CLERITY SIGNS RESELLER PACT FOR MAINFRAME REHOSTING WITH HP SOFTWARE.Clerity Solutions, Inc., Chicago, has signed a software master agreement under which Clerity's market-leading UniKix mainframe rehosting software will be sold by HP. Clerity's UniKix technology provides a mission-critical environment for deploying online and batch mainframe applications such as CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without , 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. , IDMS See CA-IDMS and IDMSX. 1. (language, database) IDMS - A pictorial query language, an extension of Sequel2. ["A Management System for an Integrated Database of Pictures and Alphanumeric Data", G.Y. Tang, Computer Graphics Image Processing 16:270-286 (1981)]. , Adabas, Natural, and other legacy assets on open systems. Under the terms of the agreement, the UniKix mainframe rehosting software suite will also be available through HP's network of distributors and resellers. "In today's economic climate, the demand for sound mainframe migration and modernization alternatives continues to grow," said Cameron Jenkins, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Clerity. "This expansion of the relationship between Clerity and HP will help us fulfill demand for UniKix across HP's leading server platforms." Clerity is an HP Developer & Solution Partner and regularly teams with HP to deliver infrastructure and mainframe migration services. "Customers are moving to standards-based server platforms to cut costs, improve energy efficiency, and increase the flexibility of their technology infrastructures," said John Pickett, worldwide mainframe alternative program manager, HP. "Clerity's rehosting software enables customers to quickly and easily migrate their applications from a mainframe environment to HP Integrity servers, lowering the overall cost of their technology infrastructure and improving response times to drive business growth." For nearly 20 years, UniKix technology has enabled organizations to reduce annual operating costs by as much as 80 percent. More than 1300 UniKix installations have been deployed worldwide at commercial institutions and government agencies. Key areas of the UniKix mainframe rehosting software suite include: * UniKix Transaction Processing Environment (TPE TPE Thermoplastic Elastomer TPE Terminal de Paiement Electronique (French) TPE Total Power Exchange TPE Twisted Pair Ethernet TPE Tampines Expressway (Singapore) TPE Therapeutic Plasma Exchange ) software - a robust and native transaction processing system A Transaction Processing System (TPS) is a type of information system. TPSs collect, store, modify, and retrieve the transactions of an organization. A transaction is an event that generates or modifies data that is eventually stored in an information system. for online CICS, IMS TM, IDMS DC, Natural and related resources such as VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) An IBM access method for storing data, widely used in IBM mainframes. It uses the B+tree method for organizing data. VSAM - Virtual Storage Access Method data file types. * UniKix Batch Processing Environment (BPE BPE abbr. Bachelor of Physical Education ) software - a complete environment for administering, executing, and managing z/OS and z/VSE batch JCL workloads on open systems without excessive code change or complex integration. * UniKix Manager software - a real-time performance monitor for UniKix TPE environments that provides information for determining system status, processing rates, potential bottlenecks, and configuration enhancements that can aid in ensuring performance levels and critical user response times. * UniKix Secure software - a comprehensive role-based access control The identification, authentication and authorization of individuals based on their job titles within an organization. Contrast with mandatory access control and discretionary access control. See least privilege. external security manager for UniKix TPE that enables authentication and resource-level security on open systems, similar to RACF (Resource Access Control Facility) IBM mainframe security software introduced in 1976 that verifies user ID and password and controls access to authorized files and resources. RACF - Resource Access Control Facility for CICS. Under Clerity's agreement with HP, UniKix 11.0 will be available through HP and its reseller channel immediately. The latest release of Clerity's rehosting software offers greater choice in deployment platforms, advanced security options, and numerous innovations that make migrating online and batch application environments to cost-effective open systems servers even easier, thus shortening payback periods and increasing return on investment. About Clerity Solutions, Inc. Clerity is a leading, full-service provider of mainframe migration, modernization, and optimization solutions. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with offices worldwide, Clerity's service team and automated software solutions have facilitated hundreds of successful migrations. With over 15 years of experience and more than 1300 sites worldwide, Clerity is uniquely positioned to assist organizations through all aspects of legacy migration. For more information, visit http://www.clerity.com or call 978/369-6336. |
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