Company:VM Software
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Short description: 1980s software company
| Industry | Software |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1981 |
VM Software[1] was a software company whose product line focused on mainframes running IBM's VM/CMS operating system.
History
VM Software was formed under that name in 1981.[2] They had 11 products named VMxxxxx, with features that complemented the systems-oriented capabilities that IBM's software provided. With the 1987 arrival of IBM's 9370 mid-range mainframe, VM added VMCenter II to its product line.[1][3]
The chain of acquisitions by which the company changed names and ownership is VM Software, Systems Center Inc,[4] Sterling Software,[5] Computer Associates. VM Software's mailing address, under Systems Center and Sterling remained 1800 Alexander Bell Drive but addressed as "VM Software Division."[6]
Product summary
Among their offerings were:[7]
- VMAccount - facilitating chargeback
- VMArchive - facilitated queue-based user-initiated saving and restoring of individual or groups of files
- VMBackup - intended for doing full system saves, but permitting user-initiated queued file restores.
- VMBatch - more features than IBM's CMSBATCH
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "VM Software Inc.". The Washington Post. May 2, 1988. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1988/05/02/vm-software-inc/6a0bc1a7-a092-4526-8924-58ae531951dc.
- ↑ "Systems Center Inc". http://www.lookupmainframesoftware.com/vendor_detail/dispvend/63.
- ↑ which they marketed in some countries as VMCentre II "VM Software unveils VMCentre II Integrated Product". March 15, 1988. https://techmonitor.ai/techonology/vm_software_unveils_vmcentre_ii_integrated_product_for_ibm_vm_users.
- ↑ "New Database Management systems". Computerworld: p. 1. April 17, 1989. "Systems Center, Inc. (formerly VM Software, Inc.)"
- ↑ Andrea Adelson (April 2, 1993). "Sterling Software to Buy Systems Center". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/02/business/company-news-sterling-software-to-buy-systems-center.html.
- ↑ E. Amrehn. "Web Server Solutions for VM/ESA - z/VM operating System". https://www.vm.ibm.com/pubs/redbooks/sg244874.pdf.
- ↑ Which VM is right for you?. VM Software inc.. p. 16.
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