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ClearPath systems offer state of the art technology for mission-critical business

solutions. They offer the rock-solid foundation that clients rely on for their most

critical applications while offering technical agility.

In today’s competitive and global economy, business relies on IT to facilitate the fast

pace of change which has become a business reality. IT requires computing

platforms and solutions that collaborate, interoperate, and integrate in a diverse,

multi-vendor environment. The IT solutions must able to facilitate fast changing

business demands. IT must be able to add new business requirements and change

existing requirements without skipping a beat.

ClearPath technology allows such quick changes as ClearPath systems are designed

for technical agility.

In this module you will learn more about the technical attributes and solutions of

ClearPath systems and how each ClearPath solution ties directly to the needs of

today’s businesses.

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Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:

•Describe Unisys ClearPath technical agility.

•Describe the function of the MCP JProcessor and OS 2200 JProcessor products.

•Describe the function of the ClearPath ePortal.

•Describe the ClearPath Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

•Describe ClearPath examples of integration with open-system, industry-standard

hardware and software.

•Describe ClearPath security features.

The purpose of this module is to explore in greater detail, the technical agility aspect

of ClearPath servers.

ClearPath technical agility facilitates our clients’ business agility through automation,

integration, support of open standards, and by enabling rapid response to ever

changing technical requirements. For example, ClearPath technical agility facilitates

interoperability between internal and external IT assets to support business

efficiencies.

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ClearPath mainframes demonstrate substantial technical agility through its diverse

set of technologies.

This page displays a list of a few key technical capabilities offered by the ClearPath

platforms and its solutions.

ClearPath technical innovation is on-going.

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As we stated in Module 1, ClearPath offers a rich set of middleware that

enables ClearPath applications and databases to integrate,

interoperate, and collaborate with virtually any system, application or

database that our clients may employ in their datacenters.

ClearPath applications, transaction processing environments, and

databases can participate in distributed environments within the

datacenter and beyond.

ClearPath middleware technologies enable collaboration between

different business functions. For instance, an airline application running

on ClearPath may accept and make flight reservations, perform credit

card transactions, check passenger background with security

authorities, manage frequent mileage actions, reserve hotel rooms and

car rentals, permit passenger check-in operations from Web and mobile

devices, and so on.

Such a laundry list of operations would not be performed by a single

application, a single server, or even a single datacenter. Consequently,

ClearPath supports industry standard and industry popular de facto IT

standards.

Integration of the IT assets is about effective IT infrastructure. Through

integration of the IT silos, the clients integrate their business silos.

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These are a few of the major industry-standard technologies and

interfaces supported by ClearPath environments.

Studies show that ClearPath clients achieve substantial ROI by

investing in and modernizing their ClearPath applications.

These interfaces and technologies allow clients to integrate their

ClearPath applications and data with their other data assets. And these

technologies allow a wide variety of human interfaces including Web-

based clients and mobile devices.

Does it sounds complicated? Unisys offers consulting and

implementation services that support ClearPath clients’ integration

projects and activities and that help the clients to find the best

technology for their requirements.

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Unisys offers automatic middleware such as the ClearPath ePortal that

greatly simplifies implementing human interfaces such as Web-based

clients and smart mobile devices.

Since ClearPath employs industry-standard interfaces and tools, much

of the work required is accomplished using common IT skills.

The bottom line: If you have ClearPath clients, ensure that they are

aware of these open system options and assist them with their

integrations.

Organizations such as The Open Group and the W3C define an open system as one

that exposes industry-standard internal and external interfaces. This white paper,

written by Peter Bye, examines ClearPath systems from a number of perspectives

and shows that they are open by this definition.

However, ClearPath systems also exhibit mission-critical attributes, especially

reliability and security. The combination of open and mission-critical attributes makes

the ClearPath system the ideal platform for enterprise transaction processing.

Click the ―White Paper‖ hypertext link to open the white paper in PDF format from the

Unisys Web site. Click the adjacent information icon to open the file from the course

folder.

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Service Oriented Architecture or SOA (sew-ah) is a major trend within IT

infrastructures.

SOA’s key value is improved business and IT alignment. SOA brings overall flexibility;

it embraces change and allows businesses to focus on innovation rather than

maintenance.

SOA is a style of design, deployment and management of applications and software

infrastructure in which applications are organized into business services that are

network accessible.

Industry analysts recommend adopting an evolutionary SOA approach rather than

risky rip-and-replace.

ClearPath applications and databases can fully participate in enterprise-wide SOA-

based solutions. The clients can also create new ClearPath-based SOA services.

Unisys offers a rich set of ClearPath SOA technologies to ensure that ClearPath

solutions can leverage the SOA benefits.

SOA is a true enabler of business agility.

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SOA expands the ClearPath reach into many other environments, delivering more

complete transaction processing and general IT capabilities that enhance business

value. The SOA implementations enhance the value of current applications and

ensure that they can keep pace with business changes, quickly and cost-effectively.

ClearPath clients may leverage SOA in many ways as seen here. SOA offers great

value as it maximizes the ROI of a client’s current ClearPath applications and data

assets.

How is this accomplished? SOA enables the reuse of the current ClearPath—and

non-ClearPath —applications and data. Consequently, new business requirements

can be implemented quicker, at lower cost and at lower risk. SOA is also about

connecting silos. By connecting technology silos, SOA connects business silos.

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The purpose of this page is to simply show the wide set of ClearPath SOA

technologies offered for MCP–based ClearPath systems.

Chances are this slide looks complicated. It is complicated. But note that Unisys

offers ClearPath consulting and implementation services for each of these

technologies. Unisys experts can help clients to choose and implement the best

solutions for their specific business and technical requirements. It is not our objective

to force each and every one of these technologies onto the backs of our clients.

Using a consultative approach, we should identify which solutions will help improve or

grow our client’s business. Then, construct the implementation strategy based on our

excellent consulting and implementation services.

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The purpose of this page is to simply show the wide set of ClearPath SOA

technologies offered for OS 2200–based ClearPath systems.

Again, remember that not every ClearPath technology may be right for every client.

The key is to identify the solutions that will grow our clients’ businesses and employ

ClearPath consulting and implementation services to make it happen!

So what is the Unisys value add?

Transformation of the non-SOA ClearPath assets to SOA services is a major benefit,

and offers significant cost savings for ClearPath clients.

Unisys innovations offer technology that automatically creates and implements

participation in enterprise-wide SOA for ClearPath assets. These offerings are called

ClearPath ePortal for the MCP and OS 2200 platforms.

Unisys AB Suite generates applications from business rules, which is also SOA

enabled.

Click the video icon to view a brief video regarding SOA and ClearPath.

Click the information icon to access a Peter Bye article regarding SOA and

ClearPath.

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The ClearPath Specialty Engines provide optimized run-time environments for

specific functions such as Java, messaging, encrypting, and modernization. The

ClearPath Specialty Engines are tightly integrated with the OS 2200 and MCP

platforms and operating environments.

The result is higher performance at a lower cost. Each specialty engine incorporates

integration software and connection technologies that make it a transparent extension

of the native ClearPath system. Furthermore, ClearPath specialty engines protect

clients’ new applications with the high security features for which ClearPath systems

are known.

Specialty engines enable a critical element of the ClearPath architectural evolution.

They address special application requirements without requiring new programming

skills or techniques allowing application enrichment in a much shorter period of time.

Specialty engines are a native component of the ClearPath service-oriented

architecture (SOA) initiative.

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There are four specialty engines available for OS 2200 / Dorado platforms: The OS

2200 JProcessor, which supports a Java environment under OS 2200 control, the OS

2200 QProcessor, supporting large-scale messaging via IBM WebSphere

MQ software, the Crypto processor, which offloads industry-standard encryption

functions, and the ClearPath ePortal, which supports Web, Web Services and Smart

Phone integration.

There are three specialty engines available for the MCP / Libra platforms: the MCP

JProcessor, ClearPath ePortal, and the Crypto Processor.

Let’s take a closer look at the ClearPath ePortal Specialty Engine.

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The Unisys ClearPath ePortal extends existing or new ClearPath MCP and OS 2200

applications to the Web, web services, and mobile environments including smart

phones.

ClearPath ePortal is a point-and-click Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) enabler

that can rapidly extend ClearPath applications to reach new partners, channels, and

markets through Web, Mobile or Web Services technologies.

ClearPath ePortal is an optimized, application-specific architecture that provides

automation at every point in the solution— from development to deployment.

ClearPath ePortal requires no new skills, radically reducing the time and cost of

creating expanded Web solutions. This accelerates the time-to-market and brings

new levels of efficiency to a client’s ClearPath infrastructure. With ClearPath ePortal,

ClearPath clients can leverage industry-standard skills while leveraging their

ClearPath application investments.

In a nutshell, ClearPath ePortal allows our ClearPath clients to create Web Services

with point and click simplicity from existing ClearPath applications to facilitate

participation in SOA strategies with no application changes at dramatically lower

costs.

The Unisys ClearPath OS 2200 and MCP JProcessors are specialty engines that

provide a secure environment to run Java applications under the control of a

ClearPath operating systems on a ClearPath Dorado or Libra server.

The OS 2200 and MCP JProcessors are optimized for the Java environment. They

support the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) Runtime Environment and the

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) and JBoss Application server. The Java

SE Runtime Environment provides the libraries, the Java Virtual Machine, and other

components to run portable applications written in the Java programming language.

Java EE is an industry standard for developing portable, robust, scalable and secure

server-side Java applications built on the foundation provided by Java SE.

The OS 2200 and MCP JProcessors are integrated with the ClearPath server and

operating system, enabling Java applications to take advantage of the high,

enterprise levels of performance, reliability, and security of the MCP and OS 2200

operating environments.

Unisys offers also a set of Java connectors that enable any Java application on any

server to access ClearPath OS 2200 and MCP transactions and databases.

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The specialty engine is a physical rack-mount server in most ClearPath systems. It is

implemented as a virtual server within the Libra 4100 series systems.

Bottom line: If the client needs Java, this is how Java can be processed in the

ClearPath environment!

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These are a few of the key benefits of implementing OS2200 JProcessor and MCP

Jprocessors. The OS 2200 and MCP JProcessors:

• Provide enterprise-class Java processing with unmatched security andavailability.

• Are optimized for Java processing.

• Avoid the costs of integrating, administering, operating, and securing astandalone server for a Java application.

• Offload Java application processing from the central system processors,optimizing performance and price/performance.

• Function as a transparent extension of the ClearPath architecture withoutapplication changes.

• Increase ROI in existing non-Java applications by leveraging new Java-basedtechnology.

• Reduce developer training costs by employing industry standard developmenttools.

• Improve economics by allowing the deployment of open source applications anddevelopment tools.

Click the Web information icon to access the JProcessor information at the Unisys

Offerings Web page.

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It is our strategy to provide industry standard tools to develop, deploy and manage

ClearPath applications. Thus, ClearPath systems support a large and growing array

of industry standard software development, automation, and integration technologies.

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ClearPath supports key industry-standard software technologies using

industry-standard skills and tools, such as those displayed on this slide.

These technologies especially support automation, integration, and new

development activities.

Utilizing these technologies we significantly expand the range of

industry professionals who can develop, implement, and manage

ClearPath solutions.

ClearPath support of these technologies offers the following benefits to

the ClearPath client:

• ClearPath applications and databases integrate with UNIX, Linux,

Windows, and other servers and their applications

• Modernize ClearPath applications with graphical human interfaces

with Web or mobile device access

• Allow clients to develop applications and user interfaces using

industry-standard development tools and skills

• Maximize the ROI of ClearPath applications and data assets

• Maintain mission-critical, business-critical applications in the secure,

stable, and reliable ClearPath environment

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Open Source is a burgeoning area within software development and is gaining

momentum with enterprise-class application developers.

Open source software is both a philosophy and a process. It describes the intended

use of software and methods for its distribution. In simple terms, the fundamental

Open Source software source code is available for free, and the code and inherent

intellectual property is made available to clients. In fact, Open Source encourages

collaboration and cooperation between developers and organizations. Even though

Open Source software is often licensed for free, open source software is not the

same as free software. Open source means that you are free to use, read, modify,

and redistribute the source code and program as you wish. And regarding the word

free, note that organizations often pay support subscriptions and professional service

fees for Open Source packages.

Open source is moving forward quickly. One obvious reason is that there are a large

number of Open Source developers and tools. But as Gartner points out, a second

reason to adopt Open Source is that major IT vendors are participating in Open

Source development. But is Open Source ready to run core business processes?

ClearPath takes open source a step further. Without compromising the fundamental

open source technology, ClearPath provides extensions that enable a more complete

solution environment for enterprise-class users. These extensions provide added

simplicity, improved performance, and wider applicability across the ClearPath and

data center environment. In other words, ClearPath moves Open Source to the core,

mission-critical business.

And at the same time, the ClearPath community benefits from the Open Source

development community that consist of thousands of individuals and companies. If

you are not familiar with Open Source, click the information icon to learn more.

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This slide displays the specific Unisys value adds in regards to Open Source

implementation.

The problem with Open Source, much like Linux in the early days, is that it is not

always ready for prime time. Thus, Unisys offers significant value add by testing,

qualifying, integrating, and packaging Open Source applications to run in the

business environment on the stable ClearPath platform.

The ClearPath client base realizes the following benefits from the Unisys value add in

regards to Open Source:

• Unisys tests, qualifies, and fully supports Open Source tools, elements and

solutions

• Unisys brings value through added features such as plug-ins

• Unisys makes Open Source applications and development tools easy to install and

easy to implement

• Open Source offers rapid access to new features and technologies

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ClearPath IDE for Eclipse is one example of ClearPath Open Source elements and

plug-ins.

ClearPath OS 2200 IDE for Eclipse and ClearPath MCP IDE for Eclipse are all-in-one

packages containing Open Source products and Unisys-developed, value add

products for tight integration with existing ClearPath assets. Featured in these

packages is the Open Source Eclipse IDE, the world’s most popular Java

development environment. But it is not just about Java, the Unisys innovations make

this the tool available for all ClearPath development such as Cobol, C++ and so forth.

Unisys has tested, qualified, and integrated all included products to work in the

ClearPath OS 2200 and MCP environments.

Unisys ClearPath IDE for Eclipse packages implement industry-standard tools for

developing and enhancing OS 2200-based and MCP-based applications. These

important offerings make it easy to develop ClearPath applications by both ClearPath

and non-ClearPath developers. For example, they automatically generate Java

Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) code to access existing ClearPath transactions and

data.

Thus, ClearPath IDE for Eclipse offers our ClearPath clients the benefits of Open

Source.

Let’s change gears and conclude our technology agility segment by stating that Clear

Path is the best place for best place for business applications.

Bold statement, isn’t it?

To back up this statement, let’s compare ClearPath servers and ―other‖ servers in

seven key categories to determine which platform is the most stable, scalable,

reliable, secure place to run business applications. And by the way, the intent of this

comparison is not to demean or devalue other server offerings. Unix, Linux,

Windows, and other servers have their place in business. Many times, just good

enough is indeed, good enough.

This comparison will also serve as an informal summary of the major topics we have

discussed in the course today.

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So here are the seven comparison categories:

• General Applications

• Complex Business Applications

• Security

• Integration

• Scalability

• Software Upgrades

• Support

Let’s see how the ClearPath server compares to other servers!

Let’s compare ClearPath to other servers in regards to running general business

applications.

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When customers deploy an application on other servers, they

typically acquire the hardware and software from different

vendors—often , the hardware, operating system, applications,

security and firewall software, and so forth are all acquired from

separate vendors.

This leaves the customer the job of integrating the complex

pieces themselves, or pay someone else to do it.

And if multiple servers are required to handle the IT workload,

licensing the multiple pieces of software becomes an issue.

Then customers must deal with compatibility and integration

issues between the products, especially when one of the pieces is

upgraded. And if something goes wrong, the customer must

determine who to go to for support.

Not to mention that most other servers were not designed from

the beginning to actually handle core business, mission critical

applications. They often fall short in performance, stability,

reliability, and in security.

There is an easier way! If you remember from module 1, a key

attribute of mainframe computing is the single vendor advantage.

Let’s see how this works out in regards to ClearPath!

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When you place an application on a ClearPath MCP or ClearPath

OS 2200 server, the client experience is very different:

• ClearPath servers were designed to be secure from the

beginning. Security is inherent in the hardware and software

architecture.

• Many flexible licensing models are available, including pay-for-

use and the Cloud.

• The hardware, operating system, utilities, other critical system

software are purchased from one vendor and is completely

integrated, qualified, and tested for compatibility.

• Software updates can be completed in minutes or hours, with

no or minimal interruption to business processing.

• ClearPath servers were designed to support hundreds of

mission critical concurrent applications and databases. This

offers the benefit from the economies of scale associated with

application and server consolidation.

• ClearPath technology innovation is ongoing and has proven

itself through decades of service in the world’s most

demanding transaction processing environments.

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• ClearPath software support policies are focused on delivering

solutions to client problems.

• ClearPath hardware and software is designed with the

mainframe mindset of backward/upward compatibility. Clients

can install new levels of OS, database managers, compilers,

and middleware, without having to unload and reload their

databases or implement and test API changes in application

code. That’s why we can support a software update in minutes

or hours instead of days or weeks.

ClearPath comes out ahead in the area of general applications, but what about

complex business applications? Let’s proceed with the comparison.

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When a multi-tier application is deployed on other servers, the

normal practice is to place each tier (Web Server, Application

Server and Database Server) on separate servers or sets of

servers. This is done to ensure application isolation, which by

experience is the best policy for most other servers and their

operating systems.

At each tier, several servers are clustered to get the desired

availability and scalability. Plus, there is a need for additional

servers for development, testing, and backup operations.

It also requires multiple software licenses, one for each operating

system and software product.

Not to mention that client or a hired consultant is responsible for

to integrate the multiple vendor products.

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The end result are server farms and server sprawl that consist of

many servers from multiple vendors, with increased complexity in

hardware, networking, operations, and management

requirements.

This can lead to significant issues associated with availability,

supportability, scalability, security, manageability, and

performance.

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ClearPath servers are designed to support multiple applications and all tiers of

an application (Web Server, Application Server and Database Server) on a

single server. ClearPath clients run hundreds of applications, manage multiple

databases, and handle thousands of users simultaneously on their ClearPath

system.

The reduced cost and simplicity of ClearPath system management and

operations is a major ClearPath competitive advantage. This is a major item

when you look at the savings realized over the entire lifespan of a ClearPath

system compared with the much higher cost of managing a server farm over

that same time period.

ClearPath servers have built-in redundancy, application scalability, and

security.

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Only one operating system software license is required.

The hardware and software is fully qualified and integrated by Unisys.

The ClearPath availability is in the class of it is own, when we consider time

lost for both planned and unplanned outages.

The result is an application environment with unmatched availability, scalability,

security, manageability and performance.

By any measure, the ClearPath servers come out ahead in the area of handling

complex applications. But what about security? Let’s compare!

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This may be an unfair comparison since security is at the very core of UnisysClearPath mainframes. In fact, the entire ClearPath system was designed from itsvery beginnings to offer the industry’s highest levels of security. And while securityhas been in-built from the start, the focus on security enhancements is ongoing and isalways evolving.

Security protection on many servers only exists because of successful cyber attacksagainst them in the past. Frankly, security is an afterthought on most serverplatforms, followed by continual software updates to help stop the bleeding. Face it,many server platforms were spawned from desktop computers where businesssecurity and strategies were not issues.

In the ClearPath environment, corporate data and application assets are protected bymultiple levels of security, including:

• Built in ClearPath hardware architecture security features

• Operating system file and program security

• Database security

• Transaction security features

• Network authentication

• Hardware firewalls

• Extensive logging and auditing

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These ClearPath architectural features are not new—they’ve been in place fordecades! They provide ClearPath clients with vital protections that still are notavailable with most other server systems today.

Computer system hacking is certainly not a recent phenomenon. PredecessorClearPath systems experienced hacking attempts back in the 1970s. Unisysresponded vigorously and effectively to this threat, addressing known problems andavoiding new ones by deploying solutions to keep hackers out.

ClearPath systems support multiple application workloads (batch, demand orinteractive, transactions, Java applications) running simultaneously and securely.Each workload is protected from the others. Furthermore, due to architecturally-supported isolation of address spaces, programs and data in every workload areprotected against malicious or faulty programs that are running concurrently.

File and database security ensures that no unauthorized person or program can reador change a database or file, while providing secure, efficient access for authorizedusers.

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The Unisys OS 2200 and MCP systems have existed for many years, yet there is norecord of a successful cyber attack. Not a single one!

Additional evidence can be found in a NIST database 13, which records securityvulnerabilities. The table shown on this slide was constructed using informationobtained from this database.

The table shows a number of system types, with the number of vulnerabilitiesrecorded in the database, the date the last one was recorded, and whether or notdata access was allowed. The table shows the status as of June 9, 2009.

Note that the MCP vulnerability did not allow data access; it was a denial of service

attack. A fix for the vulnerability was provided shortly afterwards.

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This diagram illustrates vulnerability to buffer overflows, a reality in many non-

ClearPath servers.

The Java architecture protects Java programs from buffer overflows,

regardless of the underlying operating system.

Since neither the system architecture nor the operating system provide this

protection at the system level in the non-ClearPath servers, all non-Java

programs, including the Java Virtual Machine, any COBOL or C programs, the

relational database software, and the TCP/IP protocol stack are vulnerable to

buffer overflows.

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This diagram illustrates how ClearPath MCP and OS 2200

servers are protected from buffer overflows.

All ClearPath MCP and OS 2200 servers have system level

protection from buffer overflows. This protects not only Java

programs, but all other programs, including the Java Virtual

Machine, any COBOL or C program, database software, and the

TCP/IP protocol stack.

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To verify its security attributes, we asked a leading independent security company,

Symantec, to test our OS 2200 Java environment, Web Server, and Application

Defender product. Symantec tested 47 different areas of potential security

vulnerabilities and gave these OS 2200 products its highest rating.

They concluded that the Unisys OS 2200 Java environment is designed with ―a

security architecture that maps to industry best practices standards and the security

features will allow client to deploy applications on the Unisys OS 2200 Java

environment with confidence.‖

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Unisys engaged Symantec to assess the security of ClearPath MCP servers.

They published their findings in a ClearPath MCP Security Assessment Client

Facing document.

One of their conclusions was: ―The design and implementation of mainstream

operating systems could be improved greatly by examining the security

engineering decisions that were made while developing the ClearPath MCP

environment.‖

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It would take hours to explain all the ClearPath security features.

The key point to remember is that ClearPath security is not a simple third-party

software add-on. Rather, ClearPath security is built-in from the very foundation

of the hardware and software.

Also, ClearPath security is always under further development, in software,

platform, middleware, operations, and system management. This will ensure

that the spotless record of zero successful attacks will continue.

To learn more about ClearPath security, click the two information icons at the

bottom right.

Clearly, ClearPath offers superb security with unmatched proven track record.

But what about the idea of an integrated solution?

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When clients deploy applications on multiple common servers,

they often acquire the hardware and the software from different

vendors. Operating systems, transaction software, database

software, middleware, hardware, and so forth are often sourced

from different vendors. Thus, the clients are left to integrate and

manage the pieces themselves, or pay someone else to do it.

In such configurations, clients must deal with compatibility issues

between the hardware and software products, initially, and each

time they upgrade any piece of the puzzle.

And if something goes wrong, the client is left to determine who to

call for support.

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Conversely, when clients deploy their applications on a ClearPath

server, they acquire the hardware and the system software from

Unisys (or a partnering third-party). Everything is designed ,

tested and qualified to work well together; everything is tightly

integrated providing the most effective transaction processing

environment in the industry!

This a major factor in the cost savings. The ClearPath client does

not need to perform time-consuming, labor-intensive, and risky

integration themselves. These savings are key when calculating

TCOs and ROIs over the lifespan of the solutions. This is a major

competitive ClearPath advantage. Often these saving

advantages are overlooked in the initial calculations of a solution,

resulting in a costly mistake. And since for many packages the

cost of an upgrade is 10% of the initial purchase, the cost of these

environments over their lifespan can quickly spiral out of control.

Also, the single release, single vendor concept ensures

compatibility between the various products and the solution is

completely integrated by Unisys. If something goes wrong, the

client has only one vendor to call for support.

Unlike common servers, the ClearPath solution is the result of a coordinated

development effort between the operating system engineers, software utilities

engineers, the hardware engineers, and support. It is all accomplished in-house to

ensure complete system compatibility and ease of management and support.

This is one of the key factors in the superior availability of the ClearPath operating

environments.

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Wikibon analysts say that the ClearPath has the most integrated, integrated stack in

the industry. We agree.

Let’s move on and compare scalability features!

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ClearPath systems offer superior scalability from laptop systems designed for

ClearPath development work to high-end mainframes that handle extreme volumes of

business transactions.

And when the time comes to upgrade their ClearPath systems, our clients do not

need to change their applications or data. They can migrate the most entry-level

system to the highest performing system without any changes to the applications.

This is an incredible cost-savings and greatly reduces risk.

There is also significant scalability within the installed ClearPath operating

environment. The ClearPath Pay-for-Use and metering features allow ClearPath

systems to easily accommodate significant business growth without hardware

upgrades. The ClearPath performance can increase to meet the client’s business

growth; even if the growth or needs are temporary. The small performance increase is

not a matter of upping or downing a processors or licensing more processors, but it

can be a small percentage of the overall processor performance. Even with the large

performance increases, the additional capacity matches the clients exact

requirements with the fine granularity.

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This scalability capability is present in all system software. Databases, transaction

processing, middleware, and other system software is built to scale as needed to

handle massive loads.

Finally, in the ClearPath world, scalability also describes the ClearPath ability to

dynamically handle dozens to hundreds of mission-critical applications, reaching

100% utilization without the stability problems associated with other servers.

No other vendor provides this class of scalability for business-capable applications

and enterprise-level workloads.

The ClearPath platform has the advantage in handling general and complex

applications, it is secure and highly integrated and scalable. What about software

upgrades?

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Software upgrades for non-ClearPath servers can take days or

weeks to complete, with numerous system restarts resulting in

significant downtime. A week of downtime can significantly impact

and disturb the business metrics and results.

Third-party software management systems are available to assist

in maintaining software versions up-to-date.

But, even so, managing multiple servers and their software is a

complex and stressful task given multiple vendors, compatibility

issues, version issues, licensing, and so forth.

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ClearPath MCP and OS 2200 software updates are typically done

in minutes or hours and with no or limited interruption to business

processing. Remember, many ClearPath servers run several

years without a single outage, planned or unplanned.

We even have technology that enables our ClearPath clients to

install system software updates with absolutely no downtime.

ClearPath mainframes support mixing and matching between

releases. Consequently, the client is not required to update

everything at one time.

Clearly ClearPath servers score well in all of the areas we have examined so far. But

what about support and service?

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Supporting or managing a room full of servers, system software,

and application software, supplied by dozens of vendors is labor-

intensive and expensive. We see this very clearly at the client

datacenters that have large server farms.

And when something goes wrong, even if the client knows who to

call, their support contact may limit the client to a specific number

of support calls or support hours.

And access to engineering-level experts is often not an option.

And if it is an option, it comes at additional costs.

And often, the solution is not a real solution, but rather a

workaround! Too often the response is that it will be fixed in next

release.

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ClearPath servers have a well-defined support policy with user-

specified priorities.

Unisys has a process for escalation and immediate service. Our

goal is to fix your problem.

Unisys has been in the support and service business for 60+

years. In light of our support experience, highly-trained support

representatives, and our support infrastructure, companies such

as Dell and EMC (to name a few), contract with Unisys to handle

a portion of their field support calls.

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The tally is in and the ClearPath server won seven out of seven of

our comparisons against the formidable ―other‖ servers challenge.

Again, it is not our intent to diminish the importance of Unix,

Linux, Windows, and other servers. But we firmly believe that

Unisys ClearPath is the best place for our client’s mission-critical,

business-critical transaction processing of core business

applications and data!

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Technical agility is the hallmark of the ClearPath product line.

Whether it is the scalable, available, stable, and reliable integrated

hardware and software platform, the inbuilt security, the simplified

software and hardware upgrades, the upward/backward compatibility,

specialty engines, Open System and Open Source integration,

ClearPath delivers on all technical fronts.

And when you compare ClearPath to the ―other‖ servers…well, there

really is no comparison!

But this is not just about technical products and capabilities. More

importantly, ClearPath technical agility enables the clients’ business

agility.

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You have reached the end of Module 3.