Phoenix Software International Announces IBM® JES3 Licensing Agreement
El Segundo, CA—October 2, 2019: Phoenix Software International, Inc., today announced they have entered into an agreement with IBM® under which Phoenix Software International has licensed the source code for IBM’s
“As a founding member of what eventually became the SHARE JES3 Task Force, Phoenix Software has been working since mid-2017 with customers and IBM to find a simple, no-cost alternative to a JES2 conversion. Today we’re proud to announce an agreement with IBM to provide JES3 customers with exactly that,” said Ed Jaffe, Chief Technology Officer at Phoenix Software International. “Phoenix Software’s offering is based on IBM’s JES3, is fully supported, has a road map for enhancements, and can be implemented by existing IBM JES3 customers through a trivial migration and at no additional cost.”
The Job Entry Subsystem (JES) is a component of IBM’s
“We are excited about the opportunity to license a component of the
“We are pleased Phoenix Software chose to license JES3 as IBM exits this space. They have decades of experience as an IBM business partner, and this provides a path to clients who choose to remain on JES3.” said Ross Mauri, General Manager for IBM Z.
For more information on Phoenix Software’s offering go to www.PhoenixSoftware.com/jes3plus.htm