KnowledgeNet's Net Wrk Product Series Gateway Technology Allows Data Transfers Across Networking Protocol Boundaries.PALATINE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1995--KnowledgeNet Inc. announces a new gateway capability in the Net/Wrk Product Series v. 2.5, which allows Net/Wrk commands to span protocol boundaries. As the corporate world embraces client/server technologies, companies are finding that integrating systems throughout the enterprise requires products that can communicate across network boundaries without adding complexity for users. The Net/Wrk Product Series now provides the capability to transfer files and execute remote programs anywhere in the enterprise without knowing the network protocols being used. The Net/Wrk Product Series software uses the appropriate protocol stack based on the available communications protocols between the local system and any intermediate systems and the final destination system. For example, the gateway technology can transmit a file from a DEC VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) A venerable family of 32-bit computers from HP (via Digital and Compaq) introduced in 1977 with the VAX-11/780. VAX models ranged from desktop units to mainframes all running the same VMS operating system, and VAXes could emulate PDP models over TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. to Windows NT and then from Windows NT to an MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. mainframe over SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. . This is performed through a single command by the user. Error reporting is logged at all locations in the transfer path and back to the user. The conversation is end-to-end, which means that the file is not stored on the intermediate Windows NT machine, but instead is directly transferred to the final destination. The Net/Wrk Product Series is a family of communications products providing powerful bi-directional file transfer and remote program execution over TCP/IP and SNA protocols for MVS, VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. , Windows, Windows For Workgroups A version of Windows 3.1 introduced in 1992 that added peer-to-peer networking. See Windows. (operating system) Windows for Workgroups - (WFW, WFWG) A version of Windows 3.1 which works with a network. Although stand-alone 3. , Windows NT, OS/2, AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , 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. , and OS/400. This is an industrial strength product specifically designed for integrating systems within the enterprise. Other major enhancements in the Net/Wrk Product Series v. 2.5 are: Net/Wrk Scheduler, which allows scheduling of Net/Wrk commands by date and time. In addition, the scheduler can automatically retry re·try tr.v. re·tried , re·try·ing, re·tries To try again. Verb 1. retry - hear or try a court case anew rehear failed commands based on specific error codes. The amount of retries re·tries v. Third person singular present tense of retry. and the time between retries can be controlled by the user. Net/Wrk Monitor, which allows the status of all active commands to be displayed. File format control for the target location, which allows the user to specify the field separator and the record terminator for the target file. Control of VMS file types used for VMS target files through the extended attributes mechanism. Net/WrkNT asynchronous communications over SNA or TCP/IP via Windows NT Remote Access Service (RAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Remote Access Service) A Windows NT/2000 Server feature that allows remote users access to the network from their Windows laptops or desktops via modem. See RRAS and network access server. ). The software automatically recognizes locations requiring a dial-up connection and attempts to connect through RAS to the target system. In addition, Net/WrkOS2 uses Communications Manager/2 v. 1.11 for OS/2 to dial-up over SNA. Service API implemented in Visual Basic and C, which allows the user to write custom software that makes use of the Net/Wrk Products Series full list of capabilities. In addition, it includes functions to allow communications process control, AS/400 record level I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output access, and browse the objects of remote AS/400s. Internal record blocking, which has greatly improved the speed of transfers. Checkpoint Restart, which enables a failed transfer to be restarted without re-transmission of the entire file. File transfers are started at the point of the last logged checkpoint. The frequency of checkpoints is controlled by the user. Lempel-Ziv 78 compression support for Net/WrkMVS. This compression method increases speed of transferring files to and from MVS, and decreases the amount of data transferred. KnowledgeNet delivers powerful connectivity solutions to Fortune 500 companies worldwide. The Net/Wrk Product Series brings powerful integration tools to your enterprise network, including mainframes, midrange and desktop systems over TCP/IP or SNA network protocols. To obtain more information about the Net/Wrk Product Series contact, KnowledgeNet at: KnowledgeNet, Inc. 1260 W. Northwest Hwy. Palatine, IL 60067 (800) 292-0127 (708) 705-0400 (708) 991-4039 (FAX) Internet: sales@kn.com (C)Copyright 1995 KnowledgeNet Inc. Net/Wrk, KnowledgeNet and its logo are registered trademarks of KnowledgeNet, Inc. and Net/WrkNT, Net/WrkOS2, and Net/WrkMVS are trademarks of KnowledgeNet, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other company names and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies. NOTE: There should be an ``at'' sign between the words ``sales'' and ``kn.com'' in the Internet address listed above. If this symbol does not come through properly, please make the substitution. CONTACT: KnowledgeNet Inc., Palatine Rich Russell, 708/705-0400 |
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