Welcome to HCLSoftware zTools Mainframe Portfolio

#Why Pay More #Get More with Greater Value

How many of your team members know that HCLSW is one of the premier providers of IBM Mainframe Software?

How many of your team members know that HCLSoftware develops and provides support on many IBM solutions your team members may own today?

• When your team members call the IBM helpdesk for help on mainframe solutions, it is likely HCLSoftware is fielding your team member’s support call.
• HCLSoftware answers the call when your team members request support and provides the technical guidance and solutions.

Did you know your team members can contract directly with HCLSoftware for Service and Support and likely optimize your cost?

• HCLSoftware may be able to offer your team members unlimited Service and Support; locking in a portion of your future spend for mainframe!
• HCLSoftware can also reinstate your Service and Support without back paying for years missed.

How many of your team members know that HCLSoftware has developed the same versions under the HCLSoftware brand with additional features/functionality your team members could leverage if moving to HCLSoftware versions?

Here is the HCL zTools Mainframe Product Portfolio listed by what each product does, the differentiator vs the market, and the How it benefits the Customer.

Connect fast & secure to the Mainframe & AS400 applications and Data via Windows Desktop

• HCL ZIE for Windows – Accessing the mainframe from Cloud platform.  Value to the Customer = can use their current cloud infrastructure with installing/running ZIE for Windows on the desktop.
• HCL ZIE for Windows – Accessing the mainframe from Cloud platform.  Value to the MSP Customers = first step toward providing Emulator as a Service to their customers.
• HCL ZIE for Windows – Japanese Local Language. Value to the Customer = Users in Japanese region can operate in the local language.
• HCL ZIE for Windows – Interoperability between ZIEWin and ZIEWeb clients. Value to the Customer = Users can operate in either the Windows or Web Client. Utilizing product interoperability to increase productivity.
• HCL ZIE for Windows – Chinese Local Language. Value to the Customer = Users in Chinese region can operate in the local language. (COMING SOON!)
• HCL ZIE for Windows – In a container Kubernetes support. Value to the Customer = The product can be more rapidly deployed, patched, or scaled. (COMING SOON!)

Connect fast & secure to the Mainframe & AS400 applications and Data via the Web from any device anywhere

• HCL ZIE for Web – Office 365 Support (ZIE WEB Plus). Value to the Customer = Users can be able to send green screen data or as part of the screen to Office365 features like Excel, OneNote, and Mail.  Allows ZIE WEB users with the ability to modernize the traditional green screen and handle events as web-based applications.
• HCL ZIE for Web – Get two apps in one package, both the Thick Web Based Client and the Zero FootPrint Thin Client are included.  Value to the Customer = Do not have to buy two separate products
• HCL ZIE for Web – Japanese Local Language. Value to the Customer = Users in Japanese region can operate in the local language.
• HCL ZIE for Web – Interoperability between ZIEWin and ZIEWeb clients. Value to the Customer = Users can operate in either the Windows or Web Client. Utilizing product interoperability to increase productivity.
• HCL ZIE for Web – Chinese Local Language. Value to the Customer = Users in Chinese region can operate in the local language. (COMING SOON!)
• HCL ZIE for Web – Hybrid cloud v1.0​ In a container. Value to the Customer = The product can be more rapidly deployed, patched, or scaled across all types of Cloud (Public or Private or on-premises infrastructure). (COMING SOON!)

Mainframe modernization in-place by Extend mission critical terminal applications to the web, mobile , or as standard SOAP, or RESTful web services without touching the existing application

• HCL ZIE for Transformation – TLS1.3, Struts upgrade, AES128 encryption. Value to the Customer = Latest security and development standards in the market today. Equals the most capable and secure Mainframe Modernization Product
• HCL ZIE for Transformation – Cloud Deployment – support ZIET projects on the Cloud. Value to the Customer = Leveraging the Infrastructure to increase productivity.
• HCL ZIE for Transformation – No 3rd party software licenses required. Value to the Customer = minimized risk on dependencies outside the product
• HCL ZIE for Transformation – Mainframe Modernization in-place. Value to the Customer = No changes of the existing applications. No rewriting, refactoring, or access to application source code is required.
• HCL ZIE for Transformation – RESTGen API capability requiring no development Environment. Value to the Customer = RESTGen API capability is included with no additional cost for fast development of REST APIs connecting / Extending the enterprise.
• HCL ZIE for Transformation – ZIET projects containers for cloud. Value to the Customer = scalable containers will enable other cloud applications access mainframes seamlessly. (COMING SOON!)

Manage and Optimize your Mainframe Software Assets Efficiently

• HCL Z Asset Optimizer – ZAO Linux version runs in containers. Value to the Customer = Reduce MIPS consumption by ~90% of the analytics and reporting phases by running ZAO in contains on the zCX.  Lower Mainframe TCO
• HCL Z Asset Optimizer – Flexible licensing model. Value to the Customer = License by LPAR(cost effective for smaller customers), or entire Mainframe.
• HCL Z Asset Optimizer – License Verification. Value to the Customer = Track all states of Software Asset License compliance (i.e. With License, Without License, License with no Software Asset, With Entitlement, No Entitlement).  Lower the Risk of non-compliance fines.
• HCL Z Asset Optimizer – Automated SAM processes.  Value to the Customer = Software Asset Management processes are more accurate than manual processes, consistent, timely, and cost-effective.

HCL ZAI helps you determine the root cause of an application abend analyzing the application’s environment in real-time or from a system dump.

• HCL Z Abend Investigator – Japanese Local Language. Value to the Customer = Users in Japanese region can operate in the local language.
• HCL Z Abend Investigator – GUI Desktop. Value to the Customer = Users can choose to use out-of-box 3270 screens or GUI version.  User productivity capability.  (COMING SOON!)

Provides flexible, user-friendly tools for enhanced file processing.

• HCL Z Data Tools – One Price, four major products threaded together. Value to the Customer = only pay one price to license the product.  Competitor’s product, must buy four separate licenses.
• HCL Z Data Tools – Japanese Local Language. Value to the Customer = Users in Japanese region can operate in the local language. (COMING SOON!)
• HCL Z Data Tools – GUI Desktop. Value to the Customer = Users can choose to use out-of-box 3270 screens or GUI version.  User productivity capability.  (COMING SOON!)

Add-on product for IBM Z Software Asset Manager (IZSAM) customers and extends IZSAM’s capabilities by offering exclusive software license verification support.

• HCL Z License Verification – License Verification plug-in for IBM IzSAM Customers. Value to the Customer = Track all states of Software Asset License compliance (i.e. With License, Without License, License with no Software Asset, With Entitlement, No Entitlement).  Lower the Risk of non-compliance fines.

So why pay more when you can get greater value? Start your value journey with HCLSoftware today! To learn more or begin utilizing the Mainframe zTool products please contact ZIO@hcl.com.