Product description:

X-PRESS  is a compression program which compresses and decompresses data and is especially suited for file transfer and archiving..

Elementary functions:

  • with a new mode, compression more than 80%.
  • Compression of several files in one compressed file, selective decompression of single files.
  • Input file formats: SAM, ISAM, VSAM
  • Compressed file formatable (fix or variable), for transfer in heterogeneous networks.
  • Conversion of record/file formats.
  • Translation ASCII/EBCDIC.
  • extended conversion on ASCII systems, each record can be converted on field level (character string, numeric fields, packed numbers, binary numbers)
  • Exits/Interfaces for SIRON®, ESR®, CFS® and ARCIS®.
  • Direct read access of records within a compressed file.
  • Protection of the compressed data with a new encryption method (optional).
  • JAVA-GUI for Win32 and UNIX.

X-PRESS  is especially suited for the interchange between different operating systems, such as z/OS (MVS), VSE, BS2000/OSD, OpenVMS, most UNIX® derivates and Win32 systems.

X-PRESS  can be appointed as 'stand-alone' package or as pre- and post processor. On mainframes it can additionally be used as a call exit.

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First installation in:  1992
Current version:  5.0.x
Product offered in:  Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland
Price range (EUR):  350 to 33,000

UNIX® is a registered trademark in the USA and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/OPEN Company Ltd. 


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