PLATINUM technology, inc. and Innovative Designs sign co-marketing agreement.OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 1996-- Agreement Will Allow Companies To Offer Their Customers One-Source Solution For Managing Both 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. , DB2 Databases PLATINUM technology Platinum Technology Inc. was founded by Andrew Filipowski in 1987 to market and support deployment of Database Management software products and the applications enabled by database management technology and render related services. , inc. and Innovative DP Designs, Inc. today announced they have signed an agreement that allows PLATINUM to co-market Innovative Designs' IMS Toolkit database utilities, and allows Innovative Designs to co-market PLATINUM's DB2 database utilities. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will market these tools worldwide. The agreement is effective immediately. "This agreement will allow PLATINUM to provide our customers with a broader range of products for managing both their DB2 and IMS databases," said Scott Jessee, director of development for PLATINUM's Oakbrook Utilities Lab. "We are pleased to be working with Innovative Designs, which offers the industry's premier set of utilities for IMS databases." "The 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) database marketplace has been anticipating an alliance between our two companies," said Tom Bird, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Innovative Designs. "With Innovative Designs' state-of-the-art IMS products and PLATINUM's world-class DB2 leadership, together we will provide high-performance, cost-effective database tools for both platforms." About Innovative Designs' IMS Utilities Innovative Designs' IMS Toolkit utilities are designed for database administrators, systems programmers, master terminal operators and application programmers to monitor, measure, and tune the performance of IMS database and data communication systems. The products use state-of-the-art technology that is CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. sysplex-ready. The IMS Toolkit consists of: - Data Base Analyzer - monitors, tunes and checks database integrity; - Data Base Copier - performs database backups; - Data Base Extractor - extracts data and creates sequential files; - Data Base Organizer - quickly loads and unloads databases, and performs structural changes; - Data Base Surgeon - displays and modifies records and blocks; - DC Monitor Extensions - provides additional performance and tuning data to IMS DC Monitor; - High Performance Recovery - provides high-speed recovery of databases; - Randomizer In telecommunication, the term randomizer has the following meanings: 1. A device used to invert the sense of pseudorandomly selected bits of a bit stream to avoid long sequences of bits of the same sense (also referred to as scrambler). Analyzer Program - analyzes HDAM HDAM Hierarchical Direct Access Method (IBM) HDAM Hyper Dynamic Amplifier Module (Marantz) and DEDB DEDB Data Entry Data Base randomizers; - Secondary Index Builder - builds new secondary indexes and rebuilds existing indexes; and - Secondary Index - provides secondary indexing capabilities for IMS DEDB Fast Path databases. About PLATINUM's DB2 Utilities PLATINUM offers the most complete suite of DB2 utility software for maximizing system and DB2 object availability in production environments. PLATINUM's database product categories include loading, unloading, reorganizing, recovering, and compressing data. Effective use of utilities can result in substantial savings of personnel overhead and system resources (1) In a computer system, system resources are the components that provide its inherent capabilities and contribute to its overall performance. System memory, cache memory, hard disk space, IRQs and DMA channels are examples. (e.g. CPU time The amount of time it takes for the CPU to execute a set of instructions and generally excludes the waiting time for input and output. CPU time - processor time and disk space). Typical time savings range from 2 to 10 times faster than the utilities shipped with DB2. Innovative Designs will co-market the following PLATINUM DB2 for 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. utilities: - PLATINUM Data Compressor - compresses data, saving disk space; - PLATINUM Rapid Reorg Reorg (or Corporate Action or Reorganization) Any transaction involving the issuance of stock or cash, or the cancellation of stock tendered by a shareholder, such as in the case of a merger, acquisition or tender offer. - reorganizes tablespaces and indexspaces; - PLATINUM Quick Copy - quickly makes copies of table data; - PLATINUM Fast Recover - restores tablespaces and indexspaces; - PLATINUM Fast Unload - quickly unloads data from data files; - PLATINUM Fast Load - quickly loads data into data files; - PLATINUM Fast Index - adds indexes to large tables; - PLATINUM Fast Check - monitors and controls database consistency; - PLATINUM Partition Expert - repartitions a tablespace without having to drop and re-create it first; and - PLATINUM Merge/Modify - saves and merges copies of tables for future recovery. Sales Information Sales information on PLATINUM's products can be obtained by contacting PLATINUM at 1-800-442-6861 or 1-630-620-5000, or info@platinum.com. Innovative Designs can be reached at 1-800-328-2926 or 1-707-255-8000. About Innovative Designs Innovative Designs is a leading provider of fast, functionally-rich, cost-effective tools for IMS, DB2, and CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without databases. About PLATINUM technology, inc. PLATINUM technology, inc., one of the top 20 software vendors worldwide, provides the broadest range of operations software for managing distributed, multiplatform IT environments, which include mainframes, open systems, desktop systems, and the Web/Internet/intranets. PLATINUM provides full turnkey software and services, integrated product suites, and world-class point products in the areas of Application Development, Business Intelligence, Database Management, Data Warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , Systems Management, and Year 2000. Headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois Oakbrook Terrace is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The population was 2,300 at the 2000 census. A 2003 recount gave the city a population of 2,293. , PLATINUM distributes its products worldwide through a network of domestic and international sales offices. Additional information about PLATINUM is available via the World Wide Web at http://www.platinum.com All PLATINUM product names and product category names are trademarks of PLATINUM technology, inc. Other company names and product names referenced herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective corporation. NOTE TO EDITORS: There are several "at" symbols in this release and in the contact information below: before "platinum.com"; between "dave.kitchen" and "cbpr.com"; and between "uss24wy4" and "ibmmail.com." This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: PLATINUM technology, inc. Janet Scharlow/Barbara Brodley, 630/620-5000 ext. 1935 or 1936 scharlow@platinum.com brodley@platinum.com or Copithorne & Bellows David Kitchen, 617/450-4300 dave.kitchen@cbpr.com or Innovative DP Designs, Inc. Tom Bird, 707/255-8000 uss24wy4@ibmmail.com |
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