Cybermation Announces ESP Workstation 4.0 ESP Workload Manager 5.3 Also Begins Shipping.Business/Technology Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2001 Cybermation Inc., the leading developer of integrated enterprise systems management software, has announced the general availability of ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. Workstation 4.0, a graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to for ESP Workload Manager In IBM mainframes, Workload Manager (WLM) is a base component of MVS/ESA mainframe operating system, and its successors up to and including z/OS. See also
The latest release of ESP Workstation 4.0 demonstrates Cybermation's continued commitment to the mainframe-centric world and supports the company's rapidly-growing customer base by introducing important new usability features, including: - Server enhancements to allow users to view and manipulate workload across multiple images of ESP Workload Manager from a single Workstation client and performance improvements due to single scoreboard scan - User Profiles that create separate profiles for different users of the same computer, ideal for data centers with multiple shifts - Connection Manager to provide quick access to system information needed to log onto one or more ESP Workload Manager systems - Flexible Custom Views offer granular workload monitoring via enhanced filtering options and a central point of control for operations, enabling users to prioritize how they view workload - Procedure Download Aid for a graphical view of legacy workload, helping to load existing application definitions into the Workload Editor for review and maintenance, allowing users to change the application definitions and upload changed applications back to ESP Workload Manager - Command Confirmation to notify users about commands that have been successfully executed The product also includes a new Launchpad, subscription filters, multiple browser windows, Calendar Manager consolidation, and graphic event simulation results. ESP Workload Manager 5.3 Among the new features included in ESP Workload Manager 5.3 is an enhanced conversion process to help Cybermation's Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. team engage customers and replace their existing competitive product-typically well ahead of their most optimistic expectations. Other key features include: - ESP Workstation enhancements, such as the new consolidated workstation server to allow connections to multiple ESP masters from one single workstation (graphical user interface) application as well as a single scoreboard scan and filtering enhancements. Installations with large workloads spread over multiple sites will experience considerable performance improvements. - An Agent Monitor to allow users to perform continuous monitoring to confirm availability of an ESP Agent. This feature is optional and can be implemented on a selected basis. - FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to enhancement, eliminating reliance on SMF (1) (Standard Messaging Format) An electronic mail format for Novell's MHS messaging system. The application puts the data into this format in order to send an e-mail message. record type 15 for all data set closures in favor of SMF record type 118 to differentiate between a successful and unsuccessful transmission and to feed back to ESP more information about the transmission via symbolic variables. - Global Variable Tables to introduce a new method for storing and retrieving global variables, complementing ESP's existing methods. This feature supports the creation of global variables, grouped into one or more global variable tables. ESP Workstation 4.0 and ESP Workload Manager 5.3 are now available. For more information, contact Cybermation at (800) 268-3338 or www.cybermation.com. About ESP Workstation ESP Workstation is a powerful graphical user interface for defining, monitoring and controlling enterprise workload. It is also a significant productivity tool for operations personnel who define and schedule applications and the data center production personnel who manage them. Users quickly drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. their way through workload definitions, calendar management, and enterprise batch workload monitoring and control - all from one application, regardless of the operating system. ESP Workstation reduces the time to take an application from development to production, resulting in higher service levels and increased efficiency. About ESP Workload Manager ESP is a best-of-breed job scheduling and workload management solution used in data centers worldwide to automate batch workload and manage system resources. First released in 1987, ESP provides the robustness and performance needed for mission-critical applications, automating operations across multiple operating systems including OS/390(R), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) (AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. (R), HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. (R) and Solaris(R)), Windows NT(R), OS/400(R) and others. With ESP, automating all scheduling tasks across the enterprise refocuses valuable data-center resources on exception management and improved application development to enhance competitive advantage. Users typically experience returns within weeks or months-even if they already had an automated scheduling solution in place. About Cybermation Cybermation Inc. is recognized by its many Fortune 500 customers as a leading developer of best-of-breed automation solutions for job scheduling, workload management and software change management for heterogeneous computing environments and for its systems management expertise. The company's products include ESP Workload Manager(R) for enterprise-wide job scheduling and workload management for OS/390(R), UNIX(R), Windows NT(R) and OS/400(R) operating systems as well as for SAP R/3, Oracle and PeopleSoft ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. environments; ESP Workstation graphical user interface for enterprise scheduling from a single point of control; ESP Encore(R) for automated rerun re·run n. The act or an instance of rebroadcasting a recorded movie or a recorded television performance. tr.v. re·ran , re·run, re·run·ning, re·runs To present a rerun of. , restart and recovery; ESP Console Manager(R) for console automation; and Alchemist, a powerful, automated change management system that provides real benefits for both software development and data-center production environments. Cybermation's customers include Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Bay Company, corporation chartered (1670) by Charles II of England for the purpose of trade and settlement in the Hudson Bay region of North America and for exploration toward the discovery of the Northwest Passage to Asia. , Statistics Canada, and CN Rail in Canada, Allstate Insurance, JC Penney, Nike, Deere & Co. and Verizon in the United States, and One 2 One, Sony Europe, VHV VHV Vereinigte Hannoversche Versicherungen (German insurance) VHV Village Health Volunteers VHV Veterans Helping Veterans (Marion County, Florida) and Janssen Pharmaceutica in Europe. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and has offices throughout the United States, England and Australia. |
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