New Dimension Software has announced that its systems management product lines have been enhanced to support IBM`s newest operating system for large systems, OS/390 Version 2 Release 7.
Working jointly with IBM`s Vendors Center in Dallas, New Dimension has tested its OS/390-based products on Release 7.
New Dimension`s IOA/e (Integrated Operations Architecture for the Enterprise) solutions fully support the latest version of IBM`s OS/390. The company`s IOA/e products provide parallel sysplex support for enhanced workload balancing capabilities. OS/390 V.2 R.7`s capabilities enable greater integration between print, Web and ERP workloads.
"OS/390 has been Widely recognised as a leader in high-volume transaction processing," says Allen Lewis, MD of systems management at local distributor Software Futures. "Now, with V.2 R.7, it has been enhanced to become a high-volume Web server."
New Dimension`s solutions enable organisations to maximise Web technologies. IOA/e`s ability to integrate OS/390 with the client/server environment and its systems management capabilities allow organisations to leverage the mainframe as an enterprise server in the extended client/server environment. The following New Dimension products offer full support for and exploit the functionality of the new operating system.
Control-M for enterprise-wide production control and scheduling
Control-M/Links for integrated production control and system events
Control-M/Analyzer for automated production setup and analysis
Control-M/WorkLoad for batch workload optimization
Control-R for automated job restart
Control-B for automated information integrity
Control-O for automated OS/390 event management
Control-T for removable media management
Control-V for online archive viewing and media storage
Control-D for report breakdown and ownership assignment
Control-I/2000 for automated year 2000 testing and data validation
New Dimension has a joint software delivery agreement with IBM, making IOA/e mainframe products available to OS/390 customers through IBM`s SystemPac offering. SystemPac is a fee-based software delivery package for OS/390 systems that includes pre-maintained, pre-tested software from select software vendors such as New Dimension. Customers buying OS/390 systems can, through SystemPac, choose various solutions; IBM will then include the selected products into their build process. IOA/e products supporting the latest version of OS/390 are available through SystemPac.
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