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SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
Action Software International’s (ASI) flagship product, eventACTION™ is a comprehensive event handling tool that provides unique and powerful real-time z/OS capabilities by automatically detecting and managing system events as they occur. This eventdriven approach allows you to automatically and transparently:
• Track, control, backup and restore changes to z/OS system data sets or members
• Track references to z/OS system data sets or members
• Track and control system commands
• Ensure that program products execute only on licensed systems
• Propagate changed data to other systems
Today’s systems programmers must ensure maximum reliability and availability for larger and increasingly complex z/OS environments while staffing levels stay the same or decrease. At the same time, they must satisfy stringent audit and compliance requirements with frameworks such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), ITIL, HIPAA, BASEL II, COBIT, and EU-GDPR.
An effective change management system will automatically prevent unauthorized changes, track and back up authorized changes, and provide for coordinated back-out of unsuccessful changes. Only an automated system with real-time change interception capabilities can ensure that only the changes that have been authorized are actually made. Similarly, only an automated full-spectrum process with comprehensive tracking and automated backups can provide full documentation of the changes made, as well as a fast-reversal of changes and quick business continuation in the event of a problem."
Our solutions track every change, creating a secure audit trail. They also prevent unauthorized changes from being made. Backups are created when changes are detected and can quickly be restored.
eventACTION’s Reference Tracker component provides several ways to track what PDS/PDSE members are being used and who is using them. These facilities are useful for tasks such as detecting who is using different versions of products, and library cleanup.
Command Manager allows tracking and controlling the use of operator commands. The site can specify what commands should be tracked and/or controlled.
Product Execution Manager can be used to ensure compliance with software agreements by ensuring that products only run on those systems on which they are licensed.
The Communications Manager and Distribution Manager provide facilities for propagating both data set changes and eventACTION definitions between systems.
The Event Logger allows real-time propagation of events to an external product such as a SIEM.
ussACTION™ provides functionality on z/OS UNIX similar to that provided by eventACTION on z/OS MVS.
All eventACTION and ussACTION components record tracking information to a database, where detailed information on tracked events can be retrieved instantly. A powerful compare facility allows analysis of changes. Batch reports, email and a job scheduler facilitate the distribution of tracked events on a regular basis. Together, these capabilities improve systems management productivity and ease the burden of satisfying compliance requirements.
Action Software International’s z/OS MVS and z/OS UNIX change management tools are widely deployed within Global 2000 companies, institutional and government sites worldwide. eventACTION™ for z/OS MVS Components:
• Change Tracker
• Change Manager
• Reference Tracker
• Command Manager
• Product Execution Manager
• Communications Manager
• Distribution Manager
• Event Logger ussACTION™ for z/OS Unix Components:
• Change Tracker
• Change Manager
• Reference Tracker
• Event Logger
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