(E)JES V5R3 Tolerates and Exploits New z/OS® V2.1 Functionality
El Segundo, CA—12 Sep 2013: Today Phoenix Software International announced September 20, 2013 general availability of (E)JES Version 5, Release 3.0, its
“The timing of the availability and the functionality included in this release should provide a smooth migration path for customers interested in becoming early adopters of the first new version of IBM’s flagship operating system for System z in over twelve years.” – Ed Jaffe, Chief Technology Officer
Also prominent among the new features in V5R3:
- A new EJESMAIL utility that allows textual SPOOL data from any job to be transmitted as an email attachment, providing (among other things) a convenient way for a batch job to email some or all of its own output.
- Filtering using system symbols, both static and dynamic.
- Numerous extract enhancements, including a new cataloged data set list and enhanced
z/OS UNIX directory navigation. - Point-and-shoot searching of browser-based IBM InfoCenters from a traditional (E)JES session running in a 3270 emulator under ISPF.
- InfoCenter-ready documentation (Eclipse plug-ins) for use in an IBM InfoCenter on
z/OS or off-platform server. - CA Chorus Software Manager installation and service.
- A technology preview of (E)JES Web—a browser-based interface to (E)JES. The RESTful API backing this technology is intended to provide a framework for future development of Eclipse plug-ins, mobile applications, and other web services clients.
For more information on (E)JES, see the (E)JES product page.