Product: PeruseView

"Our end users generate their own reports on the Tandem. In the past they had to be taught Peruse in special training classes. Now, with the Windows look and feel of PeruseView, users are able to easily view and print their reports with minimal training or no training at all. In addition to the ease of use, PeruseView allows users to easily import reports into Excel and Word, and even to send them via email right from PeruseView."

Product: Report Writer

"Report Writer has allowed us to develop reports on our Tandem system that were previously unheard of on a mainframe computer. We are able to use different fonts, letter sizes, bold, underline, line draw... These reports look just like ones produced by the latest network based tools."

HP NonStop Division, Cupertino California

Product: TheView

"TheView is a Windows style editor that puts a modern interface on NonStop systems. In TMF development, our projects encompass many different subprojects so TheView's ability to open 80 files and multiple subvolumes at the same time has greatly increased productivity. Searching, cutting and pasting within and between files, and opening listing files are all incredibly simple operations - and all editing is transparently saved back to the NonStop system with a simple Windows style Save. And if we ever accidentally delete the NSK file (programmer error), TheView has cached a copy of the file on the PC for retrieval!

We open multiple Execution Windows so that we can run simple compiles and complete builds within our source control system. The infinite depth of the Execution Window is a real plus - for instance, we can debug a dump and have the complete record of what we have done. It is a simple cut and paste operation to take the pertinent parts of the dump and e-mail them to others for further discussion.

Installation is a breeze, and support has been phenomenal. Any bugs (the handful there have been, have all been minor) have been acted on quickly; and requests for enhancements have been enthusiastically received and often put in an upcoming release.

If you have ever used a Windows product (like Word) before, it will be natural to use TheView!"

AOL, Reston Virginia

Product: TheView

When we first evaluated TheView a new IDE Tool by River Rock Software, it provided a GUI-based development and system management tool for the Tandem platforms.  Anyone that saw a demo of tool or that has actually used the tool unanimously agrees that it is a sorely needed tool. 

The benefits obtained are largely attributable to the features and functions provided;

1. Higher productivity simply by the nature of the GUI interface that provides point and click, drag-n-drop, along with the multitude of development-level features and shortcuts that eliminate or minimize the need for a command-line interface within and between PCs and Tandem environments.
2. Better able to leverage non-Tandem developer and QA personnel pool but removing and abstracting the Tandem specific knowledge requirements. As requested features and functions are added, this becomes an even more compelling justification.
3. Significantly shorten the spin up time for contractors, QA personnel and new developers.

In speaking with QA managers, they are eager to utilize the tool because they too can leverage all of their resources and potentially assign any QA personnel with minimal Tandem training in order to conduct many QA tasks. 

River Rock Software has also been very attentive to adding features and functions specifically geared toward AOL requirements as added incentive to purchase the tool.