WinterGreen Research, an analyst firm focused on information technology and other advanced high tech industries and products, today announced it has completed work on a Web-based ROI Calculator that shows comparative cost over 5 years of providing IMS database images to application development and test environments comprised of traditional multiple physical IMS database images vs. that same development/test environment delivered to users with virtualized IMS images sharing one or more physical images enabled by Standardware COPE for IMS.

IBM and Standardware Software Developers have enhanced the support for Debug Tool and COPE. Based on high demand from customers, IBM and Standardware jointly developed a way for individual Debug Tool, users to simultaneously test different versions of the same online transaction without affecting other users who share the same message regions.

Standardware, a leading provider of IMS virtualization and cloud tools for zSeries platforms, announced it has formed and broadened its relationships with two key European partners as the company seeks to expand its established customer base to a broader global market.

As a member of the IBM Advanced Business Partner Program, Standardware is a featured solution in the October 2009 IMS Newsletter. The newsletter announces the “I am IMS” Campaign and the General Availability of V11 of IMS.

One of the world’s leading auto makers has recently doubled the usage of COPE for IMS at their data centers in France.

Standardware is participating in the IMS v11 QPP to provide customers with the latest support for the IBM product.