support for z/OS Version 1.9, IMS Version 10, and Websphere for z/OS Versions 6.0 and 6.1. TriTune is part of an automated AQM (Application Quality Management) solution that proactively identifies potential application tuning opportunities before they become performance problems. TriTune V4.1 allows users of IMS Version 10 to identify poorly performing transactions and DL/I calls for both Full Function and Fast Path environments using Full Function, DEDB, and HAL/DB databases. Full details are available here.
GT Software has announced Release 3.6 of Ivory Service Architect, with enhancements to Ivory's usability and productivity features. Ivory Service Architect consists of Ivory Studio, a graphical modeling environment; Ivory Server, a high-performance SOAP processor with run-time service orchestration; and Ivory Server for Batch. Without requiring any changes to the service definition, Ivory Service Architect supports the deployment of mainframe-based Web services across z/VSE, z/OS, CICS/TS, CICS, IMS, Windows, Wintel, Unix, and Linux.
Full details are available at www.gtsoftware.com/pressitem.asp?pressID=83
Attachmate has announced Version 4.0 of Verastream Transaction Integrator, which eases IMS service enablement in an SOA environment. The company says that Verastream Transaction Integrator 4.0 offers superior performance and reliability to meet the demands of high-throughput, high-availability, transactional environments while masking the complexity of programs developed for IMS transactional environments. It offers a new intuitive graphical user interface, Verastream Transaction Designer, which provides enhanced support for complicated copybook structures. This enables virtually all IMS programs to be easily consumed and used within a simple graphical designer. Full details are available at
www.attachmate.com/en-US/Press/PressReleases/dec-03-2007.htm
CA has announced CA File Master Plus for IMS and r11.6 of CA Database Management for IMS.
CA File Master Plus for IMS simplifies IMS data management with capabilities including segment selection filtering for access to data, and a graphical display of database segments. Its extraction, browsing, editing, and updating capabilities increase IT staff productivity across multiple IMS environments, CA claims. To maintain IMS data integrity and to ensure that IMS-dependent applications perform as expected, users can access and edit IMS data and test applications.
CA Database Management for IMS r11.6 encompasses interoperable, integrated solution suites for database performance management, administration, and back-up and recovery that improve service levels, data availability, and application responsiveness across IMS for z/OS databases.
Full details are available at www.ca.com/us/press/release.aspx?cid=166389
GT Software has announced Release 3.6 of Ivory Service Architect, with enhancements to Ivory's usability and productivity features. Ivory Service Architect consists of Ivory Studio, a graphical modeling environment; Ivory Server, a high-performance SOAP processor with run-time service orchestration; and Ivory Server for Batch. Without requiring any changes to the service definition, Ivory Service Architect supports the deployment of mainframe-based Web services across z/VSE, z/OS, CICS/TS, CICS, IMS, Windows, Wintel, Unix, and Linux.
Full details are available at www.gtsoftware.com/pressitem.asp?pressID=83
Attachmate has announced Version 4.0 of Verastream Transaction Integrator, which eases IMS service enablement in an SOA environment. The company says that Verastream Transaction Integrator 4.0 offers superior performance and reliability to meet the demands of high-throughput, high-availability, transactional environments while masking the complexity of programs developed for IMS transactional environments. It offers a new intuitive graphical user interface, Verastream Transaction Designer, which provides enhanced support for complicated copybook structures. This enables virtually all IMS programs to be easily consumed and used within a simple graphical designer. Full details are available at
www.attachmate.com/en-US/Press/PressReleases/dec-03-2007.htm
IBM has announced IBM Rational Developer for System z V7.1, which simplifies Web, SOA, and cross-platform development of mainframe IMS, CICS, and WebSphere applications. It hides the technical complexity of runtimes and middleware and ensures easy interoperability with existing processing and data. This was part of a suite of announcements designed to make mainframes easier to use.
Full details are available at
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/20384.wss
IBM has announced Version 10 of IMS (Information Management System), its high-performance database and transaction management system. Highlights of the new version include enhanced XML and Web services capabilities, which are designed to make it easier for to users to move to a Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) .
Full details of IBM’s announcement can be found at
www-306.ibm.com/software/data/ims/v10/launch.html.
IBM began shipping the product October 26.
CA has announced r12 of its security products ACF2 and Top Secret for z/OS. These provide access control for z/OS operating systems-including externalized security controls for IMS, CICS, Unix System Services, and DB2.
Full details can be found at ca.com/us/press/Release.aspx?CID=158358.
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