Planet MVS Planet MVS The IBM Mainframe Name Game

The IBM Mainframe
Name Game

The More Things Change...
The More They Stay The Same


Current name Previous names
IBM COBOL for OS/390 and VM . COBOL/370
. COBOL for MVS


Name That IBM COBOL Product!
SecureWay© Security Server

Includes: RACF©, LDAP, Firewall, and more. 		. RACF©
. OS/390 Security Server
Text Search . NetQuestion
WebSphere . ICSS (Internet Connection Secure Server)
. Domino Go Webserver
z/OS



Includes: elements and features 		. OS/390 - A combination of base elements (including the BCP) and optional priced features.

MVS
MVS/XA
MVS/ESA 		Note: What was formerly thought of as MVS can now be considered the BCP (Base Control Program) element in OS/390

z/OS Communications Server

Includes: Multiprotocol/HPR Services, TCP/IP Services, SNA/APPN Services 		Separate products:
. TCP/IP for MVS
. VTAM
. eNetwork Communications Server for OS/390
. SecureWay© Communications Server for OS/390
z/OS Infoprint© Server

Includes: IP PrintWay and NetSpool, z/OS Print Interface and SOMobjects ADE. 		. OS/390 Print Server
z/OS Unix Systems Services . OpenMVS
. OpenEdition/MVS
. Unix Systems Services for OS/390
z900 . S/390


I'm not trying to show EVERY name a product has had back to 1849. These are the product names as known to me in recent memory.

Non-IBM

Current name Previous names
CA-whatever whatever


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