Boole & Babbage Launches IMSPLEX System Manager; New Product Provides Single System Image Views Across Multiple IMS Regions and Systems.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 1995--Boole & Babbage, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BOOL), a leader in enterprise automation solutions for distributed systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. , today announced IMSPLEX System Manager (IPSM IPSM Intel Persistent Storage Manager IPSM International Product Safety Management IPSM Industrial Parsing of Software Manuals IPSM Integrated Production System Modeling (SIMSCI) IPSM Ip Security Monitor ), the first product to provide Single System Image views of resources and bottlenecks for applications across multiple IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. regions and systems. IPSM, the latest product built on MainView's BBI BBI Blockbuster Inc. (stock symbol) BBI Berlin Brandenburg International (Airport) BBI Broadband-Interactive BBI Browser-Based Interface BBI Best Brains Inc. technology and expressly developed by Boole & Babbage to exploit the IBM Parallel Sysplex In computing, a Parallel Sysplex is a cluster of IBM mainframes acting together in a single system image, usually with z/OS. A Parallel Sysplex combines data sharing (typically using Peer to Peer Remote Copy) and parallel computing to allow a cluster of up to 32 computers to share systems, also greatly simplifies the management of IMS applications on traditional mainframes. IPSM provides the ability to manage the progress, throughput and response times of IMS workloads and transactions. It examines workload throughput and capacity and region occupancy for IMS and IMSPLEX systems. IPSM then identifies workload bottlenecks and delays from resource and capacity constraints and recommends alternate resources for eliminating workload queuing. "As customers add more IMS systems, performance and workload management creates a new set of challenges," said Mike Bunyard, senior marketing director of large systems at Boole & Babbage. "IMSPLEX System Manager discovers performance and workload problems no matter where they're occurring across multiple MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. and IMS systems. It targets the kinds of problems that often lead to systemic breakdowns." "As applications span many subsystems, determining when and where workload problems occur will surely increase," said Tim Constien, automation specialist at BellSouth in Georgia. "Tools like IMSPLEX System Manager, with realtime and historical data analysis capabilities that provide a wholistic view of applications, will be crucial in order to help manage this new parallel environment." Rapid Analysis for Crystalizing Problems in Complex IMS Environments Through an IMS Response Time Analyzer that presents a picture of the life cycle of IMS transactions, system programmers can determine whether a transaction is being held up in queuing, scheduling, application processing, database access or syncpoint processing. They can also detect specific IMS problems such as transaction looping or transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. delays due to resource constraints. This allows performance improvements of transactions and workloads across multiple IMS systems. IMSPLEX System Manager's Transaction Delay Analysis categorizes transaction or workload delays and then analyzes individual resources that are causing delays. For example, system programmers can ascertain which locks or DASD (Direct Access Storage Device) Pronounced "daz-dee." A peripheral device that is directly addressable, such as a disk or drum. The term is used in the mainframe world. DASD - Direct-Access Storage Device volume is causing delays and whether the delay affects a single IMS, data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. group, MVS or is a Plex-wide problem. Workflow shows processing throughput and region occupancy, from an MVS image to the entire enterprise. Using workflow, system programmers can determine the amount of IMS transaction capacity available and how much is being used at any given time. It also points out any capacity shortages and recommends the number of regions needed to eliminate the backlog of messages waiting to be processed. A Dynamic Workload Reconfiguration also allows system programmers to dynamically change class assignments and transaction attributes directly from the display. Availability and Pricing IMSPLEX System Manager will be available during Q2 1996 and pricing will begin at $18,000. For further information call 800/722-6653. Boole & Babbage is a worldwide leader in Enterprise Automation solutions for managing distributed systems. The company works in partnership with customers to boost systems availability, reduce overall computing costs and strategically automate the entire IT enterprise. Through advanced interoperability, its proven solutions let customers gain proactive control of their distributed computing environments See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks -- from mainframe to desktop and legacy to client/server. Boole & Babbage products complement Help Desk, data center operations, network and systems administration and storage management. Boole & Babbage has 42 offices in 26 countries, including three data centers and four development labs. The company's products are available through direct channels and a worldwide network of distributors and resellers. -0- Note to Editors: Boole & Babbage is a registered trademark of Boole & Babbage Inc. All trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Boole & Babbage Inc. Shelly Gordon, 408/526-3430, sgordon@boole.com http://www.boole.com |
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