Re: AS/400 Connectivity from Remote Sites -- BPCS-L

Don,

I did notice that add as well. Hummm, did not see any advice though (free advice that is).

Tim,

We are an international corporation with multiple sites in the US, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Honduras, Brazil, Chile, Austria, and Thailand. We have been successfully running VPN to those sites for over 2 years where we provide "green screen" access to our AS/400s located in the states. Actually run all our networked traffic through it (eMail, As/400, Intranet, etc., etc.)

We do believe the service is reliable in the US and in quite a few countries in Latin America and Europe. However, we did back away from it in Thailand where we now run Frame Relay (reliability was not good). Response time is very good, but of course that depends on the size of "pipe" you select.

We have this service with one of the major carriers in the US and have management services (separate contract) with a third party company. It is important that you understand what they are willing to committ to in terms of band width, time of resultion, statistical reports, etc, etc.

I hope this helps.
Regards,
Jose Torres.

From: Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: AS/400 Connectivity from Remote Sites
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:10:11 -0400 (EDT)
Mitchell,

Nice add dude...

Sure you didn't miss any phone numbers there dude? :)

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On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 mkleinman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Tim, > > We just did this analysis for a client in Southern California running SSA > iSeries software. We also provided the contract and the comm hardware. > They chose us due to our knowledge of Comm, the 400 and our 24/7 help desk > to assist with any possible problems. > > Could we possibly be of assistance? > > Mitchell K. Kleinman > Executive Vice President > CCS - an IBM Premier Business Partner > 949-476-0874 (Main) > 949-261-3298 (Direct) > 949-261-9164 (Office Fax) > 425-940-1954 (eFax) > Mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > TLuce@xxxxxxxx > Sent by: bpcs-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx > 10/08/2003 09:34 AM > Please respond to > "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To > bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx > cc > > Subject > AS/400 Connectivity from Remote Sites > > > > > > > We are evaluating going with a VPN solution rather than our current frame > solution for connectivity of our remote sites. The cost is dramatically > lower (thousands per month!), but the big question is reliability. We are > > running BPCS versions 4.05 CD, 6.02, 6.04, and 6.1.02. Three of these > environments are already centralized onto one AS/400, the remaining two > will be migrated within the next 6 months. Note: the sites would be > throughout the US plus Toronto CAN and Monterrey MEX. > > Is anyone successfully using a VPN solution for remote connectivity while > utilizing Client Access for green screen? What were your experiences? > Has anyone tried this and failed - if so, what were the issues that caused > > this solution not to work? > > I look forward to your responses - thanks! > > Timothy C. Luce, MBA, CPIM > Director of Application Development > ESAB - North America > tluce@xxxxxxxx > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This communication and any files transmitted with it contain information > which is confidential and which may also be privileged. It is for the > exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended > recipient(s), please note that any disclosure, copying, printing or use > whatsoever of this communication or the information contained in it is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify the author and then delete the e-mail together with any > copies of it. > > Information or opinions in this message that do not relate to the business > of ESAB shall be treated as neither given nor endorsed by it. ESAB does > not accept liability for any changes which may occur in transmission due > to network, machine or software failure or manufacture or operator error. > Although this communication and any file(s) transmitted with it are > believed to be free of any virus or any other defect which might affect > any computer or IT system into which they are received and opened, it is > the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they are virus free and > no responsibility will be accepted by ESAB for any loss or damage arising > in any way from receipt or use thereof. > _______________________________________________ > This is the SSA's BPCS ERP System (BPCS-L) mailing list > To post a message email: BPCS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/bpcs-l > or email: BPCS-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l. > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the SSA's BPCS ERP System (BPCS-L) mailing list > To post a message email: BPCS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/bpcs-l > or email: BPCS-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/bpcs-l. >
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