Halcyon Software, a global leader in systems management software, announced a new browser-based, user interface for Advanced Job Scheduler v11 for the IBM i platform.  This is the latest product to be developed as part of Halcyon Software’s on-going web enablement program and provides organizations with the flexibility to schedule and track complex job streams across different IBM i systems over the internet, using a wide range of mobile devices, to ensure that business processes are running smoothly. 

According to Carole Chandler, Sales and Marketing Director at Halcyon Software, “We are making a significant on-going investment in the re-engineering of our monitoring and automation tools for the IBM i, keeping user interfaces relevant with today’s technology and meeting the mobile strategies being adopted by IBM customers.  Web enablement provides organizations with greater control of system operations by allowing authorized users to securely logon to IBM i platforms using a wide range of mobile devices including laptops, tablets, iPhones, Android and other smartphones from any location.  This latest release builds on the ethos of our product roadmap for creating products that allow for simplicity, visibility and knowledge sharing.”

Advanced Job Scheduler’s new user interface modernizes the traditional green screen view by displaying information in an alternative, easy to understand format that can be accessed from any device capable of running an internet browser.  With familiar and intuitive Windows style layouts and drop down menus, it is user configurable with choice of colour schemes and enables users to quickly and easily navigate and access data.  

Users can easily connect to multiple IBM i platforms and are provided with an instant view of the status of all groups and jobs including processes that might have failed to complete and need to be resolved as well as details of jobs that will run in the future.  Where jobs have failed, users can quickly and easily diagnose if there is a pattern and rectify accordingly.

Gary Metherell, Managed Services Consultant of Imtech ICT, a leading provider of managed services said, “Halcyon Advanced Job Scheduler has been the scheduling tool of choice for Imtech ICT for the past ten years and is crucial to ensuring the reliability of our business operations. We appreciate Halcyon’s collaborative approach to new product development and enhancement and the addition of a web-enabled interface will enable us to deliver even higher levels of service to customers.  We can now give them the option to view the progress of jobs critical to their day to day operation around the clock.”

The new web-enabled Advanced Job Scheduler v11 is available immediately, either as a standalone utility or as part of Halcyon’s Level 4 monitoring suite for the IBM i.  Customers currently using Halcyon’s Advanced Job Scheduler can upgrade to this latest release free of charge.

For additional information on Advanced Job Scheduler v11, visit: http://www.halcyonsoftware.com/products/advancedjobscheduler/index.html 

About Halcyon Software

Halcyon Software is a global leader in multi-platform systems management solutions that reduce the complexity and cost of monitoring critical business systems, core applications and processes. They help companies prevent business disruption, increase the efficiency of their IT services and save costs.  In most cases, Halcyon’s solutions increase IT efficiency by 30 – 40 percent, delivering significant savings and a rapid return on investment – often in less than six months.

Halcyon achieves this in three ways:

Monitoring: Halcyon’s monitoring software keeps a vigilant watch on the most critical IT systems and core applications on which business depends. IT administrators receive early warnings of any potential problems or ‘bottlenecks’ before they affect the organization.

Automating: Halcyon enables IT teams to set up ‘self–corrective actions’ to issues or problems to ensure that they never impact the business again.  IT teams can also automate regular tasks, checks or jobs which would normally be undertaken manually. This frees up valuable resources, saves costs and helps to eliminate human error. 

Reporting: Halcyon’s cloud-based reporting solution proves to management that the IT team is achieving the service levels demanded by the business or flags any issues so they can be quickly resolved. 

Halcyon’s products support IBM Power Systems servers running IBM i, AIX, Linux and Windows. With regional offices in the United States, Australia and UK, Halcyon also has a network of partners and distributors supporting territories world-wide. For further information, please visit www.halcyonsoftware.com