Sirius Software, Inc.
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Sirius Software, Inc.
875 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
+1.617.876.6677

Product offerings and services from Sirius enable our customers to develop and maintain cost-effective application suites operating on the leading edge of information technology. Our add-on products for Model 204 cover the entire spectrum from high performance database utilities to powerful Object-Oriented middleware for implementing Service-Oriented Architectures.


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Documentation Authorization zaps Fixes Object code User Language
Documentation is freely available to everyone, but a user ID and password is required to access the product service download areas. A self-service application allows customers to generate zaps for disaster recovery CPUs. Upgrades and fixes can be downloaded at your convenience, and new products can be downloaded for trial. For more information, refer to the customer service page.

Sirius 2010 User Group

Sirius Software is pleased to announce that the 2010 Sirius Software User Group will be held from May 2nd to May 5th 2010 at the historic Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri.

The conference officially kicks off with a reception Sunday evening. However, we urge you to attend the series of valuable training sessions on Sunday prior to the reception focused on bringing application programmers up to speed on the latest in Object-Oriented programming with Janus. A preliminary agenda is available. Registration is available online or you may call +1.617.876.6677, extension 220 to register. Please register as soon as possible so that we can best manage the catering and social events.

Sirius Product Support for Model 204 V7R1

Various Sirius products have been upgraded to provide support for Model 204 V7R1. Fast/Unload 4.4, released in September of 2007 supports the the new file organizations. SirAud Version 1.5, currently in controlled release supports the additional statistics and changed journal formats. SirAud Version 1.5 will become Generally Available in April of 2009. Sirius Mods Version 7.4 was released in February of 2009 as an interim version, available only to the Beta Testers of Model 204 V7R1. Sirius Mods Version 7.5 will be released in April of 2009 and will be required for V7R1. Any customers requiring early support for Model 204 V7R1 may contact Sirius for early access to these versions.

Sirius Wishlist

The Sirius wishlist is both a list of things people would like to see in our products and a list of features we plan on adding to those products. It is maintained online so that all customers can monitor and influence our product planning process. Visit the wishlist to ensure that our plans correctly reflect your needs.

Product News

Version 7.4 of the Sirius Mods was released in February of 2009 as an interim release solely to support Beta testers of Model 204 V7R1. It will not be generally released and will be replaced by Version 7.5 of the Sirius Mods in April of 2009. The features of Version 7.4 will be described in the Release Notes for Version 7.5.

Version 7.3 of the Sirius Mods was released in October of 2008, dramatically extending the benefits of Object-Oriented Programming to all Sirius customers. Mods Version 7.3 makes O-O forms of $lists available to all, along with a large variety of intrinsic methods. A new StringTokenizer class simplifies the creation of high performance parsing applications. A new Sirius Mods Command and Parameter Reference Manual helps System Managers keep up with the latest enhancements. The new ToXmlDoc method in the Record class lets Janus SOAP customers efficiently convert the contents of a Model 204 record to an XML Document. Extensive support for Unicode lays the foundation for Model 204 applications to transition from legacy EBCDIC environments to modern multi-platform architectures.

Version 7.2 of the Sirius Mods was released in February of 2008, marking a significant milestone in the language modernization delivered by the Janus middleware. As of Mods Version 7.2, the Janus SOAP ULI supports exceptions, with the usual Try/Catch/Throw syntax. Read-Only and Protected members provide additional flexibility to class designers, stopping just short of a full-blown packaging solution. Enhancement methods and intrinsic methods allow User Language programmers to “dip their toe” in the Object-Oriented Programming pool, enabling a gradual adoption. Additional system classes, such as the Dataset class simplify complex programming tasks, increasing programmer productivity while improving application performance.

Fast/Unload 4.4 was released in September of 2007, furthering our exploitation of 64-bit storage. Fast/Unload 4.4 also supports a new file organization designed to improve performance on z9 series machines, a feature that is fully enabled by Model 204 V7R1. Fast/Unload 4.4 supports ad-hoc groups of Model 204 files, without requiring the User Language Interface feature.

The Janus and Sirius Debuggers

The Janus Debugger is a tool designed for software developers who create and maintain Janus Web Server applications. The Sirius Debugger by contrast is designed to debug classical screen-based 3270 applications as well as batch applications. Both of these debuggers share a common GUI-based client. The two debuggers are tightly integrated with Model 204 and the Sirius Mods, supporting the Object-Oriented contructs provided by the Janus middleware.





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