Cybermation Brings ESP Scheduling Functionality to OpenVMS.Business/Technology Editors LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2000 The Canadian-based systems management software company, Cybermation Inc., has extended the range of Version 2 of its 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. Agent by providing a solution for OpenVMS(R) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. environments. This new operating system agent expands enterprise scheduling and monitoring of batch workload to Compaq servers. The company made this announcement at the Association for Computer Operations Management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. Conference today. The ESP Agent for OpenVMS is part of Cybermation's Enterprise Systems Platform (ESP) solution. ESP manages the scheduling and monitoring of batch workload across multiple operating systems. Batch jobs, scripts, programs, applications and commands can be scheduled to run automatically based on time, resources, completion of previous tasks and/or other criteria. This makes ESP an extremely versatile solution for enterprise workload management. "Business security rules do not need to be compromised to get the benefits of an advanced scheduling solution like ESP", said Cybermation's chairman, Ray Nissan. "The advanced security and triggering capabilities in this OpenVMS ESP Agent give our customers new levels of scheduling and workload management flexibility without compromising security." The Version 2 ESP Agent for OpenVMS increases system security through the addition of encrypted message transfer between ESP running on OS/390 host systems and each ESP Agent. Messages are encrypted using 56 bit DES technology with encryption keys established during installation. Open systems administrators will be able to apply their security protocols to the execution of workload within the OpenVMS operating system environment. Applications will run under the individual user ID and authority of the scheduler rather than a generic user with a high level of security clearance. This ESP Agent also provides highly flexible file triggering based on changes in file size, file ownership and time since lasts file modification as well as monitoring user and group ownership and modification time. About Cybermation Cybermation Inc. is recognised by its many Fortune 500 customers both as the provider of best-of-breed scheduling and workload management software for distributed computing environments, and for its systems management expertise. Cybermation provides integrated business automation solutions for heterogeneous computing environments, including ESP Workload Manager(R) for enterprise-wide job scheduling and workload management (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), 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 for enterprise scheduling from a single point of control, ESP Encore(R) for 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. and restart control, ESP Console Manager(R) for console automation, ESP Communication Server(R) for local to remote ESP communications, and DJC DJC Dark Jedi Council (gaming clan) (R) for real-time resource control. 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, McKenzie Financial and CN Rail in Canada, and Allstate Insurance, Nike, Deere & Co. and GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Data Services. |
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