Thank you all for your input. It has been quite helpful, Best regards Jack
On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 at 02:56, David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1 Nov 2023, at 10:34 am, Jon Perryman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2023 08:48:03 +0800, David Crayford <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Sorry, OMEGAMON is a Rocket product. I know that because I work on it. > >> So is SDSF, RMF, DB2 utilities, DB2 connect, IMS tools etc, etc. > >> IBM have the core subsystems but the critical tools are owned by > vendors. > > > > It's sad that IBM is selling off assets. These tools have OEM > alternatives which are equally robust. IBM must not consider these critical > tools part of their strategic vision. It sounds like they are letting OEM > vendors do the hard work and deal with the competition. > > It’s not sad at all. IBM would rather spend their development budget on > new ventures like hybrid cloud and AI/ML. They also purchased Instana which > is a great product. I work with IBM to feed it metrics from OMEGAMON. The > tools are in good hands. When Rocket acquired the products the developers > came with them so we have lots of ex-IBMers in the company with world class > skills. > > > > > Are these vendors able to market and sell these products or does > everything go through IBM. > > There's no point. IBM have the marketing power and customers would rather > buy a product with support from IBM. It’s been this way for years. I’ve > worked on IBM products for the last 25 years without ever working for IBM. > HCL own all the PD tools like File Manager, Fault Analyzer and lots more. > 21st own plethora of products sold by IBM. > > Rocket have their own products for cloud tape storage that they sell > direct https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-mntBk32iI. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
