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PRODUCT Description
ACCESS for DB2
ACCESS for DB2 is a editor for DB2 data bases. Browse, edit and join tables at will.
ACF2 ACF2 is NWRDC's mainframe security system
ALTER for DB2 ALTER for DB2 is an ISPF-based software product which works in combination with your DB2 system to facilitate alteration, duplication and/or migration of DB2 data structures.
ASSIST/TS ASSIST manages the display and maintenance of CICS help screen overlays without any modifications to the application program.
BMS/TS BMS/TS is a basic mapping support screen generator, from GT/SOFTWARE.
CATALOG MANAGER CATALOG MANAGER provides interactive access to DB2 catalog information and application data with easy-to-use menus, panels and online Help.
CICS CICS is the industry standard for transactional processing
COBOL COBOL is the primary high-level language in use at the NWRDC
Code-1 Plus Code1, a product of Group1 software, is a postal address verification package.
CONTROL-M CONTROL M automates virtually all the job handling tasks of computer operators.
DB2 DB2, IBM's premiere relational data base.
DB2 Connect DB2 Connect is a gateway from the distributed platforms to DB2 on the mainframe.
Easytrieve Easytrieve is an information retrieval and data management system designed to simplify programming. Its English-like language and simple declarative statements provide the tools needed to produce comprehensive reports with ease.
FDR
FATS/FATR
Fast Dump Restore (FDR), the name says it all. FDR provides easy backup and restore for data sets and DASD volumes.
FOCUS FOCUS: Data Reporting and Management System
Insight Insight is an interactive performance monitor that enables the user to specify a DB2 subsystem to monitor.
INTERTEST INTERTEST in an interactive debugger that allows programmers to monitor the execution of CICS programs.
IOF The Interactive Output Facility (IOF) provides a comprehensive interface to the JES2 subsystem (jobs and printed output).
ISPF VSAM Utility ISPF/VSAM Utility provides on-line access (through ISPF) to the most often used VSAM manipulation normally done with IDCAMS batch processing.
Log Master for DB2 Log Master for DB2 allows you to access and use the DB2 log for purposes beyond restart and recovery.
MOVE for DB2 Move for DB2 is the relational copy facility component of Princeton SofTech's Relational Tools. It is used to migrate relationally intact sets of data from multiple source tables to corresponding destination tables.
ODE ODE is a CICS based data entry facility.
PanValet PANVALET is a central library facility that can store source programs, object programs, Job control streams and Data files.
QuickRef MVS/Quick-Ref is an online programmer's reference that provides access to a summary of frequently used MVS and other reference materials.
SAS The Statistical Analysis System (SAS) is modular integrated application systems software that allows developers and users to access, manage, analyze and present data from virtually any source.
Shadow Direct Shadow Direct provides ODBC connections to DB2.
Shadow Web Shadow Web is a full function Web Server deployed as an OS/390 started task.
SPIFFY SPIFFY is a TSO/ISPF add-on. It provides many features not present in ISPF and it facilitates the use of existing ISPF functions by eliminating menu navigation.
SymDump SYMDUMP is a Computer Associates' tool that captures the programming environment at the time of a CICS application ABEND.
SyncSort SyncSort is a high speed replacement for the IBM SORT program.
VSAM Assist VSAM Assist backs up alternate indexes with their associated base clusters. Alternate indexes may also be backed up as individual data sets.
zOS zOS release 1.4 is the current operating system in use on the NWRDC mainframe.
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