Momentum Launch Query/400 Audit

July 5th, 2000 --- Sydney, Australia: Momentum Utilities Pty Ltd, a leading developer and supplier of data retrieval and presentation products for the IBM iSeries market, based in Sydney, Australia today announced the launch of a new service for iSeries sites. The Query/400 Audit provides a cost effective and speedy service for Information Systems managers to assess how IBM Query/400 queries are being stored, used and managed on their iSeries's.

Discussions with customers confirmed Momentum’s belief that many iSeries systems are cluttered with 1000s of queries and that no housekeeping tools exist to adequately monitor and audit Query/400 usage. On average at least 85% of queries created are ‘one-offs’, often in redundant libraries and created by people that have left the company. Momentum’s new Query/400 Audit, provides an essential snapshot analysis of query usage, enabling IS to make informed decisions on whether a cleanup or rationalization of Query/400 queries is needed. Delivering both a detailed report on current usage together with software utilities to help clean up the common type of library and ownership problems that can arise, the Query/400 Audit fills a gap in Query/400 Management and ensures IS remain in control of Query/400 usage.

The Query/400 Audit provides essential background analysis, answering questions such as: How many queries your users have created? Who created and owns them? Where they are stored? How often new queries are being developed? Which queries are run most often?

"We believe the introduction of the Query/400 Audit will have an appeal to all iSeries operations world-wide. The fact that the whole service can be delivered via e-mail and the web means that we can both contain the cost of the service and offer a fast turnaround of the analysis. The service also complements our existing expertise with our own information retrieval products. The initial trials have been well received and allowed us to fine tune the service" comments Keith Dickins, CEO, Momentum Utilities.

Query/400 Audit provides a snap shot of Query/400 usage and is:

• Cost effective … cheaper than specifying the analysis and doing it in-house
• Practical … highlights the issues and offers some recommendations and solutions
• Informative … provides the analysis needed for decision making and action
• Essential … puts clients in control
• Speedy…the average analysis is turned around in a day
• Thought provoking … clients don’t need to act on any of the conclusions but might want to!

Available directly from Momentum's web site www.jacana.com and priced at just US $749 the Query/400 Audit is a cost effective and quick way to gain a detailed understanding of Query/400 usage.

Peter Goodwin, Manager Reporting Solutions, observes, "Managing Query/400 usage may not be one of the most exciting aspects of IS functions but given the extensive use of Query/400 it is an important issue. A lot of organizations turn a blind eye to the problems posed by the proliferation of queries on their systems. Our new Query/400 Audit offers an essential and cost effective means of regaining awareness and control of how Query/400 is being used. We know customers will be delighted with the results we can deliver".

Feedback from users trialing the service has been extremely positive...

• "...the Query/400 Audit is excellent value for money".
• "...The (analysis) report is great, the breakdown showing Query usage by library, unused queries by library and frequently used queries has been particularly useful..."
• "...I especially like the feature in the toolset that allows movement of all queries from one library to another."

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