E-GEN iCAN

E-GEN iCAN

The Global Interactive solution to Connect items, Audit IT and Navigate in the Information Systems

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About ISC

• Founded in 1986

• Over 100 large customers across the

world

• Leader in Production Repositories

• Technological partnerships with

BMC, CA Tech, HP, IBM

• Consulting partnerships with

Services companies

• IBM “z/OS & LINUX Partners in

Development”

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Why iCAN?

IT World Today

IT World

Organized & Structured

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E-GEN iCAN – The Global solution

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iCAN Concept

iCAN

- Centralize all IT and User information in a central repository

- Manage all Xref’s between components

- Customized User Data Model

- Powerful functionalities

- to collect

- to display

- to audit

- to request

- to document

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User Interface

• Intuitive and easy-to-use

• Multiple display modes: graphical, text (structured / flat ), 3270…

• Hyperlinks on objects, whichever the display mode

• Cross References

Previous / Next

Display Mode

Selector

Cross References :

Uses / Used by

Job Documentation &

Run Book Generation

Object Explorer /

Selector

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Graphical Interface

• Each node is a hyperlink, allowing you to navigate

Predecessors in red

Object under

analysis

Successors in green

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Graph to VISIO Interface with MS-Visio

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Run Books

• Generate an HTML Run Book, with hyperlinks

A click on

any job directly

opens its detailed

description.

Every object

in the detailed

layout is

an active link.

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3270 Interface

• Each item in red is a hyperlink, allowing you to navigate

• Procedures can be unfolded by clicking on '+'

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Cross References

• Cross references are available for any repository object, in any display mode

Procedure

IKJEFT01 is

"Used by"

Procedure

IKJEFT01

"Uses"

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Request user interface

This request searches all NAME parameter values in JCL collected objects

and store the result in a flat file

In this example, the user needs to know all the NAME

parameter values used in his collected Z/OS environment.

After the request process, the flat file, in Z/OS, Unix or

Windows, contains all the Names values used in the Z/OS

environment.

Global information's are coming from JCL collected

objects.

If the administrator wants , he can decide to create

customized User objects instead of flat file.

Several kind of output format available : TXT, HTML, XML,

EXCEL and the CUSTOM.

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• Define your audit criteria, including non-keywords, i.e. free text strings

• Launch the audit

Audit – Define your own criteria

Search criteria:

Analysis of all existing

values for the DISP

parameter

Each value in red is a hyperlink, allowing

you to list all the concerned JCLs

Result:

All existing values,

with statistics

Audit demo video : Click-here Soon

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Collectors

ADABAS / NATURAL CA-IDMS JES3NET

APM / HS5000 CA-JOBTRAC LISTCAT

ASG-CORTEX PDB CA-SCHEDULER MQ SERIES

ASG-ZEKE CA-TNG RSD/EOS

ASSEMBLER CFT SMF

BETA 42 JCL TWS / OPC

BETA 92JCL GCOS8

XML

BETA 93 DB2 …BMC / CONTROL-D HDC

BMC / CONTROL-M

BMC / CONTROL-OIAM

BMC / ECS IMS DB/DC (DL1)

CA7 ISMF/VTOC

CA-AUTOSYS

CA-DISPATCH

Our R&D dept. can

create any custom

collector, on request

Or

You can create your

own collector.

Important

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iCAN Architecture

Server on z/OS

Server on

Unix / Linux

Server on Windows

Windows Clients

TCP/IP

and/or

and/or

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Easy to implement

The entire process can take less than one day:

• Install the iCAN server on

o z/OS or

o Unix or

o Windows

• Install a client on one or more Windows workstation(s)

• Define one or more collect(s) configuration

• Start the desired collect (Batch process )

o From Windows

o From z/OS

• iCAN is operational, the results are ready for browsing

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ROI & Added Value

• The ROI is less than 1 year in any case

o The purchase price of E-GEN iCAN is +/- that of one resource/year.

o The maintenance fee corresponds to +/- two months salary of one resource.

o Based on one year study : […]

• Examples of indirect savings:

o Unlimited Users by client

o No upgrades for any reason – no hidden clauses nor small print

o Simply extract z/OS files and send to iCAN Unix / Windows server for collection and analysis MIPS/MSU savings

o Run Book generated from collected objects always up-to-date; time savings on data entry, less errors due to obsolete documentation or data entry errors

o Add any type of structured data to the repository and audit / search / x-ref it flexibility; may eliminate the need for yet another tool

o Audit / Query on any repository object estimated time savings of 5' to 10' per query query without tool (i.e. using REXX, ISRSUPC…)

o All the information inside E-GEN iCAN (e.g. Run Books), can be made available to any person (e.g. Ops, Dev) via Intranet or via native iCAN Client savings on time / data entry / update

o

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iCAN Roadmap

iCAN is a live product – following are some upcoming features:

• Tablet support (IPAD, MS SURFACE & ANDROID)

• Support for any type of Excel graphs automatic Excel start in graphical mode

• Dynamic analysis / audit of external flat files, WITHOUT importation into the repository

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Install

Populate

Understand

Use

Manage

Produce an immediate ROI

Benefits

In a single word EASY to

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The best tool for Z/OS Op’s People

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Questions?

Contact us !

• www.iscsoftware.com

• [email protected]

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