For over 40 years, Optica has been in the business of delivering technology solutions that are designed to optimize and add value to mainframe channel infrastructures. Tested and certified by IBM and our other partners, Optica delivers the exceptional product quality that our mainframe clients demand.
Customer Managed Evolution
In an effort to introduce new applications and support business growth, it is preferable for mainframe users to direct System z investments towards host upgrades and higher capacity FICON storage infrastructures.
One of the barriers associated with the speed of migration relates to mature applications which depend on ESCON and Bus & Tag peripheral devices and channel interfaces. In the past, this has required clients to either remain on ESCON infrastructures for a very long time, or choose to complete forklift and upgrade their entire mainframe systems at significant cost and complexity.
The ideal solution is to deliver a flexible FICON infrastructure that readily enables host and device upgrades, while preserving investment in existing, mission critical ESCON and Bus & Tag devices.
The combination of Optica’s conversion and encryption solutions delivers a flexible, multi-protocol channel infrastructure that enables customers to optimize growth, encrypt sensitive enterprise data, and maintain their mature business applications.
Optica’s solutions deliver maximum ROI to modernize FICON infrastructures while securing and preserving the significant investements in deployed FICON, ESCON and Bus & Tag storage peripherals.
Optica’s FICON, ESCON and Bus & Tag infrastructure solutions
FICON to ESCON and ESCON to Bus/Tag protocol converter products help mainframe technology users protect their significant investments in legacy computer peripheral devices while providing a means to take advantage of the latest host processor technologies. Prizm, the company’s flagship product delivers the best ROI for extending ESCON over long distances, ESCON Director replacement and FICON bridge repalcement.
Optica’s mainframe tape encryption solutions
In 2007, Optica Technologies introduced the industry’s first native line of ESCON, FICON and Bus & Tag data encryptors to address the stringent requirements for mainframe tape encryption. Eclipz provides fully transparent, high performance data compression and encryption for mainframe tape backup, disaster recovery, and information sharing with business partners.
Optica’s line of fiber optic infrastructure solutions
Optica Technologies provides fiber optic transport systems and components for mainframe and open systems raised floor environments including trunk and jumper cabling, zone cabinetry, connectorized patch panels, and sub-floor or overhead conveyance systems.
Optica’s suite of data center infrastructure consulting solutions
Optica Technologies provides comprehensive infrastructure assessment, fiber design, installation and testing consulting services. Optica also provides comprehensive fiber implementation services that include installation, customization, training and ongoing management services. We specialize in planning and modeling services for FICON® environments.