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Advanced Software Products Group, Inc. (ASPG, Inc.) www.aspg.com
ASPG offers 20 innovative software solutions, including flagship tools for CPU/WLM/DASD/Tape/DFSMShsm Reporting & Analysis and SMF Data Management. Since 1986, ASPG has provided cutting edge software solutions, support and services in the areas of Storage Administration, Capacity Planning, Data Security, System Productivity and CICS Productivity. With a worldwide network of support, including an active role as an IBM PartnerWorld Partner and Microsoft Certified Partner, ASPG remains a leader in the optimization of data center performance. ASPG serves one in three GLOBAL 1000 data centers.
AES www.aesclever.com
AES CLEVER® Solutions (CleverView™ for Route Performance, CleverView™ for IP Service Performance, CleverView™ for TCP/IP, CleverView™ for TCP/IP SLR, CleverView™ for Web Performance, and CleverView™ for cTrace Analysis) extend traditional network and Web site management capabilities into all corners of the IP network world. These proactive network performance and availability Business Service Management solutions focus on maximizing the efficiency of critical TCP/IP network and Website resources and provide intelligent views into the world of IP networks and services.
Aptitune Corporation www.sarcheck.com
Aptitune produces performance analysis tools for UNIX and Linux, 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. We’re the folks with the propeller hats! – come by and get one while they last.
ASG www.asg.com
Founded in 1986, ASG is a privately held enterprise software and professional services firm that provides a full range of software solutions in the Metadata Management, Applications Management, Operations Management, Content Management, Performance Management, Security Management, and Infrastructure Management arenas. ASG is headquartered in Naples, Florida, USA, with more than 45 offices throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia/Pacific. For more information, visit ASG at www.asg.com.
BMC Software www.bmc.com
BMC Software, Inc., 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.
CapTell Developments Pty Ltd www.captelldevelopments.com
CapTell Developments, an Australian company provides cost effective capacity management reporting solutions. CapTell is an easy to use software tool for the interpretation of computer usage data and the production of meaningful capacity management reports. It allows users to tailor document templates and includes embedded objects such as graphs and tables. Once the templates have been established, users can easily create standard reports with the latest data available. With CapTell, cyclic reporting can be fully automated freeing up the capacity manager for more appropriate analysis work.
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 UNIX/Linux, Windows, Mainframe, 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 (#419).
Computer Associates International, Inc. www.ca.com
	Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), one of the world's largest Information Technology (IT) management software companies, empowers customers to securely manage their computing environments to drive greater business results. Our tools and expertise help customers unify and simplify their IT infrastructures to lower costs, reduce risk, improve compliance and ensure critical services are always available.
Computer Management Sciences, Inc. www.cpexpert.com
CMS 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, & suggesting ways to improve system performance. Different components of CPExpert analyze performance problems with WebSphere MQ, DB2, Goal Mode, CICS, & DASD.
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.
CPT Global Limited www.cptglobal.com
CPT Global (CPT) is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange with subsidiaries in USA, UK and Germany. CPT’s worldwide client list includes companies across the Telecommunications, Financial, Transport and Government sectors. Core Capabilities: Performance Tuning, Capacity Planning, Cost Reduction Services CPT has 200 specialist IT consultants. This depth of experience allows CPT to quickly identify performance and capacity problems, and to implement effective solutions. CPT’s Cost Reduction Services provide CPU savings of between15-30%. We offer the option of Risk/Reward (success fee) invoicing.
Demand Technology Software, Inc. www.demandtech.com
Demand Technology Software is the proud developer of Performance SeNTry, the premiere Windows Server 2003 performance data collector. Performance SeNTry is designed with the professional performance analyst and capacity planner in mind. When you combine Performance SeNTry's intelligent data collection capabilities; its full function Microsoft SQL Server-based Performance DataBase; and third party support from Lund MetaView and Performance Gallery, Merrill's MXG, SAS, and SAS Institute's IT Resource Manager, you have the ability, to take control of your critical Windows servers and applications.
Diversified Software www.diversifiedsoftware.com
	Diversified Software is the leading supplier of JCL management products to data centers throughout the world. Over 1,000 of the top 2,000 data centers worldwide rely on one or more of the company's products. Founded in 1978, Diversified Software continues its commitment to the challenging world of JCL management through extensive research and development and by providing the critical technical support needed in today's complex IT environments. Diversified Software products are available directly from the company and through the IBM remarketing program.
HyPerformix, Inc. www.hyperformix.com
	HyPerformix is a leading application performance and capacity management software company focused on the needs of Global 2000 enterprises who share three common goals:Deliver applications that meet performance objectives; Maximize IT investments; and Manage the risk of constant change. HyPerformix helps reach these goals through a proactive approach to performance and capacity management that provides a service level view across the entire application life cycle. This end-to-end view of the application ensures alignment between IT resources and business needs.
Indicative Software www.indicative.com
Indicative Software is an IT service management company that enables IT organizations to cost effectively and proactively measure end-to-end application and service performance. Unlike other vendors, Indicative’s software monitors and manages complex distributed applications and all aspects of underlying infrastructure with a single cohesive product. Indicative enables IT organizations to have a practical and incremental roadmap in order to quickly mature from traditional silo-based infrastructure management towards true application and business service management.
ISaccountable, LLC www.isaccountable.com
ISaccountable is an IT management software and services company offering solutions that enable ongoing IT infrastructure rightsizing (IR), allowing IT organizations to assure their infrastructure resources are being utilized efficiently and their spending is optimized. These solutions are built on unique proprietary technology and scale to the largest IT environments. ISaccountable's initial offering, ServerIR, provides visibility into real server demand requirements, helps match available server capacity with that demand and enables ongoing optimization of server cost efficiencies.
ISAM www.isamgroup.com
ISAM provides software financial benchmarking and analysis, usage analysis, and negotiation services that have enabled the largest data centers, corporations, outsourcers and U.S. governments to manage their software costs. ISAM's unique IBM pricing tool has saved over 90% of its customers in excess of 10% of their IBM software costs.
ISM (the Information Systems Manager) www.perfman.com
ISM helps some of the world's most successful companies achieve extraordinary levels of quality, efficiency and dependability in Information Technology. ''ISM - The power behind great IT decisions.''
itSMF USA www.itsmfusa.org
Since our beginnings in 1997, the itSMF USA has grown to become the premier IT Service Management professional forum in the USA. We have continuously taken exciting steps in professionalizing and expanding our capabilities and services for our membership. As a result, 2005 promises to be our most exciting year yet! We have 29 active itSMF USA Local Interest Groups (LIGs) and growing.
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 or 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 is a leading Performance Management, Capacity Planning and Capacity Forecasting, software specialist. Athene, our flagship product is a widely adopted solution providing Performance Alerting, Automatic Reporting, Workload Characterization, Service Level Reporting, Trend Analysis and Server Consolidation. Athene supports UNIX, Linux, Windows and z/OS mainframes.
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 6 Automation Edition automates 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, there's even more! Learn how we can empower CA-7 and help it get your schedule complete, on-time, every time. Look for our vendor presentation and visit our booth to learn how ThruPut Manager solves batch problems encountered by z/OS data centers everywhere.
NASPA www.naspa.com
The Network and Systems Professionals Association is a not-for-profit (IRC-501-C6) corporation dedicated to enhancing the professional and personal lives of its members, IT technical professionals worldwide. NaSPA has thousands of members in over 80 countries. In the United States, NaSPA has members in all companies on the Fortune 500 list.
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.
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.
Platform Solutions, Inc. www.platform-solutions.com
Platform Solutions, Inc. (PSI), is the first developer of a new generation of mainframe computers compatible with the broadest set of datacenter environments and operating systems, including IBM® z/OS®. PSI mainframe computers are based on proven systems architecture spun-off from Amdahl and industry-standard Intel® Itanium® 2 processor technology. This unique combination gives customers of PSI unique advantages for enterprise system consolidation. PSI mainframe computers can simultaneously run the z/OS® operating system along with Linux, UNIX® and Windows®.
ProactiveNet, Inc. www.proactivenet.com
ProactiveNet, Inc. is the time-to-value leader in Business Services Management software solutions for Global 2000 and leading e-commerce companies. The company’s end-to-end solutions deliver unique capabilities to customers with requirements to align IT services to Business priorities, seamlessly link Business process performance to IT service and infrastructure behaviors, and maximize IT’s value to the business.
Responsive Systems www.responsivesystems.com
Responsive Systems provides the proven products for tuning your DB2 and IMS systems. Buffer Pool Tool ® for DB2 and IMS. Dynamic SQL Cache Control. Many of our client sites have saved millions in the first year of use.
SAS Institute Inc. www.sas.com
SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites - including 96 of the top 100 companies of the FORTUNE Global 500 (r). For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know (r). Join us Monday, Dec. 5, to learn how SAS (r) IT Management Solutions help you manage your IT organization and service delivery, control costs and make informed decisions that directly affect your bottom line.
SeaNet Technologies www.seanet-tech.com
SeaNet is a leading provider of capacity planning, network management, and performance 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.
Segue Software www.segue.com
	Segue Software, Inc., the leader in Software Quality Optimization™ (SQO™), provides solutions to define, measure, manage and improve software quality throughout the entire software application lifecycle. Segue’s SQO solutions help companies reduce business risk, ensure deployment of high quality software and increase return on investment. Leading businesses around the world rely on Segue’s innovative Silk products to protect their business service levels, competitive edge and brand reputation. Segue can be reached at +1-781-402-1000 or www.segue.com.
Symmetricom www.ntp-systems.com
Symmetricom is the only supplier of comprehensive network time synchronization solutions that include the dedicated network time servers and the necessary synchronization, management and monitoring software that synchronizes the time on IT devices such as workstations, servers and routers. Our solutions keep log files accurate, applications correct and offer the capability to monitor and manage all of the clients on the network.
TeamQuest Corporation www.teamquest.com
	TeamQuest Corporation is the global leader in IT service optimization (ITSO). TeamQuest Performance Software helps companies quickly manage the efficiency and availability of services they deliver to client organizations. Specializing in capacity planning and performance management, TeamQuest Corporation helps ensure availability and reliability of enterprise systems with advanced software solutions. TeamQuest is a trusted provider of software solutions that improve service delivery, proactively align business priorities with IT resources, reduce risk, and cut costs in their IT organizations.
Trident Services, Inc. www.triserv.com
OS/EM Version 6.0: New functionality includes Improved throughput management by managing Data Set Name Enqueue conflicts, Additional JCL selector criteria for batch resource routing and job classing functions, Enhanced RACF password content controls, Dynamic STEPLIB for TSO REXX Execs, Limit Concurrent Execution of programs and HSM Data Set recalls prior to job execution.
Uptime Software www.uptimesoftware.com
	Uptime software is a leading innovator in server performance and availability management. Our software solution provides clients in over 30 countries with enterprise server capacity and availability monitoring, 7x24 via web browser, delivers automated reports to allow rapid problem isolation, trend analysis and simplified capacity planning. We help our clients take control of their IT infrastructure, improve service availability and optimize server capacity with an easy-to-use tool that costs less than competitive frameworks and deploys in minutes without formal training or consulting services.
Velocity Software, Inc. www.velocitysoftware.com
Velocity Software provides advanced solutions for managing performance. ESALPS™ technology enables you to monitor in real-time and historically analyze the performance of your z/VM, Linux on z/VM and other network servers. Use zTUNE™ to solve your performance problems instantly.
WHAM Engineering & Software www.wham.com
WHAM Engineering & Software is a leader in Unix Performance Tuning solutions . The Focal Point Analysis suite has enabled Fortune 100 organizations such as Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, JC Penney and many others, to optimize the scalability, availability and performance of their applications through innovative analysis of Unix kernel-based metrics. WHAM recently extended it's innovative measurement tools to include Java profiling capability that operates completely non-intrusively and provides tracing to the method level on Linux and UNIX platforms.
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, end-to-end visibility into the performance and availability of these systems. Wily's collaborative management approach allows enterprises to rapidly detect and diagnose application slowdowns and failures, and better assess the impact of application performance on business success. This means better customer service, more stable revenue streams, and higher IT productivity.