Cybermation announces systems management solution for Pyramid Technology platform.MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 1995--Cybermation Inc., a systems management software firm, has announced the availability of Enterprise Systems Platform (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. ) 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
Cybermation Inc. is a Canadian company recognized by its many Fortune 500 customers both as the provider of best-of-breed job scheduling In a large computer, establishing a job queue to run a sequence of programs over any period of time such as a single shift, a full day, etc. and workload management software, and for its systems management expertise, particularly in the MVS mainframe environment. The porting of ESP Workload Manager to Pyramid Technology's 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). platform provides many advantages to the large and increasing number of mainframe users who also have distributed processing The first term used to describe the distribution of multiple computers throughout an organization in contrast to a centralized system. It started with the first minicomputers. Today, distributed processing is called "distributed computing." See also client/server. requirements. ESPx allows the broad functionality of ESP Workload Manager to be extended to provide valuable distributed processing capabilities on other platforms. "Now workload on both MVS and Pyramid Nile systems can be integrated, allowing users to exploit all of the benefits of both platforms," explained Michael Cannata, President of Cybermation Inc. "Our customers can redesign their business processes to improve speed, service and quality, and run applications on the most appropriate platform. They can do this cost-effectively, without losing the robust systems management strength which exists in the mainframe environment." "Pyramid has always recognized the importance of open systems in the corporate data center. This announcement strengthens our ability to meet the workload management needs of our large commercial users," said Boyd Pearce, Vice President of Marketing for Pyramid Technology. The announcement of ESPx for Pyramid follows the recent release by Cybermation of ESPx for IBM's RS/6000 and of ESPx for Hewlett-Packard's HP9000 series platform. In response to its customers' needs, Cybermation will continue to announce a broad range of cross-platform solutions over the next few weeks. Pyramid Technology -- A Siemens Nixdorf Company -- is a leading provider of scalable enterprise servers delivering a complete range of UNIX solutions from the desktop to the data center. Pyramid provides premier strategic services for business- critical environments. Together with parent company, Siemens Nixdorf informationssysteme Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme, AG (SNI) was formed in the mid 1990s by the merger of Nixdorf Computer AG and the Siemens' Data Information Services (DIS) division. AG, the companies have a presence in 45 countries and more than 120,000 UNIX system installations worldwide, with mid-range systems operations representing over $1.6 billion in sales worldwide. Cybermation provides integrated business automation solutions for heterogeneous computing environments. Established in 1982, its product line includes ESP Workload Manager for job scheduling and workload management, ESP Console Manager for console automation, ESP Encore 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 Workstation for desktop scheduling and DJC DJC Dark Jedi Council (gaming clan) for real-time resource control. -0- Pyramid is a registered trademark and Nile is a trademark of Pyramid Technology Corporation CONTACT: Cybermation Inc. Tina Rogers (905) 479-4611 |
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