1996 Mainframe Software Survey

Volume 9, Issue 4
Fall 1996

1996 Mainframe Software Survey

Sofware Company/ Software Product Price Range/ Maintenance Compatible with what systems? Min. Base Hardware Config. Operating System Recovery System or Application Dependencies of systems? Applications? Other Services

ADVANCED SYSTEMS CONCEPTS INC.
Remote Shadow Option 33--41 Newark St. Hoboken, NJ 07030 (800) 229-2724 Fax (201) 798-9203
$5,000 - $50,000 Maint: $750 - $7,500 Digital VAX, Alpha OpenVMS

N/A

OpenVMS Data N/A
Yes
Remote backup software system management tools for OpenVMS

INTERLINK COMPUTER SCIENCES, INC. Harbor 4 47370 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 (510) 657-9800 Fax (510) 659-6381 $25k Maintenance: Call for details. AT&T System V for Intel 4.0, HP-UX 9.0 & 10.0, IBM AIX 3.2 & 4.1, Solaris 2.4, SunOS 4.1, DEC Unix AXP, DG-UX and more MVS mainframe based MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/390 Data backup/ restore archive/ retrieve Yes, Yes Professional training and consulting

NEW ERA SOFTWARE INC. Not So SAE P.O. Box 2129 Cupertino, CA 95015-2129 (408) 777-1900 Fax (408) 777-1999 $17,500 and up Maint: 15% of then current price All level of MVS Any hardware capable of running MVS

MVS

Yes Yes,Yes

PANORAMA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Sunrise 5550 Topanga Canyon Blvd 3rd Fl Woodland Hills, CA 91367 (818) 710-7333, (800) 829-7788 Fax (818) 883-2338 $20,000 and up based on MIPS config. Maint: 18% MVS/XA ESA Runs under either JES2/JES3 subsystems operated in Native TSO or as an option under IBM SPS/ISPS facility MVS/XA, MVS/ESA Yes Yes, Yes Business continuity software for mainframe and client/server; consulting and training for Panorama products

SOFTWARE INFORMATION SERVICES, INC. 1) ABARS Manager 2) ASAP P.O. Box 4132 Bellevue, WA 98009 (206) 455-3589 Fax (206) 455-1992 1) $30,200+ CPU dependant 2) $21,700+ CPU dependant Both) Maint: 15% of current license fee after year one Both) MVS/ESA Both) System 370/390 or equivalent Both) MVS/ESA 1) Applications 2) identifies critical datasets for backup 1) Yes, Yes 2) Yes with ABARS, Yes with ABARS Software, consulting services, training in storage management and disaster recovery for MVS systems

SERENA SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL SyncTrac 500 Airport Blvd. Suite 200 Burlingame, CA 94010 (415) 696-1800 Fax (415) 696-1776 $10,000 - $70,000 Maint: 16% Mainframes N/A MVS Both Yes, Yes Five other products that held customers address application and systems change management

Trilogy Software DR/VFI Rebecca Levesque 1100 Fifth Avenue South Naples, FL 34102 (800)742-3389 Fax (941)263-4960. $15,100 - $43,500 Maint: 15% current list price MVS/XA, MVS/ESA N/A MVS/XA, MVS/ESA Applications and Systems Yes, Yes Disaster Recovery Contsulting and training and implementation of DR/VFI

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Sofware Company/ Software Product	Price Range/ Maintenance	Compatible with what systems?	Min. Base Hardware Config.	Operating System	Recovery System or Application	Dependencies of systems? Applications?	Other Services
ADVANCED SYSTEMS CONCEPTS INC. Remote Shadow Option 33--41 Newark St. Hoboken, NJ 07030 (800) 229-2724 Fax (201) 798-9203	$5,000 - $50,000 Maint: $750 - $7,500	Digital VAX, Alpha OpenVMS	N/A	OpenVMS	Data	N/A Yes	Remote backup software system management tools for OpenVMS
INTERLINK COMPUTER SCIENCES, INC. Harbor 4 47370 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 (510) 657-9800 Fax (510) 659-6381	$25k Maintenance: Call for details.	AT&T System V for Intel 4.0, HP-UX 9.0 & 10.0, IBM AIX 3.2 & 4.1, Solaris 2.4, SunOS 4.1, DEC Unix AXP, DG-UX and more	MVS mainframe based	MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/390	Data backup/ restore archive/ retrieve	Yes, Yes	Professional training and consulting
NEW ERA SOFTWARE INC. Not So SAE P.O. Box 2129 Cupertino, CA 95015-2129 (408) 777-1900 Fax (408) 777-1999	$17,500 and up Maint: 15% of then current price	All level of MVS	Any hardware capable of running MVS	MVS	Yes	Yes,Yes
PANORAMA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Sunrise 5550 Topanga Canyon Blvd 3rd Fl Woodland Hills, CA 91367 (818) 710-7333, (800) 829-7788 Fax (818) 883-2338	$20,000 and up based on MIPS config. Maint: 18%	MVS/XA ESA	Runs under either JES2/JES3 subsystems operated in Native TSO or as an option under IBM SPS/ISPS facility	MVS/XA, MVS/ESA	Yes	Yes, Yes	Business continuity software for mainframe and client/server; consulting and training for Panorama products
SOFTWARE INFORMATION SERVICES, INC. 1) ABARS Manager 2) ASAP P.O. Box 4132 Bellevue, WA 98009 (206) 455-3589 Fax (206) 455-1992	1) $30,200+ CPU dependant 2) $21,700+ CPU dependant Both) Maint: 15% of current license fee after year one	Both) MVS/ESA	Both) System 370/390 or equivalent	Both) MVS/ESA	1) Applications 2) identifies critical datasets for backup	1) Yes, Yes 2) Yes with ABARS, Yes with ABARS	Software, consulting services, training in storage management and disaster recovery for MVS systems
SERENA SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL SyncTrac 500 Airport Blvd. Suite 200 Burlingame, CA 94010 (415) 696-1800 Fax (415) 696-1776	$10,000 - $70,000 Maint: 16%	Mainframes	N/A	MVS	Both	Yes, Yes	Five other products that held customers address application and systems change management
Trilogy Software DR/VFI Rebecca Levesque 1100 Fifth Avenue South Naples, FL 34102 (800)742-3389 Fax (941)263-4960.	$15,100 - $43,500 Maint: 15% current list price	MVS/XA, MVS/ESA	N/A	MVS/XA, MVS/ESA	Applications and Systems	Yes, Yes	Disaster Recovery Contsulting and training and implementation of DR/VFI