We also had looked at other products 4 years ago.  Since then there have
been other products that have beefed up their support.  There is also a
"lag" by all vendors for any new upgrade support.  With this
perspective, does the playing field change??

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moir,Betsy [SMTP:Betsy.Moir AT LN.SSW.ABBOTT DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 9:28 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: ADSM alternatives?
>
> Way back in the beginning we looked at all the products you mentioned.
> The
> deciding factor in the end was the number of client platforms and
> server
> platforms that ADSM offered and the versatility and flexibility of the
> product.  The others couldn't even come close.  We are a large company
> with
> almost every platform available somewhere in the company, and we
> didn't want
> to be locked into a platform for the ADSM server because no one could
> say
> with absolute certainty which platforms we'd be "favoring" in the next
> 5
> years.   I've spoken to some of the other vendors over the years, ADSM
> still
> comes out ahead so far.
>
>
>
>
> ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU on 02/09/98 11:53:02 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU @ INTERNET
> cc:
> Subject: ADSM alternatives?
>
> I certainly don't want to be thrown off of this forum, but I need to
> ask
> if folks have looked at other products?  Since we run the ADSM/MVS
> server, we think that we would want a mainframe enterprise server.
> Does
> this only leave the Innovation Data Processing product
> (FDR/SOS/Upstream)?  Have people looked at that product?  Comments?
>
>