Hi Bruce, It looks like you have a good list there. One thing you might want to consider is whether the product fully supports SNA (E.g. 3270) and IP (E.g. TN3270 and TN3270E) protocols. Of course the majority of the products on your list have been in use for quite some time, but some may have not benefited from the R & D that others may have. From my travels I see a lot of TPX and SuperSession, but then Im largely UK and EMEA based.
Theres a report on the web (http://www.north-ridge.com/network.php) that is a little old but might be worth reviewing. There of course will be some information with the Industry Analysts (E.g. Gartner, META, Etc.) and less expensive information from folks such as Xephon and z/Journal. If it were me I would look to the customer base numbers the maturity and support structure of the company, the R & D over the last 5 years or so in the product and make sure that it supports all of todays requirements, which would seem to include SNA, IP, GUI (E.g. SOA, Web Portal), Single Sign-On (E.g. Security (Authorization, Authentication, Pass-Ticket, Etc.), Scripting, Multiple Language Support (E.g. Globalisation), naming but a few. Ultimately I suspect this might reduce your list down to several players and then ultimately as with any decision, cost will then be an influencing factor. Regards, UK Mikey. On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:08:17 +1100, Bruce Jefferies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Listers, >I've been asked to find a list of 3270 Session Managers and have come up >with the following. > >I'd really appreciate any feedback regarding the listed products (and any I >may have missed). >Our use is simply to be able to jump between 3270 sessions and to be able >to modify the list >of sessions displayed depending on who the user is. > >I'm a little concerned some of these may be 'functionally stablised' and we >don't want to get >lumbered with a dud. >All war stories appreciated - gotcha's etc, please. > >If I get enough responses, I'll post a summary! > >SuperSession >BIM/Window >Netview Access Services >Session Manager for z/OS >VTAM/Switch >Intersession >Multsess >Net-Pass >TPX >VTAM/Windows >Solve:Access > >Thanks in advance. >Bruce ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
