Sterling owned NDM. (Network Data Mover) It was one of the 15 or so products I was responsible for from 2003-2017, it became Connect Direct in 93 & IBM acquired it in 2010. I talked with a number of Sterling people over those years. AFAIK, IBM still owns it but it might be supported by a third party. When IBM bought it, our cost skyrocketed to 100k/year from 20k a year and we decided to drop support and ran it unsupported for years. I wasn’t happy but management always was cost driven.
Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء On Thursday, July 18, 2024, 12:30 PM, Radoslaw Skorupka <[email protected]> wrote: To clarify: Nobody said it is no longer IBM-branded product. SDSF is part of z/OS, but it is developed by Rocket Software. Many other products are also "off-shored" out of IBM to HCL, 21CS, Rocket and maybe other companies. (*) Regarding Connect:Direct - I don't know it's status. IMHO it is somehow internal competitor to MQ MFT, so I don't know whether IBM is willing to enhance it or rather keep it moribound. (*) Side note: JES3 and z/VSE are notable exceptions - those product were somehow "sold" to the companies (Phoenix and 21CS) and now both are marketed and supported be those companies. However TWS, SDSF, PCOMM, Fault Analyzer, Omegamon - all of them are marketed and supported by IBM. Including APARs, PTFs, etc. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland W dniu 18.07.2024 o 18:16, D alta pisze: > I still download it from IBM/Shopz. > On Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 07:11:47 PM EDT, Tabor, Richard J ><[email protected]> wrote: > > I think IBM owns this now: >https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/connect-direct/6.3.0?topic=sterling-connectdirect-v630-pdfs > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Ed Jaffe > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 10:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [IBM-MAIN] Connect:Direct > > **** External Email - Use Caution **** > > On 7/17/2024 9:15 AM, allan winston wrote: >> I worked at Sterling Software, split off into Sterling Commerce, from 1993 >> to 1996, first in Q.A. and later as level 2 support for Connect:Direct, so >> have been following developments over the years. >> >> Ed Jaffe posted that it is now owned by HCL. All I found on HCL was this >> link: >> https://www.capgemini.com/ibm-sterling-and-z-systems-the-ibm-capgemini-product-partnership-in-action/<https://www.capgemini.com/ibm-sterling-and-z-systems-the-ibm-capgemini-product-partnership-in-action> >> which mentions an interface to Connect:Direct within the HCL product HCL >> Workload Automation but in no way states that HCL owns Connect:Direct. >> However, Ed being in the software business may have more information >> available than I have from my casual web search. > I can't seem to find anything now that the popular search engines are > using AI. > > I must have misinterpreted my search results. I have no insider > knowledge at all. > >> >From looking at profiles for my previous coworkers on LinkedIn, it appears >> that Connect:Direct development and support was offloaded to Aricent around >> 2017. It looks like Altran acquired Aricent and CapGemini acquired Altran, >> so it is unclear whether there is still the relationship between IBM and >> (now) CapGemini. This link alludes to a partnership, but it does not >> describe the nature of the relationship: >> https://www.capgemini.com/ibm-sterling-and-z-systems-the-ibm-capgemini-product-partnership-in-action/<https://www.capgemini.com/ibm-sterling-and-z-systems-the-ibm-capgemini-product-partnership-in-action/> > This is a great find. Thanks, Allan! > > -- > Phoenix Software International > Edward E. Jaffe > 831 Parkview Drive North > El Segundo, CA 90245 > https://www.phoenixsoftware.com/<https://www.phoenixsoftware.com> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail message, including any attachments, appended messages and the > information contained therein, is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s). 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