computer software founded 1990 headquarters waltham massachusetts united states key people andy youniss president and ceo bryan smith cto kevin thimble cfo tom brigiotta cro christine washburn cmo number of employees 1 200 2015 website www.rocketsoftware.com rocket software is a privately held software development firm with business and technology partnerships with ibm emc 1 fujitsu 2 hp enterprise services hitachi data systems 3 and others . the company has more than 1200 employees and is headquartered in waltham massachusetts usa . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit rocket software was founded in boston in 1990 with a focus on ibm db2 tools . rocket s products are in the analytics data storage applications and networks areas and run on platforms including mainframe linux unix windows ibm i public and private cloud and hybrid virtualized systems . rocket software runs on ibm system z ibm system i unix windows and other platforms 4 and offers tools to access non sql data with standard sql queries . 5 in 2013 rocket was named to database trends and applications magazine s inaugural dbta 100 a list of the companies that matter most in data . 6 in 2012 rocket s aldon subsidiary was recognized as a niche player in gartner s magic quadrant for application life cycle management 7 and as a contender in the forrester wave application life cycle management q4 2012 . 8 in 2009 aldon was positioned as a visionary in gartner s magic quadrant for software change and configuration management for distributed platforms . 9 products edit rocket develops and sells over 100 individual software applications grouped into 20 product lines . many have been added to rocket s portfolio through acquisitions . rocket aldon main article aldon inc. acquired from marlin equity partners in 2011 the aldon group develops software change management products for the enterprise application lifecycle management alm and software change management scm markets . the suite of products includes aldon lifecycle manager aldon deployment manager aldon community manager and aldon cmdb . rocket arkivio the arkivio line of data archive and backup products includes arkivio autoexplore arkivio autostor and arkivio automigrate . arkivio was acquired by rocket in 2008 . 10 rocket as rocket as provides data visualization and application development tools for system z data including ibm db2 . products in the as line include rocket ascent and rocket ice . the as products were acquired from astrac in 2005 . 11 rocket bluezone rocket bluezone provides terminal emulation tools for access to multiple platforms including ibm mainframe tn3270 i series tn5250 unix dec vt unisys t27 & uts and secure file transfer protocol ftp systems . rocket acquired the bluezone product line in 2007 as part of the seagull software purchase . 12 rocket corvu the rocket corvu product line includes tools for business intelligence and enterprise performance management epm . this includes rocket corvu ng a data visualization tool for software developers and rocket hypervu an epm tool that can be used to distribute dashboards reports and graphics via web browser . rocket acquired corvu in 2007 . 13 rocket d3 rocket d3 is a multivalue database management system dbms based on the pick universal data model . tools included with the system include rocket flashconnect rocket d3 opendb rocket mvs toolkit rocket d3 odbc server rocket d3 java api rocket d3 . net api rocket d3 oracle gateway and rocket d3 mqseries server . rocket acquired the d3 products in 2013 when it purchased tigerlogic s multivalue business unit . 14 rocket data the rocket data line includes tools that let developers use and manipulate data resident on ibm system z mainframes . these tools include rocket data idms extensions rocket data z clientbuilder rocket data z presentation rocket data z services rocket data z events rocket data z direct rocket data virtualization rocket data z web server and rocket data integration tools . rocket folio the rocket folio product lines focuses on data search retrieval and publishing . rocket folio views is a windows based information retrieval application for offline search of format free data . rocket folio builder is an information conversion and distribution tool and rocket folio publisher allows commercial publishers who sell their information electronically to package the folio views client software with their information and provides a license for redistribution . the folio products were acquired from microsoft in 2009 . 15 rocket icluster rocket icluster is a high availability and disaster recovery solution for business applications operating on ibm power or pureflex systems running ibm i. icluster enables continual access through monitoring notifying and self correcting replication issues . rocket purchased the icluster business from ibm in 2012 . 16 rocket legasuite the rocket legasuite line provides software that allows developers to create web and mobile applications using data from ibm i mainframe and unix applications as well as other enterprise systems . tools include rocket legasuite gui rocket legasuite mobile rocket legasuite integration rocket legasuite web and rocket legasuite text translation . rocket acquired the legasuite products as part of the 2007 seagull software purchase . rocket mainstar rocket mainstar products are built for ibm system z mainframes . the mainstar line includes tools for catalog and system management local and disaster recovery hierarchical storage management hsm and linux on system z. rocket acquired mainstar software corporation in 2006 . 17 rocket model 204 main article model 204 model 204 m204 is a database management system for ibm and compatible mainframe computers . it incorporates a programming language and an environment for application development . implemented in assembly language for ibm system 360 and its successors m204 can deal with very large databases and transaction loads of 1000 tps . rocket acquired m204 in 2010 as part of the computer corporation of america purchase . 18 rocket nxt rocket nxt is an electronic publishing suite for storing assembling securing and distributing content online by cd or dvd on mobile devices or within corporate intranets . products include rocket nxt enterprise server and rocket nxt professional publishing server . the nxt products were acquired from microsoft in 2009 . 15 rocket passport rocket passport is a 3270 terminal emulator for ibm host access . it includes tn3270e emulation and basic tn3270 emulation as well as ibm i tn5250 unix dec vt and secure file transfer protocol ftp . rocket acquired passport in 2012 when it purchased zephyr development corporation . 19 rocket r link rocket r link is a secure online file sharing and managed file transfer tool that resides on a corporate network or private cloud . it supports ftp sftp ftps and https protocols and offers aes pgp and ssl based encryption . 20 rocket servergraph rocket servergraph is a reporting tool for data backup environments . it is compatible with ibm tivoli storage manager netbackup avamar fastback networker and data domain protectier hitachi sepaton veeam ibm flashcopy manager for unix oracle rman commvault rocket icluster and symantec backup exec . rocket purchased servergraph in 2005 . 21 rocket trubiquity the trubiquity group develops software for project collaboration electronic data interchange edi managed file transfer mft enterprise application integration eai and process automation . individual applications include rocket trucentrix rocket truexchange rocket trufusion enterprise rocket truedx rocket trueurex c and rocket trusource . rocket acquired trubiquity in 2014 . 22 rocket u2 main article rocket u2 rocket u2 is a suite of database management dbms and supporting software . it includes two multivalue database platforms unidata and universe . both of these products are operating environments which run on current unix linux and windows operating systems . the family also includes developer and web enabling technologies including systembuilder sb sb xa u2 web development environment webde uniobjects and wintegrate . rocket acquired the u2 business from ibm in 2009 . 23 references edit mainframe backup and recovery software emc select products . emc.com . 2013 04 18 . retrieved 2013 10 24 . legacy modernization integration services fujitsu united states . fujitsu.com . retrieved 2013 10 24 . data lifecycle management solution by arkivio and hitachi data systems . hds . retrieved 2013 10 24 . ibm rocket software inc. increases development efficiency 08 08 2012 . 01 . ibm.com . 2012 08 08 . retrieved 2013 10 24 . http dancingdinosaur.wordpress.com 2013 08 02 rocket zsql accesses non sql mainframe data dbta 100 the companies that matter most in data . dbta.com . 2013 06 26 . retrieved 2013 10 24 . magic quadrant for application life cycle management 2037115 . gartner.com . 2012 06 05 . retrieved 2013 10 24 . grant tom . forrester research research the forrester wave application life cycle management q4 2012 . forrester.com . retrieved 2013 10 24 . magic quadrant for software change and configuration management for distributed platforms 921517 . gartner.com . 2009 03 26 . retrieved 2013 10 24 . rocket software acquires assets of arkivio . storage newsletter . micro journal . 2008 01 12 . retrieved 2015 03 12 . rocket software buys u.k. s astrac for 35m . boston business journal . american city business journals . 2005 06 15 . retrieved 2015 03 12 . morgan timothy prickett 2006 12 11 . rocket software inks deal to buy seagull software . it jungle . guild companies inc. retrieved 2015 03 13 . wyant carissa 2007 03 05 . corvu to be acquired by rocket software for 20m . minneapolis st. paul business journal . american city business journals . retrieved 2015 03 13 . rocket software acquires tigerlogic s multivalue database business . database trends and applications . information today inc. 2013 11 18 . retrieved 2015 03 13 . a b lowensohn josh 2009 12 02 . rocket software acquires microsoft s folio nxt . cnet . cbs interactive inc. retrieved 2015 03 13 . morgan timothy prickett 2012 01 09 . rocket software buys icluster ha biz from ibm . it jungle . guild companies inc. retrieved 2015 03 13 . rocket software announces agreement to acquire mainstar . it web . itweb limited . 2006 07 28 . retrieved 2015 03 16 . rocket software closes acquisition of computer corporation of america . ebizq . techtarget . 2010 04 23 . retrieved 2015 03 16 . woodie alex 2012 02 06 . rocket buys zephyr for terminal emulation . it jungle . guild companies inc. retrieved 2015 03 16 . woodie alex 2014 07 08 . rocket battles dropbox creep with r link mft . it jungle . guild companies inc. retrieved 2015 03 16 . rocket software buys u.k. s astrac for 35m . boston business journal . american city business journals . 2005 06 15 . retrieved 2015 03 16 . woodie alex 2014 04 01 . rocket nabs trubiquity for mft . it jungle . guild companies inc. retrieved 2015 03 16 . woodie alex 2009 09 21 . ibm to sell u2 database business to rocket software . it jungle . guild companies inc. retrieved 2015 03 16 . external links edit official website rocket software at github rocket software at ibm systems magazine business data for rocket software inc. google finance hoover s v t e rocket software historical entries rocket u2 model 204 aldon inc. datamirror systembuilder sb aerotext folio corporation openkbm retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rocket software & oldid 742631039 categories software companies based in massachusettscomputer companies of the united statesinformation technology consulting firmsdata processing navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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