It starts with a customer’s business need...
These are just a few of the typical business goals our customers present to us. Often a project fulfills more than one of these business goals.
Innovation
Attract new business by adopting innovative technology.
Protection
Protect critical organizational data securely.
Efficiency
Reduce costs via more efficient operations.
Continuity
Prepare for business continuity and disaster recovery.
Security
Improve system-wide security architectures.
A key factor in our success is the way we work with you.
Process and relationship matter.
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We help you identify the technical requirements which fulfill your business goals.
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We harmonize with your engineering process so that we are tracking with your quality initiatives.
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We augment your capabilities, working cooperatively with your staff. We learn from them, and share our technical experience.
Many OS 2200 Competencies
We gain much of our depth from the R & D invested in our proprietary products. We then deploy these skills in our service engagements with our customers.
FCI has depth and breadth in several key areas in the OS 2200 technology profile.
For example, highly technical research in EXEC internals for tape processing and peer-to-peer communications for our product STAR-1100, prepared us for substantial customer engagements with Teradata and StorageTek.
And, experiences in customer engagements also positively influence our product development.
Trends in Offerings & Accomplishments
When FCI started, many customers needed assistance implementing their core business applications. Others sought help overseeing operations and administering system upgrades.
Early on, we found ourselves developing local code in the EXEC. This was to make certain features in our products feasible. We also helped customers solve some highly technical integration challenges.
Early Integrations
Assisted customers with core business apps, overseeing operations, and initial EXEC local code development to support custom requirements.
StorageTek & Teradata
Major projects integrating 3rd party solutions into OS 2200 ecosystems, utilizing our expertise in EXEC functions and A Series development.
Open Systems & Education
Expanded into delivering technical education to OS 2200 sites while simultaneously taking on integration opportunities in open systems environments.
Internet & Wireless Innovations
Integrated client-server platforms with video capture, wireless monitoring, and GPS location services directly with customers' web portals.
Present & Future Services
Continuing custom OS 2200 development, security enhancements, and modern integrations.
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Technical Wins Show Strong Competencies
Requirement
Protect the data on a tape volume
Technology
Tape processing, tape management
Where?
STAR-1100How?
We originally developed EXEC local code for STAR-1100 to perform media validation and label checking. Later adopted by Unisys as the Media Manager.
Requirement
Protect all tapes on multiple hosts
Technology
Tape management, communications, peer-to-peer
Where?
STAR-1100How?
STAR’s SLS broke technical ground in communicating among multiple partitions. Implemented a peer-to-peer capability to synchronize a distributed file.
Requirement
Attach robotic library to 2200
Technology
EXEC local code, real-time routine, communications
Where?
Storage TechnologyHow?
Developed local code to intercept tape requests and route them to the attached robotic library controller for execution.
Requirement
Attach database machine to 2200
Technology
EXEC internals, database, SQL, communications
Where?
TeradataHow?
Used a low-level interface to attach a database machine. A real-time “traffic director” program routed requests to the massively parallel system.