Ensure business continuity for ibm i rocket software. Rocket develops products in such fields as analytics, networks, data, storage, and enterprise software. You can leverage the deep technical skills of our labbased, software services. Rocket software provides covid19 tools for remote mv work. In the event of an outage, you can bring a warm mirror of a clustered ibm i system into service within minutes. Over the next weeks, we will count down to ibm think with each of the 2020. When you purchase products from rocket software, the rocket technical support organization is here to ensure your success with your rocket software products. Ibm spin off icluster to rocket software tbk consult. It introduces you to the eserver brand initiative clusterproven for iseries and explains how it applies to iseries customers and independent software vendors. The delivery of the new release within six months of the products acquisition from ibm demonstrates the commitment that rocket software has made for the product. Aug 07, 2012 rocket software is now shipping version 7.
Rocket software empowers organizations to create legendary impact in the world through innovation in legacy technology. To celebrate our ongoing partnership with ibm, and our dedication to innovation, legacy technologies and legendary results, we want to highlight them. If you have not looked at rocket icluster recently, you havent seen it. With deep expertise in ibm z, ibm power, and embedded database systems and. Nov 22, 2019 high availability software market challenges, pest analysis, regional existence with manufacture by 2026 evidian, atos, carbonite, ibm, linbit, nec, rocket. Jan 09, 2012 the high availability software market in the ibm i space is getting off to an interesting start in 2012 now that rocket software has bought the icluster software business from ibm. Perl is a generalpurpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. We develop products and deliver services that drive even more successful outcomes for ibm customers around the globe. He supports multiple db2 user groups, has been a speaker at several idug and insightthink conferences, is a redbookredpaper author, and ibm champion. Rocket software to expand development relationship for ibm. Rocket software was founded in boston in 1990 with a focus on ibm db2 tools. Countdown to ibm think with ibm champion doug anderson the.
I joined rocket software in january as the general manager of the power systems division. Rocket icluster will become a new brand within rocket s storage, networks and compliance business unit, and will expand on rocket s breadth of solutions for ibm i. Rocket talks up ibm i biz in wake of restructuring. They are both derivatives of the pick operating system. For many years, logical replication solutions were the only choice in the high availability product category for ibm i and its predecessor platforms.
The initial motivation for producing these papers was to accelerate the training of some entrylevel, and more specifically juniorlevel, db2 for zos systems programmers, systems administrators, and database administrators. End of marketing eom status indicates that u2 is no longer actively marketing a product version to new customers, due to the availability of later versions. Open source languages and tools for zos rocket software. Ibm datamirror icluster for the ibm system i platform helps. Rocket software empowers organizations to create legendary impact in the world.
Ibm software systems and applications are designed to solve the most challenging needs of organizations large and small, across all industries, worldwide. Rocket software announces git version control tools for ibm zos. Nov 29, 2012 rocket was founded in 1990 as a developer of software for ibm mainframe customers, but within the first decade it rebranded itself and expanded its enterprise software business to areas including. Application resiliency can be delivered by exploiting os400 cluster technology and cluster management services such as those provided by ibm high availability business partners. Mark watts software engineer rocket software linkedin. Currently, as a principal solutions architect with rocket software, paul is focused on the tools used to maximize db2 for zos value, with emphasis in database cloning and devops processes. Rocket software announces the release of rocket icluster 7. Rocket software buys fifth company this year boston.
The zos port of git supports automatic tagging and conversion of text files between iso88591 ascii and ibm 1047 ebcdic character encodings. Software services ibm software services has the breadth, depth, and reach to manage your services needs. Share on facebook share on facebook the new brandrocket iclusterwill be lodged within the rocket storage, networks and compliance group. The firms products are designed to run on mainframes, linuxunixwindows, ibm i, cloud, and hybridvirtualized systems. Rocket software is a trusted, strategic ibm partner, with a relationship that began over 25 years ago. Rocket icluster reduces downtime related to unexpected ibm i system interruptions, with realtime, faulttolerant, objectlevel replication. Oct 10, 2018 rocket software owns several ibm i product lines thanks to various acquisitions over the years, including aldon, seagull, bluezone, and icluster. With deep expertise in ibm z, ibm power, and embedded database systems and application servers, rocket solutions power tens of thousands of global businesses, solving real problems and making realworld impact.
Gateway that makes it easy to leverage modern languages, frameworks and techniques that improve access to rocket unidatauniverse data and business logic. The icluster team will be joining rocket softwares global organization of more than 900 employees and become a new brand rocket icluster. Elizabeth hudson ibm and mark watts, software engineer at. Rocket software is a privately held software development firm with business and technology partnerships with ibm, emc, and others. Rocket talks up ibm i biz in wake of restructuring it jungle. Celebrating our 2020 ibm champions the rocket software blog. Rocket icluster highavailabilitydisaster recovery hadr solutions help ensure uninterrupted operation. Rocket u2 is a suite of database management dbms and supporting software now owned by rocket software. Thank you for your interest in rocket software solutions. Small to medium businesses that need an easytouse, software or hardwarebased, highavailability solution. Rocket software software applications for the mainframe.
Service for this product is currently being provided by rocket software. This special product lifecycle announcement notes the end of marketing for product versions that still retain the ibm branding. Civil right groups object to monitoring technology in uk shopping malls. Rocket software buys icluster ha biz from ibm it jungle. Andy youniss cofounded rocket software in 1990 and continues to be the companys main driving force. These open source languages and tools enable anyone to program a mainframe. Tend to place people in training just for the sake of keeping people busy. Rocket software to expand development relationship for ibm db2 tools on z systems rocket to accelerate innovation, development, support, and delivery of db2 tools. Jan 11, 2012 rocket software newton, ma, usa has announced that it has closed the acquisition of the icluster business from ibm armonk, ny, usa. Clustering and iasps for higher availability on the ibm.
The company has more than 1200 employees, and is headquartered in waltham, massachusetts, usa. Both of these products are operating environments which run on current unix, linux and windows operating systems. Expand ibm spectrum protect snapshot data protection capabilities. Our partnership spans multiple ibm brands, solutions, and platforms, including z systems and power systems. A glimpse inside db2 for zos is a collection of midlevel technical papers. Jan 29, 2008 icluster helps protect your critical business applications from outages, whether planned for backups, maintenance, or ptfs or unplanned.
Download and use our browserbased terminal emulator free of charge until. Rocket icluster and rocket ha assist deliver the best value for hadr on ibm power systems running i. Rocket documentation powered by rocket nxt rocket software. If you experience any problems with your login or have any other questions about the community, please contact rocket customer care. The rocket technical support organization is a unified team of technical support professionals that are dedicated to the various rocket software brands. Rocket icluster will become a new brand within rockets storage, networks and compliance business unit, and will expand on rockets breadth of solutions for ibm i. This port offers enhancements over other versions of perl. Rocket icluster reduces downtime related to unexpected ibm i system interruptions. Rocket software is a large, global company and a longstanding enterprise software partner of ibm s with an excellent track record of delivering value to clients. The icluster team will be joining rocket software s global organization of more than 900 employees and become a new brand rocket icluster within the rocket storage, networks and compliance group. A glimpse inside db2 for zos the rocket software blog. This technical refresh is available immediately for customer download and provides a number of new enhancements and product features that make the product even easier to administer. Rocket icluster highavailabilitydisaster recovery hadr solutions help ensure uninterrupted operations.
Enterpriseclass managed file transfer solutions that make it easy for teams to share and sync files securely. Rocket icluster ha assist was designed specifically for the highavailability. The deal was announced on january 4, but was actually closed by rocket software and ibm on december 31 for an undisclosed sum, and. Rocket aldon rocket arkivio rocket as rocket bluezonepassport rocket corvu rocket d3 rocket data rocket folionxt rocket icluster rocket legasuite rocket m204 rocket mainstar rocket networks rocket productivity suite rocket rlink rocket servergraph rocket trubiquity rocket u2 zos open source languages and tools. Also included in the bluezone suite of products are secure file transfer. Rocket icluster and rocket icluster ha assist use the security and auditability features of the ibm i operating system. Rocket icluster rocket multivalue integration server rocket servergraph. At a glance features technical info resourcescomplementary business continuity and disaster recovery solution for power and pureflex systems licensed for powerha on. Rocket software and ibm i solution editions protect data and complement powerha.
High availability software market challenges, pest analysis. Through those products, the company plays in a range of ibm irelated it disciplines, including application lifecycle management, devops, application modernization, mobile development, terminal. If this is the first time youre visiting the community you will need to reset your password. If your available youre put in it, no matter if its related to your job or has anything to do with the area of work your in. Ibm and rocket software, all of the employees working on icluster. Uncategorised back to home rocket software acquires ibm icluster. Our division focuses on the technologies that support administrators and developers of ibm power and ibm i, and a few broader solutions like our amazing terminal emulation solution. It is primarily used for software development, but it can be used to keep track of changes in any files. Andy successfully established and actively manages rocket s largest oem partnerships and is guiding the companys growth through technology investments, acquisitions, new product lines, and strategic partnerships. Rocket software completes acquisition of ibm icluster. Rocket software announces git version control tools for ibm zos opensource application helps mainframe companies improve collaboration and eliminate version control issues. It is optimized for high transaction volume environments, and it can be scaled down to meet the needs of small to medium ibm i business clients. Nov 21, 2011 rocket software is a large, global company and a longstanding enterprise software partner of ibms with an excellent track record of delivering value to clients. Provide a wide range of best practice technical support for rocket icluster software product high availability and disaster recovery on an ibm iseries as400 supportassist rocket customers.
Multivalue application platform trials rocket software. Rocket software has been on an acquisition tear in the ibm space for the past. Rocket icluster reduces downtime related to unexpected ibm i system interruptions, with. Each paper is written on a specific topic of db2 for zos, which. Rocket software is a privately held software development firm founded in 1990. Rocket was a mainframe software company, and bain was investing in that mainframe business.