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AES www.aesclever.com
Applied Expert Systems, Inc. offers business service management solutions for the enterprise with CLEVERBSM, a suite of proactive performance monitoring products that allow you to manage your IT environments in accordance with business objectives, maximizing your most critical resources - your TCP/IP networks and Web sites: CLEVER Web monitors end-to-end Web application performance, including wait time. CLEVER TCP/IP provides z/OS-centric IP monitoring. CLEVER eRoute provides enterprise routing performance analysis. CLEVER cTrace Plus provides IP and VTAM trace analysis and diagnostics.
Aptitune Corporation www.Aptitune.com
Aptitune produces performance analysis tools, including our flagship product, SarCheck. SarCheck analyzes sar reports, data from the /proc filesystem and ps -elf output. Tunable kernel parameters are examined to produce a concise plain English report. SarCheck identifies problems and recommends corrective action. SarCheck can use gnuplot to create JPEG or PNG graphs accompanying its text.
ASG www.asg.com
	ASG is a privately held global enterprise software and professional services firm with a full range of software solutions in Security, Applications, Workload, Information, Performance, and Infrastructure Management. Founded in 1986, ASG serves the majority of Global 5000 firms, and has 7,000 customer sites and 18,000 software licenses worldwide.
Axios Products, Inc. www.axios.com
With today's increasing demand for 24/7 online availability, the challenges of missed windows and limited resources can make day-to-day and long-term goals difficult to achieve. The SmartProduction® batch analysis and tuning software addresses these challenges. SmartProduction automatically locates production inefficiencies, and provides focused analysis and tuning solutions to reduce batch run time and increase system online time. Visit us to learn more about SmartProduction and our other mainframe performance tools, including the SmartAnalyzer® backup reliability analysis tool.
BMC Software www.bmc.com
BMC Software, Inc. [NYSE:BMC], is a leading provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from a business perspective. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC Software solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. Founded in 1980, BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal 2004 revenues of more than $1.4 billion. For more information about BMC Software, visit www.bmc.com.
CIMS Lab, Inc. www.cimslab.com
The CIMS Suite of products provides Capacity Planning, Resource Accounting and Chargeback across the entire Enterprise. CIMS data collectors support all major platforms and systems such as OS/390, UNIX, Windows, Databases, E-Mail Systems, Networks, Internet and more. CIMS is always working with its customers to develop new features and products to improve Capacity Planning, Resource Accounting and Chargeback. To learn more about the CIMS System, please stop by the CIMS booth (#420).
Computer Associates International, Inc. www.ca.com
	Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA), the world's largest management software company, delivers software and services across operations, security, storage, life cycle and service management to optimize the performance, reliability and efficiency of enterprise IT environments. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y., and operates in more than 100 countries. For more information, please visit http://ca.com.
Computer Management Sciences, Incorporated www.cpexpert.com
Computer Management Sciences offers CPExpert™ to help analyze performance problems with MVS environments. CPExpert automates computer performance evaluation by detecting system performance problems, identifying the causes of the problems, and suggesting ways to improve system performance. CPExpert analyzes performance problems with DB2, Workload Manager, CICS, and DASD. The latest component of CPExpert analyzes performance problems with WebSphere MQ for z/OS. CPExpert is written in SAS, executes as a batch job, and analyzes standard SMF/RMF data contained in a performance data base.
Compuware Corporation www.compuware.com
Compuware Corporation is a leading global provider of software products and professional services that help IT professionals develop, integrate, test, and manage the performance of applications that drive their businesses. Our products optimize every step in the application process - from defining requirements to supporting production service levels - for mainframe, distributed, and web platforms. To learn more, visit www.compuware.com.
Demand Technology Software, Inc. www.demandtech.com
Demand Technology is the proud developer of Performance SeNTry, the premiere Windows Server 2003 performance data collector on the market today. Performance SeNTry is designed with the professional performance analyst and capacity planner in mind. When you combine Performance SeNTry's intelligent data collection capabilities with incredible reports from Lund MetaView and Performance Gallery, Merrill's MXG, SAS, and SAS Institute's IT Resource Manager, you have the ability, for the first time, to take control of your critical Windows servers and applications.
EMC www.emc.com
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world leader in products, services and solutions for information storage and management that help organizations extract the maximum value from their information, at the lowest total cost, across every point in the information lifecycle. For more information about EMC’s products and services please stop by our booth (#320) at the CMG 2004 Conference or visit our website at www.EMC.com.
Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand www.fujitsu.com/au/
	Fujitsu is a world leader in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Microelectronics industries. Our network of over 500 companies spans 100 countries and employs more than 180,000 people. In Australia and New Zealand, we have an enviable track record in transforming the operations of public and private enterprises by delivering the best technology and business solutions. Our products and services range from PCs and high-speed Intel-based servers to data centres, award-winning call centres, telecommunications networks, retail solutions and sophisticated business applications.
HYDRA Systems, Inc. www.hydrasystems.com
HYDRA SYSTEMS Announces a fully functional 3745/3174 Replacement. HYDRA 3000 the leading replacement for IBM mainframe controllers, support Escon Channel, Gigabit and 10/100 MB Ethernet. Asynchronous and Lan connectivity for (terminal and printer) sessions and mainframe based pc file servers, as well as TCP/IP, RJE, Pnet, BSC, SDLC, SNI, Ethernet, Copper and Escon Channel communications all based in a single chassis. The HYDRA 3000 is exclusively developed, manufactured and marketed by HYDRA SYSTEMS Inc. Contact us at www.hydrasystems.com or call 800 554-9372.
HyPerformix, Inc. www.hyperformix.com
	To align IT resources with the needs of the business, enterprises must ensure the successful performance of critical applications, while also optimizing the utilization and cost of the IT infrastructure. The HyPerformix solution helps reach this alignment; providing decision-support tools to understand application performance and predict the effect of changes BEFORE they are made. The benefits of the HyPerformix solution: reduced risk of deploying enterprise applications, avoidance of unnecessary IT spending, optimization of IT infrastructure, revenue protection, and improved time-to-market.
IBM / Tivoli www.ibm.com
	IBM provides the industry-leading and most comprehensive portfolio of zSeries enterprise solutions. Operating systems, middleware and powerful tools which allow you to develop, manage and maintain a highly effective IT infrastructure in today’s on demand environment. Servers and storage systems which are optimized with capabilities for integrating your business and transforming your IT architecture.
InfoVista www.infovista.com
InfoVista enables service providers and enterprises to manage and optimize their IT offerings through service-centric performance management solutions. InfoVista solutions are built on a proven software architecture that collects and analyzes performance information from thousands of IT assets in real time. InfoVista transforms these technology metrics into business relevant, insightful and actionable information. InfoVista calls this transformation, and the resulting actionable information-- Business Technology Intelligence (BTI). Eighty percent of the world's largest service providers as ranked by Fortune®, as well as leading Global 2000 enterprises, have selected InfoVista to maximize the value of their business technology assets. For more information about the company, please visit www.infovista.com.
ISM (the Information Systems Manager) www.perfman.com
ISM, an international leader in capacity/performance tools & services, provides clear & concise answers to the complex mgmt questions posed by today’s multi-platform enterprise environment ISM’s PerfMan provides an enterprisewide view reducing management & strategic planning complexities, allowing for more insightful decision-making & greater alignment of IT with strategic corporate objectives PerfMan support: Windows, UNIX/Linux, and z/OS analysis, reporting & modeling CICS, DB2, Oracle, Exchange, Tapes Libraries, SQL Server, IIS, & Active Directory Stop by booth #206 for more info
Isogon Corporation www.isogon.com
Isogon Corporation is a leading provider of IT Asset Management solutions and z/OS programming productivity tools in the Global 2000 marketplace. Isogon’s productivity tools are acknowledged in the industry as successful time and resource savings investments. System resources and programmer time are valuable, Isogon’s tools help conserve both. Offerings include SPIFFY, the ISPF/PDF enhancer; TICTOC, the date/time simulation testing tool; and InterSession, the easy-to-use VTAM session manager. Established in 1983, Isogon Corporation is a privately-held company based in New York City. Isogon has consulting and sales offices in North America, London, and Sydney, and business partners throughout the world. www.isogon.com
itSMF USA
The Information Technology Service Management Forum USA (itSMF USA) is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 2,000 corporate and government members responsible for advancing IT Service Management best practices through the utilization of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL®).
Merrill Consultants www.mxg.com
MXG is a comprehensive SAS-based software package which processes data records used for Measurement of Performance Objectives and Resource Utilization, for System Tuning, for Cost Recovery and Accounting, and for Capacity Measurement and Management with menu-driven graphical reports and analyses. MXG supports data from all operating systems (AS/400, OS/390, z/OS, z/VM, unix, aix, Windows, etc.), and all of their subsystems. MXG can be executed under SAS on any platform to process data records created on any other platform.
Metron-Athene, Inc. www.metron-athene.com
Metron-Athene performance management software solution provides measurement, analysis, planning and reporting capabilities for UNIX, Linux, Windows, z/OS and OS/390. For UNIX, Linux and Windows, Athene captures and collects performance data from target systems and provides applications that exploit this data for alert management, performance analysis, Oracle and SQL Server performance reporting, trend analysis and analytical modeling. For OS/390 performance data is captured from target systems (using standard data sources) and client applications exploit this data for performance analysis.
MVS Solutions Inc. www.mvssol.com
If you’ve been given the task of improving your batch window processing, you must look at ThruPut Manager. ThruPut Manager’s Service Level Manager will automate your batch processing, saving a great deal of elapsed processing time, shortening your batch window time and getting your reports out and your online up faster. If you’re a CA-7 user, learn how we can empower CA-7 and help it get your schedule complete, on-time, every time. Join us at our presentation and visit our booth to learn how ThruPut Manager solves typical problems encountered by data centers everywhere.
Net IQ Corporation www.netiq.com
NetIQ provides the solutions needed to meet management challenges for delivery of critical business applications and services. Since end-user service level expectations must be met, IT organizations must be able to relate infrastructure and application behavior with business services. NetIQ's Service Management solutions are built to ensure that you are able to perform all critical functions as defined in the Service Management lifecycle--a conceptual model dividing application and service management activities into one of four distinct phases: Assess, Define, Operate and Review.
OC Systems Inc www.ocsystems.com
Measure inside your software without changing your software! If your existing performance tools don't give you all the visibility you need, and you want a deeper, more fundamental understanding of your system, try RootCause. RootCause lets you create application-specific instrumentation -- without actually changing your applications. RootCause can also be embedded in your existing performance and measurement solutions, enhancing them to include previously unavailable performance measurements and delivering a complete measurement and performance solution for your system.
OPNET Technologies www.opnet.com
OPNET is a leading provider of management software for networks and applications, enabling enterprises to: rapidly diagnose end-to-end performance problems, pre- or post-deployment model server, mainframe, and network infrastructure for capacity planning automate network diagnostics, for policy and configuration change validation OPNET products deliver rapid ROI to thousands of customers, including blue-chip organizations such as: Abbott Labs, Continental Airlines, Mary Kay, Office Depot, Prudential, TXU, and SunTrust Banks.
PerfCap Corporation www.perfcap.com
	PerfCap offers over 20 years of expertise in developing out-of-the-box, fully automated, web-based, highly scalable and economical software for Performance, Capacity and Asset Management. PAWZ: Performance Software for historical and real-time data collection, analysis, reporting and alerting. eCAP: A Capacity Planning software to answer “What if” questions using analytical queuing network modeling. FindIT: An Asset Management and Change Tracking Software providing inventory of hardware, software and licenses. Platforms: HP-UX, Tru64, Sun-Solaris, IBM-AIX, Linux, OpenVMS, Windows NT/2000/2003.
ProactiveNet, Inc. www.proactivenet.com
ProactiveNet's patented software solutions measure, analyze, and visualize performance of SLAs, web and client/server application and related infrastructures in Global 2000 and leading e-Commerce companies.
Responsive Systems www.responsivesystems.com
Provides industry leading software to improve DB2, IMS, and DASD system performance. Buffer Pool Tool is the industry standard for pool tuning, and remains the only product that can accurately predict the effect of changes and I/O rates. In addition to un-paralleled accuracy, it also provides a proven methodology for grouping objects into pools based on access type and working set size. DASD Xpert provides the ability to keep any dataset resident in controller cache, thus guarantying I/O response times.
RSpeed, Inc. www.rspeedinc.com
Today, companies are relying heavily on their network infrastructure for all kinds of business productivity. A disruption in the network leads to a loss of time and money. The result is having to do more with less. RSpeed provides best of breed solutions that will effectively allow IT managers the ability to manage their desktops, servers and mobile devices while at the same time connecting and securing their entire network. RSpeed also offers professional services such as consultation, design, deployment, training, maintenance and monitoring
SAS Institute Inc. www.sas.com
SAS is the leader in providing a new generation of software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites -- including 96 of the top 100 of the 2003 FORTUNE Global 500 -- to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions. For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers The Power to Know®. Join us Monday, Dec. 6, to learn how SAS® IT Management Solutions help you manage your IT organization and infrastructure, evaluate and control costs, and make informed decisions that directly affect the bottom line.
SeaNet Technologies seanet-tech.com
SeaNet is a leading provider of capacity planning, network management, and performance management solutions that enable enterprises to objectively measure, analyze and improve upon IT Service levels. SeaNet’s SeaView products provide the most granular and comprehensive view of end-user experience needed to help enterprises deliver the best possible performance and value for infrastructure investments. SeaNet Technologies bridges the divide between real and perceived user service levels to arrive at a common language and method for assuring the best possible service and utilization of resources.
SHUNRA www.shunra.com
Shunra Software provides a family of solutions that help companies eliminate the risk of delivering distributed applications over the network. The Shunra Virtual Enterprise provides an exact replica of the production environment - including remote offices, end-users, and the network that connects them - for IT professionals to work in throughout the project lifecycle. With the Shunra Virtual Enterprise users can quickly, easily and cost effectively find and resolve problems before, not after delivery.
TeamQuest Corporation www.teamquest.com
	TeamQuest focuses solely on data center performance management and capacity planning. It’s all we do. Our software helps you meet service levels while minimizing costs, consolidate servers, accurately size new systems, and predict capacity requirements for forecasted business growth. TeamQuest offers a complete, integrated solution, from monitoring to modeling. Our software suite helps IT departments mature from basic performance monitoring, to proactive bottleneck detection, to predicting resource requirements for growth or consolidation.
Trident Services, Inc. www.triserv.com
OS/EM (AWESOME): OPERATING SYSTEM/ENVIRONMENT MANAGER for z/OS & OS/390. Capacity Planning, Operations & Technical Services are all exploiting OS/EM's numerous robust ISPF features. Dynamic Capabilities: Maximize CPU Resources & Batch Resource Routing, Reduce ISV costs, Eliminate Assembler Exits, Tape Share, and HSM Optimizer are just some of OS/EM's proactive features delivering 24/7 availability.
Velocity Software, Inc. www.velocitysoftware.com
Velocity Software is "Unlocking the Mysteries of Linux". Corporations are continuing to integrate Linux on IBM's z/VM into their business(IT) technologies. Management & monitoring of Linux related performance issues present unique challenges. Velocity Software's enables you to monitor in real-time & historically analyze the performance of your z/VM & Linux on z/VM system & applications including Domino & Websphere. Hosted on z/VM, Velocity Software's Linux Performance Suite(ESALPS) is a comprehensive suite encompassing the products required for analyzing performance of Linux under z/VM. Providing real-time & historical reporting, ESALPS is the complete solution to monitor & measure enterprise performance. VM/ESA, z/VM are registered trademarks of IBM Corp. Other products & company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
VIEO www.vieo.com
	VIEO provides the industry’s only real-time solution for managing application service levels. The centralized VIEO 1000 appliance measures application service levels and identifies, analyzes, and corrects end-to-end infrastructure problems that affect them. The VIEO 1000’s real-time integrated capabilities allow IT organizations to reduce the cost and complexity of supporting business demands. In 2004 VIEO received Computerworld’s Innovative Technology Award and InfoWorld’s Systems Management Product of the Year Award. Lead by IT visionary Bob Fabbio, VIEO is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Wily Technology www.wilytech.com
Wily Technology is the market-leading provider of Enterprise Application Management solutions. Wily's products enable companies to successfully manage their critical Web applications and infrastructure by providing real-time visibility into the performance and availability of these systems. Wily customers rapidly detect and diagnose application slowdowns and failures, and virtually eliminate the chaos of blame games. This means better customer service, more stable revenue streams, and higher IT productivity.
Xaffire, Inc. www.xaffire.com
Xaffire, Inc. develops and sells Xfire, the most powerful Web application management solution in today's market. By combining innovative instant replay for every user session with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure monitoring tools, Xfire enables more rapid, efficient diagnosis of the intermittent problems that plague websites at the application layer and results in enhanced site quality of service, reduced organizational stress and increased customer satisfaction. Customers using Xaffire's solution benefit from integrated end user, network and system monitoring in one easy-to-use interface.
z/Journal zjournal.com
	Zjournal is the only independent magazine dedicated to users of IBM zseries and S/390 systems.