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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