VM Software
| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
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