<s>
Advanced	B-Architecture
Systems	I-Architecture
Concepts	I-Architecture
,	I-Architecture
Inc	I-Architecture
.	I-Architecture
(	O
ASCI	O
)	O
provides	O
job	B-General_Concept
scheduling	I-General_Concept
,	O
scripting	B-Language
and	O
command	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
data	B-Architecture
replication	I-Architecture
and	O
recovery	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
products	O
for	O
former	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
's	O
(	O
DEC	O
)	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
OS	O
)	O
product	O
;	O
now	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
across	O
different	O
platforms	O
and	O
technologies	O
,	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
UNIX	B-Application
,	O
and	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
products	O
include	O
ActiveBatch	B-Architecture
,	O
XLNT	B-Language
,	O
and	O
RemoteSHADOW	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActiveBatch	B-Architecture
,	O
a	O
Workload	B-General_Concept
Automation	I-General_Concept
and	O
Job	B-General_Concept
Scheduling	I-General_Concept
system	O
,	O
integrates	O
business	O
applications	O
,	O
stand-alone	O
tasks	O
,	O
processes	O
,	O
and	O
scripts	O
across	O
different	O
computing	O
environments	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
user	O
a	O
centralized	O
view	O
of	O
operations	O
at	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
organizational	O
or	O
enterprise	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActiveBatch	B-Architecture
was	O
first	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
script	O
scheduling	O
tool	O
called	O
BQMS®	O
(	O
Batch	O
Queue	O
Management	O
System	O
)	O
to	O
schedule	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
XLNT	B-Language
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
customer	O
feedback	O
and	O
continued	O
R&D	O
,	O
Advanced	O
Systems	O
Concepts	O
developed	O
BQMS	O
into	O
a	O
standalone	O
,	O
cross-platform	O
enterprise	O
job	B-General_Concept
scheduler	I-General_Concept
designed	O
for	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
environments	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
time	O
renamed	O
the	O
solution	O
ActiveBatch	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
inception	O
,	O
ActiveBatch	B-Architecture
has	O
been	O
developed	O
from	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
job	B-General_Concept
scheduler	I-General_Concept
into	O
a	O
workload	B-General_Concept
automation	I-General_Concept
solution	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
for	O
workflow	O
design	O
and	O
a	O
single	O
interface	O
for	O
definition	O
and	O
monitoring	O
of	O
jobs	O
across	O
a	O
distributed	O
network	O
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provides	O
capabilities	O
for	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
real-time	O
business	O
activities	O
with	O
traditional	O
background	O
IT	O
processing	O
across	O
different	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
platforms	O
and	O
business	O
application	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XLNT	B-Language
is	O
an	O
advanced	O
Scripting	B-Language
and	O
Command	B-Language
Language	I-Language
for	O
Windows	O
 '	O
systems	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
command	B-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
system	O
administrators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
transaction	B-Application
processing	I-Application
system	I-Application
for	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
to	O
allow	O
customers	O
to	O
use	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
systems	O
and	O
was	O
licensed	O
to	O
major	O
financial	O
organizations	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forrester	O
Research	O
recognized	O
ActiveBatch	B-Architecture
in	O
their	O
"	O
Market	O
Overview	O
:	O
IT	O
Process	O
Automation	O
,	O
Q3	O
2011	O
"	O
report	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
included	O
ActiveBatch	B-Architecture
in	O
their	O
"	O
strong	O
value	O
"	O
category	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
product	O
strength	O
and	O
cost	O
efficiency	O
.	O
</s>
