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Target Audience Major selling opportunities
What's New with Affinity for OpenVMS
New Products Wave 4
Resources
Target Audience:
OpenVMS Installed Base Customers who are:
* Integrating Windows NT into their current environment
* Planning a staged migration to Windows NT
* Rely on the unique leadership capabilities of OpenVMS to
run their business
New Customers requiring
* High Availability
* Security
* 24x365 solutions provided
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What's New
* New capabilities reinforce Digital's leadership position
providing Enterprise Windows NT solutions
* Tighter integration between OpenVMS /Windows NT while
deploying Windows NT across the enterprise maintaining a
24x365 Environment
* Digital facilitates seamless integration with Windows NT
and strengthens
* OpenVMS as the unlimited high end server to the Windows
NT environment
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New Products
Advanced Internet and data access -- Enabling web access for
existing OpenVMS applications and data allowing customers to
bring their existing investments into the new computing
infrastructure of the Internet.
* OpenVMS Data Mart -- A complete solution enabling
organizations to access their OpenVMS-based operational
or historical data and consolidate it in a Data Mart.
* ISG Navigator -- Object-oriented database middleware
that enables easy access to OpenVMS data over the Web.
* DIGITAL TP Web Server SDK -- Provides Web access to
business applications running on either DIGITAL ACMS or
ACMSxp Transaction Processing systems and seamlessly
integrates any web server that supports ActiveX.
* STDL For Microsoft Transaction Server SDK -- Brings
STDL, an industry standard TP language, to MTS for true
integration and easy portability
* Additionally, Microsoft Distributed Transaction
Coordinator
(DTC) support within ACMSxp will be available this fall
and will provide easy integration of DTC-enabled
applications and databases with ACMSxp applications
* Reliable Transaction Router V3.1D -- fault tolerant
transactional middleware that now supports Windows 95
and allows secure Internet access.
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Enhanced mail and messaging integration -- Delivering new
DIGITAL mail products that extend their strong integration
capabilities with Microsoft Exchange and provide more access
to the Internet.
* DIGITAL Office Server V4.0 for OpenVMS -- Common
OpenVMS-based messaging- and networked document-sharing
server for ALL-IN-1 and MailWORKS delivering robust and
scalable services to a wide range of mail clients.
* DIGITAL Office Server Web Interface V4.0 -- Provides
users with Internet access to public drawers and folders
in ALL-IN-1 and Office Server file cabinets -- including
access to their home systems from anywhere on the
Internet with standard web browsers.
* DIGITAL Office Server MAPI driver V4.0 -- Enables any
MAPI client -- including Microsoft Office 97 Outlook
Client, Exchange Client, and others -- to access the
Office Server and ALL-IN-1 V3.2 file cabinet.
* DIGITAL TeamLinks Mail V3.0 for Windows -- Provides
additional integration and flexibility by allowing
TeamLinks mail users to connect to a Microsoft Exchange
Server.
* DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor V3.0 -- Monitoring of
complete heterogeneous electronic mail environments
including Microsoft Exchange and OfficeServer.
Expanded application development and integration environments
-- Offering an extensive set of tools, languages, and
middleware, now available across more platforms, providing
better flexibility for application development and
deployment.
* DEC COBOL V2.4 -- Available on Windows NT Alpha platform
* DEC C V5.6 -- Increased compatibility with the C
compiler provided in Microsoft's Visual C++.
* CMS Client V1.2 for Windows -- Support for Windows NT
Alpha platform provides PC desktop access to CMS
libraries and functions that reside on OpenVMS.
* Fort� V3, Fort� Express V2 and Fort� Web SDK -- Key
product enhancements to the Fort� family of
client/server products, featuring better integration
with Microsoft environment.
* BEA ObjectBroker Desktop Connection V1.0 -- Jointly
marketed by DIGITAL and BEA Systems, this middleware
provides open, flesible, easy-to-use object-oriented
facilities for building and linking independently
developed applications and services.
* BEA DECMessageQ. -- Middleware for application
connectivity in high-volume and high-performance
environments. Jointly marketed by DIGITAL and BEA
Systems.
* DIGITAL Visual Fortran V5.0 -- Announced in the March
25, 1997, online issue and the April 1997 hardcopy issue
of Sales Update, and now available for Windows NT Intel
32-bit platforms, Version 5 integrates the robustness of
DIGITAL's Fortran compiler technology with Microsoft's
Developer Studio integrated development environment.
Windows NT network integration -- Delivering new Windows
NT-based products that manage heterogeneous networks and
enable the use of OpenVMS SNA applications across Microsoft's
SNA server.
* DIGITAL SNA Access Server for Windows NT -- Provides a
way to continue using OpenVMS SNA applications across
the Microsoft SNA server without costly rewrites.
* TME 10 NetView for Windows NT -- Comprehensive network
management tools and robust framework for heterogeneous
network management now support Windows NT V4.0 and
feature many GUI enhancements
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Major selling opportunities
with Affinity for OpenVMS Wave 4
Internet
* The ability to access legacy data via the Web (with ISG
Navigator)
Mail and Messaging
* TeamLinks becomes a client to Microsoft Exchange servers
allowing
* TeamLinks users to fully integrate with Exchange
environment.
* Office Server combines the best of ALL-IN-1 and
MailWorks products to provide an enterprise wide
document sharing server
OpenVMS Data Warehousing Solution
* Digital DataMart for OpenVMS provides a complete package
of NSIS services and 3rd party datamart products
NT Integration
* Tighter application development environment integration
with Windows NT
* Transaction processing enhancement allow full
interoperability with
* Microsoft's Distributed Transaction Coordinator
RESOURCES
* Affinity for OpenVMS Program and Wave 4
* Affinity Partners
* Impact Kit
* CUSTOMER Presentation
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Digital's Sales Update
DIGITAL OpenVMS Data Mart Solution
Contacts
For VARS, Resellers and Systems Integrators, contact your distributor for
more information and ordering details.
All others, contact the following:
Corporate: Alan Belancik (Product Management), DTN 381-0363, (603)
881-0363, ZKO
Jim Rainville (Product Marketing), DTN 381-6434, (603) 881-6434, ZKO
Americas: Mike Stahl, DTN 471-5465, (810) 347-5465, OHF
Kevin Haggerty, DTN 276-8242, (508) 496-8242, OGO
Europe: Henny Olthof, DTN 838-2021, [31] 302832021, UTO
Highlights
* A complete Data Mart solution, including software, services, and
support for organizations with OpenVMS data
* OLE DB connectivity to data sources through ISG Navigator software
* Attractive pricing for departmental budgets
* Custom design, installation, and training by DIGITAL professional
staff; installed in 5 to 6 weeks
* Builds upon OpenVMS strengths of 24x365 high availability and
scalability
Description
The DIGITAL OpenVMS Data Mart is a complete solution set of data
warehousing tools and consulting services from DIGITAL. It is aimed at
DIGITAL users who want to apply data warehousing techniques to data located
on OpenVMS systems throughout their organization. It enables them to access
their operational or historical data on multiple systems -- including
non-OpenVMS -- and consolidate them on a Data Mart. The accessing and
formatting of the data is done through a Windows NT server acting as the
metadata repository or "extraction manager."
The OpenVMS Data Mart comprises the following:
* ISG Navigator software, to establish an ODBC connection to the data on
OpenVMS systems using OLE DB connectivity
* Informatica PowerMart software to extract and format the data
* Business Objects software to enable end-user knowledge workers to
manage their queries and arrange the presentation of the data
* Up to six weeks of consulting from DIGITAL for the design,
installation, and sign-over of the customized Data Mart
The OpenVMS Data Mart announcement is part of Wave 4 of the Affinity
Program. It combines the benefits of front-end tools that run on Windows
and Windows NT systems in conjunction with OpenVMS data sources that
deliver high availability, scalability, and security.
Benefits
* DIGITAL product users apply data warehousing to valuable data on their
OpenVMS systems
* OpenVMS Data Mart is customized to specific business needs with the
installation and tuning done by DIGITAL professionals
* OpenVMS Data Mart is implemented in a short timeframe (5 to 6 weeks)
* OpenVMS Data Mart is priced affordably for a departmental budget
* All OpenVMS Data Mart software required, from the end user to the
source data, is included -- Users receive a Data Mart with components
that have been tested together
* Very large amounts of source data on OpenVMS systems are highly
available to the data repository and data mart -- Users can derive
more value from operational data, sales histories, customer profiles,
or other historical data
* Users derive the benefits of reduced inventory costs, better target
marketing, better informed capital decisions, better return on assets,
and improved competitive edge
* Users access their data from a Windows or Windows NT environment while
maintaining the high availability, security, and scalability features
of the OpenVMS back end server
Positioning
The OpenVMS Data Mart shares similar components with the DIGITAL Data Mart
announced in late 1996. The primary difference is that the OpenVMS Data
Mart uses the capabilities of ISG Navigator software to access databases on
OpenVMS systems through OLE DB, while the DIGITAL Data Mart is configured
on a Windows NT server using Microsoft SQL Server as its localized
database.
ISG Navigator software provides state-of-the-art access to operational and
legacy data from desktop PCs in client/server and intranet environments. It
provides distributed, high performance access to RMS, Oracle Rdb, Oracle7,
SYBASE, and other data sources. It presents two- or three-tier and
Internet/intranet applications with a single interface to OpenVMS servers.
It enables a PC client to connect to multiple data sources on multiple
servers, using either dedicated networks or the Internet. For additional
information on the ISG Navigator product, refer to the "ISG Navigator V1.0"
article in this issue. For more information on the use of ISG Navigator on
the Internet, refer to the "Using ISG Navigator to Access OpenVMS Data Over
the Web from Windows NT" article in this issue.
Selling information
The successful sale and installation of this solution set depends heavily
on the involvement of Network and Systems Integration Services (NSIS). It
should be sold in conjunction with members of the Information Management
Practice of NSIS or through consultation with them. The successful
installation of an OpenVMS Data Mart will strengthen your account control
and can lead to your involvement in selling a larger enterprise-wide Data
Warehouse.
Customers with data on OpenVMS systems are typically found in the areas of
health care, banking, finance, telecommunications, retail, and insurance.
Specific knowledge of your accounts will lead you to those customers with
valuable data distributed on several OpenVMS systems throughout the
organization
The OpenVMS Data Mart is intended as a proof-of-concept approach to data
warehousing. In-depth business analysis and business process reengineering
are outside the scope of this solution set. (The customer's business issue
that will be addressed should already have been identified, as well as the
sources for the data that will be used to populate the data mart.)
Availability and ordering
The OpenVMS Data Mart is available May 19, 1997, from DIGITAL and its
business partners.
Order No. Description U.S. List
QS-ODMA9-CP OpenVMS Data Mart $104,500
Services
Support services are provided by the DIGITAL Network and Systems
Integration Services Group. The primary goal of the service -- part of the
solution -- is to implement a single, subject-specific decision support
system. This is accomplished by installing and configuring an operational
data mart based on a specific business purpose. The duration of the onsite
consulting should not exceed 30 business days. If further consulting
assistance is needed, a Customized Consulting Service (QS-CPPA9-5Z) can be
ordered.
* The service activities included in this solution set typically include
the following:
o Engagement kickoff
o Meet with management sponsor
o Design phase
o Review goals and objectives of this OpenVMS Data Mart service
o Prepare implementation plan for service delivery, including
definition of audiences, delivery schedule, definition of
success, and preliminary design of the Data Mart
o Configure server
o Verify hardware installation
o Document configuration issues and configure server hardware
o Database software installation
o Install database software
o Document configuration including access gateways, database size
calculations, partitioning, granularity, and database refreshing
programs
o Extraction software installation
o Install Informatica PowerMart software, and establish extraction
and transformation procedures
o Implement metadata repository
o Decision support software
o Install decision support tools
o Document queries developed during engagement
o Test implementation
o Test pilot implementation based on critical success factors
developed during design phase
o Technical training
o Train database administrator and IT technical staff on
maintaining the Data Mart framework
o Business end-user training
o Train end-user to use ad-hoc reporting facilities
o Wrap-up
o Review business drivers with management sponsor in terms of Data
Mart solutions model
Technical data
Components
Extraction and transformation of data -- Informatica PowerMart Suite
This suite of integrated client/server software tools builds, deploys, and
manages the enterprise-scaleable data mart. These tools enable rapid
development; moreover, their unique architecture and multi-thread
capabilities allow them to scale up to support very large data volumes and
a very large user community.
Decision support at the desktop -- Business Objects
This set of tools provides business users with a powerful, easy-to-use
Microsoft Office-style interface to information stored in the Data Mart
with integrated query, reporting, and online analytical processing
capabilities.
ODBC access using Microsoft OLE DB connectivity -- ISG Navigator
Although the OpenVMS Data Mart is targeted primarily at the OpenVMS
installed base, most users will have a heterogeneous environment. The ISG
Navigator software supports the following platforms as data sources:
* OpenVMS (VAX and Alpha)
* DIGITAL UNIX
* Windows NT (Intel and Alpha)
* Windows 95
* IBM (MVS and AIX)
* Sun Solaris
* HP-UX
On any of the above platforms, the database can be any of the following
formats:
* RMS
* Oracle Rdb7
* Oracle7
* SYBASE
* INFORMIX
* CA INGRES
* Microsoft SQL Server
* DB2
* C-ISAM
* DBMS
Future support is planned for the following databases:
* Software AG Adabas
* IMS/DB
* VSAM
* MUMPS
Licensing
The OpenVMS Data Mart includes the following licenses:
Data Management Microsoft SQL Server 1 License
Extraction/TransformationInformatica PowerMart 1 License
Decision Support Business Objects
- Explorer 5 Licenses
- Reporter 5 Licenses
- Designer 1 License
- Supervisor 1 License
ODBC Interface ISG Navigator Server 1 License
ISG Navigator Clients 10 Licenses
The license for business objects software includes five end-user licenses.
Five end-user clients may connect to the repository to access the data
mart. Additional licenses are available through DIGITAL.
The licenses for ISG Navigator software include one server license and
10-client licenses. In this context, server refers to the system that is
the data source. If multiple systems are accessed as data sources, the
following additional server licenses may be purchased:
QM-5QLAD-BA ISG Navigator Server License and 1-client $5,995
Connection License
QB-5QLAD-BB ISG Navigator Server License and 10-client 9,750
Connection Licenses
For ISG Navigator software, the term "client connection license" refers to
each connection that is made from the repository to the data mart, and each
connection made from an end user to the data mart. Ten client connection
licenses are included in the OpenVMS Data Mart. The following additional
client licenses are available:
QB-5QLAC-BA 1 ISG Navigator Client License $ 500
QB-5QLAC-BB 10 ISG Navigator Client Licenses 4,250
QB-5QLAC-BC 20 ISG Navigator Client Licenses 7,000
QB-5QLAC-BD 50 ISG Navigator Client Licenses 13,750
QB-5QLAC-BE 100 ISG Navigator Client Licenses 20,000
QB-5QLAC-BF 500 ISG Navigator Client Licenses 75,000
Resources
Internal
* Network and Systems Integration Services Internal Web site --
http://www.sbu.dec.com/im
* NSIS activities in the Information Management Practice --
http://csse.mro.dec.com/silib/pc/infoman.html
External
* OpenVMS Data Mart product brief --
http://www.digital.com/openvms/brochures/warehouse/index.html
* OpenVMS Data Warehousing product brief - EC-F7116-93
* DIGITAL U.S. Call Center -- 800-DIGITAL (800) 344-4825
* DIGITAL Business Link Web site -- http://www.businesslink.digital.com
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DIGITAL, the DIGITAL logo, Alpha, OpenVMS, OpenVMS RMS, VAX, and VAX DBMS
are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.
Other trademarks are listed with their owners: Business Object S.A.
(BusinessObjects); Informatica Corp. (Informatica, Power Mart);
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP-UX); Informix Software (C-ISAM, INFORMIX); Intel
Corp. (Intel); International Business Machines Corp. (AIX, DB2, IBM, IMS,
MVS); International Software Group (ISG Navigator); Microsoft Corp.
(Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows, Windows NT); Oracle Corp.
(Oracle Rdb, Oracle7); Sun Microsystems (Solaris); Sybase (SYBASE). UNIX is
a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed
exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd.
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