Vinzant Software

Infobox Company
company_name = Vinzant Software, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1987 [http://www.vinzantsoftware.com/about.asp About Vinzant Software] ]
location_city = Hobart, IN
location_country = USA
key_people = David Vinzant - (President)founder,
John Vinzant - (COO),
Douglas McDowell - (VP of Development)
industry = Software & Programming
IT Services
products = Global ECS
homepage = [http://www.vinzantsoftware.com/ www.vinzantsoftware.com]

Vinzant Software is a privately held company that is based in Hobart, IN. Vinzant Software develops and markets enterprise job scheduling solutions for most platforms including Windows, Unix, Linux, AS400 and MPE/ix. It was founded in 1988 by David Vinzant and has solely focused on job scheduling since 1995.

History

Vinzant, Inc. was started in 1987 by Dave Vinzant. Initially, it developed add-on programs to a property management software package called SKYLINE which Vinzant had been involved in developing.

As client-server computing was first getting started in 1988, Vinzant, Inc. worked with Microsoft and Novell. Vinzant developed SQLFile, the first shipping front end for the Ashton-Tate/Microsoft SQL Server in 1989 [Vinzant Ships Front End for SQL Server," PC Week, June 12, 1989.] . SQLFile was expanded to include support for DOS, OS/2 and Windows. It was a flexible development tool that created screens and reports that accessed data stored in Microsoft SQL Server, NetWare SQL and Oracle Server [Vinzant, David R.:"Running SQL Server on Netware", LAN Times, Aug. 7, 1989.] .

In 1990, Novell announced the NetWare Loadable Module(NLM) version of NetWare SQL and the SQLFile System for DOS was shipped to thousands of users worldwide as part of Novell's 'Client Server Starter Kit' [SQLFILE Software License Agreement between Novell, Inc. and Vinzant, Inc., Dec. 26, 1990] . Due to their experience with Oracle and Netware, Vinzant, Inc. was selected by Oracle to develop the installation program for the Oracle Server for Netware [Software Magazine, Sept., 1994] . Other SQL-based products developed by Vinzant, Inc. include the SQL BASIC Library which allowed compiled BASIC to be used with Microsoft SQL Server and the SQL Server Connectivity Pack which allowed SQL Server to be run on Novell networks.

Due to its involvement with companies that were beginning to downsize their operations to PC's, Vinzant, Inc. recognized the need for a mission-critical job scheduling product. With their development of the Event Control Server (ECS) in the early 1990s, Vinzant shifted its focus to the emerging job scheduling and batch processing market. At that time a variety of simple PC utility products were on the market, but the 'downsizers' were looking for a product that could manage mission-critical applications. ECS was developed to provide solutions to some of the problems with other products, such as providing a central point of control for a network of DOS, OS/2, and Windows-based PC's.

In 1999, ECS was re-architected in order to provide support for Unix and Linux systems. Their resulting product was called the Global Event Control Server (Global ECS or GECS)due to its IP-based architecture and ability to control computers and processes worldwide.

olutions

*Business Process Automation
*Job Scheduling
*Batch Scheduling

Products

Global ECS

Global ECS is the main product offering from Vinzant Software. It is an event-driven enterprise level job scheduling solution. It supports native Agents for other platforms including Unix, Linux, AS400 and MPE/ix that can all be managed from a single point using either a Windows or browser-based client. In addition to traditional time-based job scheduling, it supports triggers such as the existence of a file or completion of another job(s)or batch. Global ECS includes user-definable recovery actions that allow for built in job logic to allow the production flow to self correct. It also includes flexible exception management that allows for multiple methods of notification.

Implementations

Job scheduling and batch processing are tools to help manage data processing systems by automating operations, improving quality, reducing costs, and improving resource utilization. Typical uses are scheduling file transfers, database updates, report generation, compilations and backups. Global ECS is particularly used by businesses whose core product is their information or data, such as financial institutions (banking, insurance, securities, brokerage, retirement and credit cards), government agencies, and information resources. Other industries to use Global ECS are energy, health care, retail and manufacturing.

Platforms

* AS/400
* AIX
* HP-UX
* Linux
* Solaris
* Tru64
* UnixWare
* Windows
* Free BSD
* MPE/ix

Industry Affiliations

* Apple Developer Connection
* HP Developer and Solution Partner Program
* IBM DeveloperWorks
* Intel Software Partner Program
* Microsoft Developer Network
* Novell Developer Network
* Redhat Developer Program [ [https://www.wideopen.com/apps/isv_catalog/VendorProfile.html?cat=isv&vendor_id=6493 Redhat Vendor Profile] ]
* SCO Developer Network
* SGI Global Developer Program [ [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:lOmhPk8xePAJ:www.sgi.com/developers/program/directory/s_z/Vinzant_Software.pdf+vinzant+software&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us&client=firefox-a SGI Developer Network Listing] ]
* Sun Developer Network

ee also

*Information Management
*Business Process Automation
*Job Scheduling

External links

* [http://www.vinzantsoftware.com Vinzantsoftware.com] official company site.
* [http://www.processor.com/articles//P2827/32p27/32p27chart.pdf?guid=269D9003D8E14C758A7125B905682F28 Processor Magazine Job Scheduler Matrix.]

References