Welcome to the TandemWorld Newsletter for June 2004.
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Contents
TheView from River Rock Software 
Virtual TapeServer Offers Expanded Fibre Channel Connectivity 
Insession Technologies was chosen by HP and IBM 
Integrated Research Announces PROGNOSIS integration with HP OpenView Operations
Tributary Systems, Inc. announces its new entry-level Virtual Tape Solution (VTS).
ETI-NET announces expanded availability of BackBox Virtual Tape Controller 
User Groups 
Employment 
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TheView from River Rock Software 
"Significant productivity improvements for NonStop™ novices and experts alike" 
Do you have operators and systems personnel who are required to work on several different OS environments and just do not have time to become familiar with NonStop command structures? 
Or perhaps you are a NonStop expert who would like to concentrate on resolving the problem in hand and not spend the time remembering SCF syntax or typing TEDIT commands? 
TheView is a powerful Windows® based GUI hosting a collection of tools and utilities designed for developers, system managers, operators, database administrators, and analysts. It will increase your productivity and working on NonStop will be what it should be - easy!
Key Features:
Guardian and OSS support
Client or Server based licencing to address single-user to major multi-site requirements
Simple to install/administer (default installation possible within minutes)
"Point and click" access to NonStop files and resources (e.g. Spooler and SCF)
Access to and editing of files via TheView is significantly quicker than using TEDIT (or XVS)
ChromaCoding (syntax colouring) of TAL / COBOL / C / TACL improves debugging productivity
XYPRO certified to interface to XYGATE Security and Access Control
Built-in macro capability to automate regular activities
Optional CAIL emulator for 6530 TACL access
Testimonial (other customer references are available): 
HP NonStop Division, Cupertino:
"TheView is a Windows style editor that puts a modern interface on NonStop systems. Searching, cutting and pasting within and between files, and opening listing files are all incredibly simple operations - and all editing is transparently saved back to the NonStop system with a simple Windows style Save. 
Installation is a breeze, and support has been phenomenal. Any bugs (the handful there have been, have all been minor) have been acted on quickly; and requests for enhancements have been enthusiastically received and often put in an upcoming release. If you have ever used a Windows product (like Word) before, it will be natural to use TheView!"
Distributed in EMEA by Sionet International Limited. For further information including a datasheet or to request a demo version please visit:
http://www.sionet-intl.com/riverrock.html 
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Virtual TapeServer Offers Expanded Fibre Channel Connectivity 
Tape Laboratories is pleased to announce that Virtual TapeServer now natively supports Fibre Channel host connections. This no-charge feature, allows direct FC connection of new Itanium-based NonStop Servers (as well as FC based open systems) to Virtual TapeServer; S- & K-series users can extend their connections via FC at half the cost of current solutions, equating to a savings of $7900 per host connection.
TapeLabs also offers a range of Fibre Channel & iSCSI Bridge products that are priced substantially below the currently available NonStop SCSI - FC bridge. Virtual TapeServer, available from HP, is in heterogeneous production use by multiple referenceable NonStop users. 
For more information, contact TapeLabs at +1 (310) 577-1700, or visit the TapeLabs website at http://www.tapelabs.com. For more information in EMEA contact Sionet International +44 141 204 4046 or mail info@sionet-intl.com.
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Insession Technologies chosen by HP and IBM 
Earlier this year, Insession Technologies was chosen by HP and IBM to be an
OEM partner for Websphere MQ (WMQ) on the HP NonStop server. Now, when it
comes time for your annual maintenance renewal of WMQ, you can license this
support from Insession Technologies.

As part of this agreement, Insession Technologies will provide customer
support for Websphere MQ on the HP NonStop platform. HP and IBM chose
Insession Technologies as a partner because of our history in providing
exceptional customer support to HP NonStop users.

We offer a number of solutions that work with Websphere MQ, including:

SSL over MQSeries – SafeTGate:SSL works with WMQ, so you can now secure
WMQ connections from the HP NonStop server to any other server running WMQ.

SNA over MQSeries – ICE:APPC works with WMQ, so you can now use LU6.2
communications from the HP NonStop server to any other server using LU6.2
with WMQ.

SOAP over MQSeries – WebGate’s SOAPTP will soon be integrated with WMQ, so
users can take advantage of SOAP standards for message processing over WMQ
between the HP NonStop server and any other server using SOAP over WMQ.

For more information contact your Insession Technologies representative, or
email jamesk@insession.com or call +44 1923 812721 for more details.
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Integrated Research Announces PROGNOSIS integration with HP OpenView Operations
Sydney, June 8, 2004. Software developer Integrated Research (IR) today announced integration of its PROGNOSIS suite of systems management software with HP OpenView, through the newly released PROGNOSIS Smart Plug In (SPI) for OpenView Operations (OVO).

“PROGNOSIS is recognized as the leading and most comprehensive management tool for HP NonStop – the world’s highest-availability platform – which is why it’s used by so many of the world’s largest companies to manage their NonStop environments,” says Integrated Research’s founder and CEO, Steve Killelea.

Unlike most systems management products that correlate information with server-based agents – introducing significant delays in the process – PROGNOSIS SPI for OpenView Operations features an agent-less design that returns availability and performance metrics in real time, detecting and resolving problems with local automation. HP OpenView users can then correlate events enterprise-wide, and command PROGNOSIS SPI for OVO to action events on one or many servers instantaneously. 

The proven PROGNOSIS architecture provides ‘best-of-breed’ HP NonStop performance management. The OVO framework is targeted at operations and problem management on an enterprise level, helping to manage the people and processes required to track problems. Together, PROGNOSIS and OVO provide new capabilities that give organizations advanced monitoring and management of their total environment.

“With PROGNOSIS, HP OpenView users can manage the HP NonStop applications, middleware, hardware and networks, in real time, leveraging their existing investment in the OpenView framework,” adds Killelea.

Benefits at a glance:
The PROGNOSIS/HP OpenView Operations (OVO) integration provides HP OpenView customers with access to:

· Real-time metrics and performance alerts for HP NonStop servers, including hardware and software 
· Monitoring of critical middleware and business application components such as Pathway, Tuxedo, WebSphere MQ, JVM, WebLogic, iTP Webserver, BASE24 and OpenCall INS
· Automatic population of service views to the component level for both applications and system infrastructure
· Event management with customizable filtering, message grouping, and service identification
· Pre-configured thresholds for performance and availability - all fully customizable
· Operator-initiated and automated actions with command and control of the HP NonStop Server.
For more information please consult www.ir.com
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Tributary Systems, Inc. announces its new entry-level Virtual Tape Solution (VTS). 
TSI’s new entry-level VTS product offering uses a single ProLiant ML530 server with a built-in disk cache of 2 TB. This product is an extremely cost effective TSI VTS implementation specifically designed for small to medium HP NonStop customer environments. The new product offers all the same features and functionality as the class-leading enterprise TSI Virtual Tape Solution product on NonStop. 
For more information on TSI's new entry-level Virtual Tape Solution, in the EMEA area contact TSI European Sales at:
Jim Elliott Burkhard Kours or visit the TSI website at http://www.tributary.com
Glasgow, United Kingdom Frankfurt, Germany
011 44 141 891 4842 011 49 6172 597 6264
jim_elliott@tsieurope.com bkours@tributary.com
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ETI-NET announces expanded availability of BackBox Virtual Tape Controller
BackBox is a comprehensive virtual tape emulator solution implemented using HP ProLiant servers. BackBox provides NonStop server users extended device support for high performance open system disk and tape subsystems while presenting a native tape drive personality to the NSK operating system via SCSI controllers. 
In response to strong demand for on-site evaluation and demonstration of BackBox, ETI-NET has added trial units to its popular “Seven Dwarfs” program. The “dwarf” features a non disruptive, customer self-install version of the BackBox, hosted on an HP Pavilion tower. 
To arrange a trial or for additional details, contact ETI-NET at information@etinet.com or visit the website at http://www.etinet.com.
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User Groups
BITUG OSS & Java SIG. This SIG will be held on the 19th August at HP's Wood Street Offices. For more information please contact BITUG 
CTUG Tandem Security SIG. The next date for the Security SIG has been set. It will be our usual morning session. Date: June 25, 2004 Time: 08:30 - 14:00 
Location: HP, Office 675 Cochrane Drive, Markham. For more information please contact CTUG
MATUG NonStop Roadshow MATUG is hosting a stop on the ITUG Southeast Regional NonStop Roadshow. For more information please contact MATUG
OTUG Education Day July 22 Web Services class. For more information please contact OTUG or http://www.hp.com/education/courses/u8527s.html 

OZTUG 2004 Conference & Trade Show 26 - 27 July Sydney, Australia. For more inforamtion visit OZTUG
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Employment
Systems Manager - OSS - London - Contract
Tandem Developers - Cobol and/or C - Europe - Contract
Tandem Pre-Sales - Base24 - UK - Permanent
For information on the above roles and other positions please go to Tandemworld
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