CrossAccess Wins GSA Certification.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2000 Government agencies can now take advantage of eXadas(TM)to access disparate information CrossAccess Corporation, a data-centric Internet infrastructure company, today announced that its eXadas(TM) eData engine has received certification from the U.S. General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. (GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. ) and is now an approved part of the GSA's information technology program. GSA certification is a federal statement that certifies a company and its products as available for sale to any government agency. The GSA's information technology program provides government agencies with certified GSA providers that offer systems development, systems operations, studies and other related support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services that can be purchased by any government agency without having to procure further government approvals. eXadas transforms traditional application data into eData enabling immediate and universal access to all types of mainframe data. It's an ideal technology for e-business applications that require transparent access to legacy data sources such as 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. , 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 , 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, Datacom, DB2 and Sequential. Because eData enables "any data to any browser" through a single, standard interface, it's a fast, low-cost solution for applications that focus on information access and control. "Now that CrossAccess is GSA certified, government agencies can take advantage of the eXadas eData solution and access the wealth of information that has been locked inside legacy databases for years," said CrossAccess president, George Langan. "eXadas is the perfect solution for government agencies. It's ability to provide timely and accurate data at a low cost is invaluable. It's a faster, better, cheaper solution." GSA Certification The GSA certification is given by the U.S. General Services Administration. This federal statement certifies a company and its products for sale to any government agency. The goal for GSA information technology programs are to seamlessly provide services, systems development, systems operations, studies and other related support services. With this certification, government agencies can interact and purchase from a certified company without having to procure any further approvals. About CrossAccess Corporation CrossAccess Corporation, a data-centric Internet infrastructure company based in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , pioneered the concept of eData and now leads the industry by delivering comprehensive solutions for creating and managing eData. CrossAccess enables companies throughout the world to provide universal access to enterprise data from the desktop to the Web. Its software is specifically designed to help companies navigate the many paths to e-business and accelerate e-business applications through eData. CrossAccess is the Original Equipment Manufacturer of the IMS and VSAM access technology utilized in IBM's Classic Connect(R) offering and maintains strategic relationships with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Sagent, MERANT, Metagon Technologies, Software AG and other database and tool vendors. For more information, visit the company's website at www.crossaccess.com. |
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