Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) has pledged continued commitment and increased investment in DB2 solutions following its recent acquisition of Platinum Technology. This is according to Scott Jessee, vice president DB2 product group carrier for CA.
"To show our customers the extent of our commitment, we have listed a sample of what the DB2 for OS/390 group has completed and planned for the next couple of months," declares Jessee.
The September acquisition of IMS tools vendor Innovative DP Design, Inc. (IDI) effectively completes CA`s portfolio of DBA tools by adding IMS functionality. "CA customers with IMS tools will no longer require the services of other tool vendors with this addition," he says. Furthermore, CA has announced the availability of DB2 V6 toleration. According to Jessee, V6 exploitation is planned for no later than 30 December 1999, with early releases already available for qualified QPP (Quality Partnership Program) participants.
Additional solutions such as CA-Insight for DB2 and CA-24X7 have also been brought into the DB2 group to offer a more comprehensive DB2 performance analysis solution. "CA is committed to the DB2 and OS/390 communities. We participated in, and will continue to participate in a number of IBM conferences, such as the IDUG Canadian Symposium, the European IDUG and the Asia/Pacific IDUG," remarks Jessee.
"Our DB2 for OS/390 product line is now enhanced to include reporting solutions and tools for data movement, data modeling, meta data management, chargeback, application development and systems management," he says.
"CA has new products planned for DB2 for OS/390 including new and faster algorithms for DB2 Utilities and a new RI data extraction feature. The company is also working on further integration of all its tools. Combined with our future integration into Unicenter TNG, we continue to provide DB2 solutions that lead the industry," says Dan van der Westhuizen, CA divisional senior vice president for Africa and Middle East.
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Computer Associates International, Inc., the world leader in mission-critical business computing, provides software, support and integration services in more than 100 countries around the world. CA has more than 17,500 employees and had revenue of $5.3 billion in fiscal year 1999. For more information about CA, please call 011 236 9111 or e-mail info@cai.com. CA`s World Wide Web address is www.cai.com.