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Description

IpBridge/Connect, free with ZIP/390 and ZIP/VSE, provides file compression, encryption, presentation re-packaging and delivery functions as services on a Windows server. Client applications currently supported include Data21's ZIP/390 and ZIP/VSE products for IBM zSeries and a Web interface for performing adhoc operations.

Benefits of Windows Server Integration:
  • Lower cost for mainframe centric AES and PGP strong encryption.
  • Lower mainframe overhead vs. performing CPU intensive compression and encryption processes on a general processor.
  • The process remains a Mainframe controlled one from start to finish:
    • z/Series Job Scheduling.
    • z/Series return codes to confirm success/failure of end-to-end process.

Packaging and Delivery Services

IpBridge/Connect supports industry standard compression, encryption and presentation formats to ensure cross-platform interoperability and exploitation of pervasive technologies.

Compression: ZIP, GZIP, TAR, TGZ
Encryption:

ZIP KEYWORD,
PGP,
AES (128, 192, 256),
RC4

Formatting:

ASCII Text, Adobe PDF, Delimited Text

Delivery Options High-Speed Copy (I/O), 
FTP (I/O),
E-Mail Attachment

System Requirements

Production:

  • Windows Professional or Server (Recommended) with IIS.
  • Pentium 4 2ghz or higher (multiple processors recommenced for high volume).
  • 1 GB of RAM (or more for high volume).
Developer or Test:
  • Windows Professional or Server with IIS.
  • Pentium III 500 MHz or higher.
  • 512 MB of RAM.

 

 
 
Documentation
Reference Guide
  • For documentation on IpBridge/Connect, see ZIP/390 & ZIP/VSE Reference Guide - HTML   (Link to PDF Version in TOC)

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IpBridge/Connect is a transparent zip server that offers fast compression and compression that is transparent to the mainframe. IpBridge/Connect teams up with ZIP/390, ZIP/VSE and ZIP/CICS to increase productivity and make ZIP file transfers easier for you. Using AES encryption as one method as well as other IpBridge/Connect provides lower mainframe overhead. This product includes FTP Client and Email (SMTP) Client. The ability to convert EBCDIC to ASCII and ASCII to EBCDIC. As well as being a cross-platform, windows based zip-server, IpBridge/Connect is WINZIP Compatible and PKZIP Compatible. Add PGP Encryption for PGP compatibility for secure mainframe transfer of files. Cyberfusion, ca-xcom, Connect:Direct, Connect:Express, DataBlaster, and File SWEEP/Rapid.
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