IBM Maximo Implementation Services
The consulting company Softacus is an internationally operating IBM Certified Business Partner for consultancy, conception, optimization, and implementation. As part of IBM Portfolio, we provide all-around service for the product IBM Maximo as well as for organizational processes in the field of Enterprise Asset Management including plant engineering, automotive, oil & gas, conventional power plants, and renewables, and chemical industries.
The focus is holistic support from offering the right solution, concept, implementation of a solution, and alignment with the solution of the asset management strategy. Our high technical competence based on many years of experience and our profound knowledge of Maximo help ensure the success of your project.
We help you find the right mix for your needs:
Start with a simple core and extend if required by using case-based and industry-based extensions.
Services include:
- Initial presentations and business case
- Concept setup
- Implementation
- System Migration
- Training
- Customization
- Ongoing support as add on to IBM Sofware Support
Contact us to get customized offer for your team.
HP ALM to IBM Jazz ALM CLM Migration
Rational provides Collaborative Lifecycle Management through its Jazz-based framework RTC, RQM, and DOORS NG is the ideal solution to migrate improve and optimize your quality management.t
For customers interested in taking advantage of the IBM Jazz Platform Softacus provides services to migrate from HP to IBM Jazz CLM.
Hewlett Packard's Quality Center is a platform for managing a quality management infrastructure providing support for defects, requirements, tests, and business components.
IBM DOORS (NG) Scripts
The number of objects to be migrated from DOORS to DOORS NG plays a role, therefore it is wise to reduce the number of objects in the modules to the minimum. Many times users create in DOORS new objects even though it was not needed. For example, when doing bullet points or just by hitting Ctrl+Enter.
Explanation and features
Objects merge script
By running this script, when can these objects be merged together into one object? The script merges objects only when:
- The object is not heading
- The object does not have any link
- Object have other object entries on the same level of the depth
From experience, this script helps to reduce the number of objects to be migrated up to 35%.
Split DOORS Module horizontally
The script has been developed for customers with very big modules where each section of the big DOORS Module shall become a new Module on its own. The links are preserved.
Split DOORS Module vertically
DNG currently does not support the rich text attributes column. Therefore, DOORS customers who have to preserve bullet points, strike through text, pictures, and colors have the possibility to split the module vertically and link each line. This will generate 2 modules that are migrated to DOORS NG and can be reviewed side by side.
Pricing
This add-on is free of charge for customers who purchased the IBM Jazz solution via Softacus.
Please contact us if you need a different arrangement.
Contact us, Support, Modifications
Every functionality of any of Softacus Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next extension can be customized based on your needs. If you are interested in having, enhancing or if you found a defect in extension, please contact us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Also, we are providing custom modifications for our customers. Every Softacus DNG Extension can be modified based on your needs or requirements. We are looking forward to developing a solution for you.
Impressum
Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG:
Softacus AG
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Vertreten durch:
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Kontakt:
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Blueworks Live
IBM Blueworks Live
Optimize your business processes
The nervous system of your organization is made up of its processes and decisions. With the speed at which both your business and your workforce are changing, you can't afford not knowing where these processes and decisions are documented any longer. Stop searching and start modeling. Move your business forward with a 30-day free trial of IBM Blueworks Live!
Easy to use
Blueworks Live is a cloud-based business process management tool that lets you discover, design, automate and manage business processes for your organization. It's easy to use and accessible anywhere through a browser. You can have a process tool built and running in as little as 90 seconds.
Centralized and collaborative
Blueworks Live keeps all your process-related assets in one place, so everyone involved in the process is on the same page. No more searching through e-mail or folders on your computer. Process participants and stakeholders, whether down the hall from each other or separated by time zones, can work together on the same process in real-time.
Keeps you up to date
When you log in to Blueworks Live you immediately see who has made a change or commented on a process you're involved in. Keep track of new processes that have been released or updated that affect your project. With Blueworks Live version control, you can see the evolution of a process and the changes over time.
Community
Social networking meets BPM in Blueworks Live. Built-in communication features, such as instant messaging, live news feeds, and the ability to leave comments enable you to immediately react to process changes that affect your projects.
Get further Information on Process Ninja to see what they are doing or visit a webinar to see what you can do with IBM Blueworks Live Best Practices Process Ninja Webinars.
Process automation
Blueworks Live allows you to create a process application that can be used by your organization to complete tasks. No more trying to keep track of e-mails or spreadsheets — just define your steps and use the built-in approval or checklist templates to get it implemented.
Business Process Manager
IBM BPM
Optimize core business processes with IBM BPM
Access and prioritize tasks more easily
Take advantage of the task management capability to provide users with the right information at the right time, based on their roles.
Enhance decision-making
Use the built-in visibility and analytics within the unified model-driven environment to help improve collaboration between IT and business teams.
Manage initial startup costs
Enable business process management projects to start small with a subscription-based consumption model you can grow over time and scale smoothly from initial project to an enterprise-wide program.
Key features
Product images
Which option is right for you?
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Business Process Manager Express
This entry-point solution is ideal for initiating BPM projects, providing an easy-to-use interface with process execution, monitoring, and optimization engine.
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Business Process Manager
This unified platform supports process improvement across a spectrum of work patterns, from straight-through processing to dynamic unstructured processes.
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Business Process Manager Tools
This edition enables you to model human-centric and straight-through business processes and cases.
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Business Process Manager on Cloud
This subscription-based BPM cloud service offers low startup costs and a fast return on investment.
Pricing
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10-14 Users | 15-19 Users | 20-24Users | 25-49 | 50-99 Users | 100-199 Users | 200-299 Users | 300-499 Users | 500-999 Users | 1000+ Users | |
Authorized User (€) | 280 | 243 | 203 | 204 | 184 | 128 | 93.16 | 71.70 | 50.36 | 44 |
Concurrent User (€) | Not available | 255 | 231 | 179 | 128 | 92.16 | 76.81 | 61.47 | ||
Time setup fee | 0€ | 2046€ | ||||||||
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References
Wallmart
Uses IBM BPM and IBM ODM
https://ibm.ent.box.com/s/k9syejf7lu3yu6uhndl5e5b48kahwnan/file/337182989331
Coop Italy
Uses IBM BPM to streamline claim and innovation processes.
https://ibm.ent.box.com/s/k9syejf7lu3yu6uhndl5e5b48kahwnan/file/337182648240
Costco Wholesale
IBM BPM and BWL
https://ibm.ent.box.com/s/k9syejf7lu3yu6uhndl5e5b48kahwnan/file/337195349981
Asian Pain
ts
IBM BPM and Mobile
https://ibm.ent.box.com/s/k9syejf7lu3yu6uhndl5e5b48kahwnan/file/337183069174
Toshiba
Documented 700 processes with IBM BWL
https://ibm.ent.box.com/s/k9syejf7lu3yu6uhndl5e5b48kahwnan/file/337181286996
Carlsberg Group
Optimizing customer service with IBM business process software
Using IBM® Business Process Manager and IBM Blueworks Live™ software, the company identified areas of process improvement, modeled new processes, and employed a collaborative, agile process development model.
Brownells Inc.
Automating business rules to improve customer service with IBM Operational Decision Manager software
Brownells and IBM Business Partner Salient Process deployed IBM Operational Decision Manager software to optimize business rules management, processing every regulation that could affect the buying experience through the company’s rules engine.
https://salientprocess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/case-study-dpa-odm-brownells.pdf
Mark's Work Wearhouse
a Canadian retailer specializing in casual, business and industrial apparel implemented and achieved success with a BPM solution to orchestrate services and components such as order entry, inventory lookup, notification, fulfillment, and tracking. They achieved a six month ROI with CA$250k savings while increasing sales.
ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/solutions/pdfs/10704372_MarkWWhse_cs_1a.pdf
19 stories of customers using BPM
Look beyond communications to learn from other companies benefiting from BPM.
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/pdfs/WSM14011-USEN-00_HR.pdf
Mark's Work Wearhouse
a Canadian retailer specializing in casual, business and industrial apparel implemented and achieved success with a BPM solution to orchestrate services and components such as order entry, inventory lookup, notification, fulfillment, and tracking. They achieved a six month ROI with CA$250k savings while increasing sales.
ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/solutions/pdfs/10704372_MarkWWhse_cs_1a.pdf
19 stories of customers using BPM
Look beyond communications to learn from other companies benefiting from BPM.
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/pdfs/WSM14011-USEN-00_HR.pdf
IBM Engineering Test Management (ETM)
What it can do for your business
IBM® Engineering Test Management™ is a collaborative, web-based, quality management solution that offers comprehensive test planning and test asset management from requirements to defects. Built on the Jazz platform, it enables teams to seamlessly share information. It uses automation to speed project schedules and report on metrics for informed release decisions. It can also be purchased as part of the Collaborative Lifecycle Management solution—a set of seamlessly integrated tools: IBM Rational Team Concert, IBM Engineering Test Management, and IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation.
Feature spotlights
Requirement tools integration
Engineering Test Management works with the Rational DOORS Next Generation requirement management tool. You can link test cases and mark them as suspect whenever requirements are modified.
Automation tools integration
Engineering Test Management integrates with many test automation tools including Rational Functional Tester. Execute tests with all kinds of tools and collect test results—all from a central location.
Comprehensive test plans
Test plans clearly describe project quality goals and exit criteria, while tracking responsibilities and prioritized items for verification and validation.
Communications support
Support communication among teams that are geographically dispersed using features such as event feeds, integrated chat, review, and approval, and automated traceability.
Advanced reporting capabilities
Risk-based testing
Provides risk-based testing for prioritizing the features and functions to be tested based on importance and likelihood or impact of failure, supporting risk management best practices.
Integrations
For the main adapters for automotive and other regulated industry please refer to the section "RQM Execution Adapters".
PROVEtech MBTech (AKKA Automotive)
There is an adapter that was built for the tool PROVEtech and IBM Engineering Test Management. Please contact us for the possible Demo
Other RQM Adapters
Virtual Test Lab Automation
- Surgient - Virtualization support for Rational Test Lab Manager
- VMLogix - Virtualization support for Rational Test Lab Manager
Interoperability - Change Management
- CM Logic - CM Logic provides a bi-directional integration of Rational Team Concert and the JIRA change management system.
Execution Adapters for RQM IBM Engineering Test Management
HP LoadRunner Adapter for RQM - IBM Engineering Test Management
Supports LoadRunner versions 9.1, 9.51, 11.5, and 12.50. Download
HP Quick Test Professional (QTP)/HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) Adapter for RQM IBM Engineering Test Management
Supports QTP versions 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, and 9.5.
Also tested with QTP versions 10 and 11.0 and UFT versions 11.50, 11.53, 12.02, and 12.51. Download
Mobile Application Adapter
More Information: https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/InstallingOfflineApp
- Arsin - Integration of Engineering Test Management with Arsin's Effecta for an end-to-end Business Process Test Automation and Validation. The Integrated solution enhances Test Management, reduces Test Automation effort, and increases Test Automation Coverage.
- Device Anywhere by Mobile Complete - Enables access to mobile application testing on more than 2000 real handsets across the globe, while employing RQM to control the execution of tests and keep track of results.
- Finals - RapidRep execution tool adapter for RQM enables the RapidRep Test Suite RapidRep to validate data, such as relational databases, or structured files like CSV or XML.
- Green Hat - GH Tester, an automated validation and virtualization test product enabling agile, efficient management of composite applications relying on legacy, SOA, BPM, and Cloud technologies, allows Engineering Test Management to incorporate GH Tester's control of complex test environments into Rational test management processes.
- iTKO LISA - iTKO LISA is a collaborative enterprise software testing solution for modern, distributed applications, including SOA, BPM, and integration platforms. LISA Test's no-code testing augments your testing practice, allowing teams to rapidly automate functional, unit, regression, and load tests at every application layer.
- Juvander - OffRoad makes test execution possible in disconnected environments. This means that test planning and analyzing is done fully on the IBM Engineering Test Management server, but actual test execution is no longer tied to a certain location or network connection.
- RapidRep - The RapidRep Test Runner allows customers to perform data quality checks, verify database migrations, or compare expected results with calculated results. Data stored in tables (e.g. DB2, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, SQL Server, MS Access...) or even special files like XML or CSV can be used in any combination.
- Wind River - Wind River Test Management users can attach their Test cases to the Quality Manager. Wind River Test Management is a test execution optimization system for embedded devices. It enables unprecedented run-time visibility into devices while under test. The system provides feedback that test teams and their management need.
- Worksoft - Worksoft's Certify execution tool adapter for RQM enables access to automated testing solutions for functional testing of SAP and other enterprise business applications.
- Rational Test Workbench - Integration Testing
- Rational Functional Tester - Functional GUI Testing
Rational Performance Tester - Performance Testing
- IBM Appscan Source - Whitebox Security Testing
- Squish GUI Tester - Proglogic has built an adapter which is working with command line
Quality Process
- Sogeti - Integrates Sogeti's TMAP testing process with RQM
Traceability - Tieto - Integration between CaliberRM and Engineering Test Management. Synchronizes requirements from CaliberRM with RQM.
Connection to Deployment Automation - IBM UrbanCode
The Engineering Test Management plugin invokes Engineering Test Management test suites or test cases to run automatic test scripts.
https://developer.ibm.com/urbancode/plugindoc/ibmucd/rational-quality-manager/1-2/
Websphere Application Server
Pricing on premise
https://github.com/OpenLiberty/open-liberty/blob/master/LICENSE
https://developer.ibm.com/
Open Liberty | WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core |
WebSphere Application Server Express |
WebSphere Application Server |
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment |
WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition |
WebSphere Application Server for z/OS |
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Optimized for: | Open Source | Smaller scale deployments of dynamic web applications. This version of the Liberty profile delivers the Web Profile option. It delivers a reduced-cost, ready-to-go solution. |
Developers or business leaders at small and midsize businesses who need an easier, reduced-cost, ready-to-go solution for smaller scale deployments of dynamic web applications |
Developers or business leaders at medium to large businesses who need a scalable foundation to build, run and manage dynamic web applications on a single server or in moderately sized deployment environments |
Developers or business leaders who need advanced management, scalability, automated performance optimization and near-continuous availability for their most mission-critical applications |
Developers or business leaders who need advanced management, scalability, automated performance optimization and near-continuous availability for their most mission-critical applications; optimized to run in server virtualization environments |
Developers or business leaders at enterprises that require z/OS qualities of service to achieve optimized performance and near-continuous availability for their most mission-critical applications |
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Liberty | Classic/Full Profile | Liberty | Classic/Full Profile | Liberty | Classic/Full Profile | Liberty | Classic/Full Profile | Liberty | Classic/Full Profile | |||
Programming Models, Standards and Development |
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Java EE 7 Full Platform compliance | yes | Statement of Direction | yes | Statement of Direction | yes | Statement of Direction | yes | Statement of Direction | yes | Statement of Direction | ||
Java EE 7 Web Profile compliance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
Java EE 6 Full Platform compliance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||||
Java EE 6 Web Profile compliance | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8) | yes | yes | Statement of Direction | yes | Statement of Direction | Statement of Direction | Statement of Direction | yes | Statement of Direction | |||
Java Platform, Standard Edition 6, and 7 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Web 2.0 and Mobile | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
OSGi Applications | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Dynamic caching | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
System Programming Interface (SPI) for extensibility SPI (allows 3rd party extensions to Liberty features) |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
Fidelity from Liberty to full WAS (Limited to Java EE6 programming models) |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
WebSphere App Server Developer Tools (Java EE, osgi, web 2.0, mobile) |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Rational Application Developer (complete programming model) |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Integration with z/OS services (WOLA and z/OS Connect) | yes | yes | ||||||||||
Messaging and web services | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
Service Component Architecture (SCA) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||||
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
WebRTC programming model support | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||||
Administration, High Availability and Performance |
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Optional provisioning & management through ND job manager |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Collective Controller Membership and Management | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
Intelligent Management (Dynamic cluster, Health Policy) |
yes (A5) | yes | yes (A5) | yes | yes (A5) | yes | ||||||
Intelligent Management (Edition Management) | yes | yes | yes | |||||||||
Zip or Archive install | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
Managed clustering | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
IHS routing and Load balancing (# of servers allowed) |
2 (A1) | 2 (A1) | 2 (A1) | 25 (A1) | 25 (A1) | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | |
WebSphere Extreme Scale (WXS) entitlement (PVUs dependent on joint or separate installs) - Separate: WAS PVUs plus WXS PVUs cannot exceed entitled WAS PVUs - Joint: WXS and WAS can share up to the entitled WAS PVUs |
yes (A2) | yes (A2) | yes (A3) | yes (A3) | yes (A3) | yes (A3) | yes (A4) | yes (A4) | ||||
Edge-of-network services | yes | yes | yes | |||||||||
Security | ||||||||||||
Secure Engineering Accreditation OTT-PS | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Oauth, OpenID and Open ID Connect | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Role-based and Fine grained Administrative security | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
Kerberos Authentication | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Web Post Binding Profile |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
SPNEGO support for single sign-on | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
DB2 Trusted Context for Identity propagation | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||||
Encryption Standard FIPS 140-2, 800-131a | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Websphere MQ
Introduction
IBM MQ is the gold standard for enterprise messaging, providing security-rich and reliable messaging on-premises and across multiple clouds. IBM MQ allows independent and potentially non-concurrent applications on a distributed system to securely communicate with each other, using messages.
What it does
Business Manager Introduction to IBM MQ
IBM MQ v 9 Overview
Why you should choose IBM
Editions
MQ speaks your language
IBM MQ thrives at integrating different applications across multiple platforms. It supports a wide range of APIs and languages. IBM MQ enables the server infrastructure to be run across desktops, mainframes, and, now — cloud frameworks.
Articles
Comparison:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSFKSJ_9.0.0/com.ibm.mq.pro.doc/q126140_.html
Licensing
IBM MQ Licensing
IBM MQ is licensed based on PVU. A Processor Value Unit (PVU) is a unit of measure used to differentiate licensing of software on distributed processor technologies (defined by Processor Vendor, Brand, Type and Model Number). IBM continues to define a processor, for purposes of PVU-based licensing, to be each processor core on a chip (socket). Each software program has a unique price per PVU.
The IBM MQ can run only on 1-2 cores. The more cores you use the more PVUs you will need.
The Number of PVUs is depending on several factors like:
- How many messages will be sent?
- How many systems do we need to connect to?
Development and Test Purposes
For Dev and Test Purposes you can free of charge the fully functional IBM MQ Advanced for Developers as long as you accept and adhere to license terms.
IBM MQ Advanced for Developers is available as a free download for development purposes and provides the full set of capabilities available with IBM MQ Advanced.
MQ is only free for development purposes and not free for tests of the real scenarios like test environment
If the Program is designated as for "Developers", the Program can only be deployed as part of Licensee's internal development and unit testing on a developer machine. A developer machine is a physical or virtual desktop environment, running a primary operating system and the Program, both of which are accessible and used by no more than one specified developer. Licensee is not authorized to use the Program for processing production workloads, simulating production workloads, or testing the scalability of any code, application, or system. Licensee is not authorized to use any part of the Program for any other purposes without acquiring the appropriate production entitlements.
High Availability Licensing
High Availability Replica (formerly Idle Standby) parts have been introduced to cater for high availability environments, where multiple systems are configured to provide redundancy. In this case, not all systems will be utilized to full capacity and a lower charge might be applicable to reflect that.
Notes
Use of the IBM MQ multi-instance queue manager and Replicated Data Queue Manager features require High Availability Replica entitlement.
There is no High Availability Replica part for the MQ Telemetry component. The same MQ Telemetry part needs to be purchased for the active and passive system, unless you have IBM MQ Advanced High Availability Replica, in which case it is included.
License terms for IBM MQ High Availability Replica components are defined in the Program license terms. License terms as of IBM MQ Version 9.0.5:
Licensee's use of the Program is limited to the use of the following two features as stated below or as stated in the Other High Availability Solutions section.
A. Queue Manager.
- Multi-Instance Queue Manager Feature Licensee is permitted to use the multi-instance queue manager feature of the Program for Stand-by Purposes only. Stand-by Purposes are defined as having the Program started, but ensuring that the Program remains idle unless the active and separately entitled IBM MQ copy of the program fails over to the high availability replica Program. If this occurs, the high availability replica Program may be used to carry out productive work during the period of failover. The Program is considered "idle" if, until a failover takes place, it is not used to carry out productive work of any kind and is used exclusively for administrative actions.
- Replicated Data Queue Manager Feature Licensee's use of the replicated data queue manager feature of the Program requires configuration on three servers and requires that all queue managers on the three servers be Replicated Data Queue Managers. Two of the servers may be configured and entitled as high availability replicas of the Program, but the copy of IBM MQ on the third configured server must be licensed separately by obtaining entitlements to IBM MQ Advanced.
B. Other High Availability Solutions
If Licensee chooses to use other high availability solutions along with the Program, Licensee is permitted to use the Program as a high availability replica so long as it resides for backup purposes on a standby server and the Program is not started. The Program may be started automatically by the high availability components in the event of the active server failing, in which event the Program may be used to carry out productive work during the period of failover.
Managed File Transfer Licensing
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Other questions
In an IBM MQ network using IBM MQ Advanced features, such as Managed File Transfer and Advanced Message Security, which MQ queue managers require IBM MQ Advanced entitlement?- For Advanced Message Security, only the end-point queue managers where AMS Policies are defined require IBM MQ Advanced entitlement.
- For Managed File Transfer, only the queue managers where MFT components (Agent and Logger) connect require IBM MQ Advanced entitlement.
- Intermediary queue managers that are just routing messages, but perform no IBM MQ Advanced processing, only require IBM MQ entitlement.
Engineering Workflow Management integration with Mathlab Simulink
Simulink from The MathWorks, Inc. (an American privately held corporation that specializes in mathematical computing software) is graphical programming software for building models, simulations, and analyses for complex dynamical systems. It offers tight integration with the rest of the MATLAB environment. The tool can be very useful in automatic control and digital signal processing for multidomain simulation and Model-Based Design.