Syncsort Accelerates Ironstream® Momentum with Delivery of Mainframe Machine Data to Elastic Logstash

Extends Big Iron to Big Data Leader’s Unrivaled Ability to Integrate
Diverse Data Across Today’s Data Infrastructure with Next-Generation
Environments for Enterprise Security and Operational Analytics

PEARL RIVER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#BigData—Syncsort,
the global leader in Big Iron to Big Data software, today announced new
innovations in its fast-growing Ironstream® data
integration software, including the ability to deliver mainframe log and
application data in real-time directly to Elastic Logstash. The expanded
support extends Syncsort’s unmatched mainframe data integration
facilities that enable IT staff with minimal mainframe knowledge to get
deep operational insights in next-generation analytics environments like
Splunk, Hadoop and the Elastic Stack.

“Many organizations are using Elastic’s Kibana to visualize
Elasticsearch data and navigate the Elastic Stack, and like Hadoop and
Splunk users, they require mainframe data as part of their 360-degree
view of enterprise-wide data,” said David Hodgson, Chief Product
Officer, Syncsort. “In keeping with our proven track record of enabling
our more than 7,000 customers to quickly extract value from their
critical data anytime, anywhere, we are empowering enterprises to make
better decisions by making mission-critical mainframe data available in
another popular analytics platform.”

Highlights of Ironstream Elastic Logstash support include:

• Extensive Mainframe Log File Support: Delivering all
  Ironstream-supported data sources to Logstash to provide comprehensive
  mainframe information for decision support.
• Data Filtering: Saving time and resources and improving
  processing efficiency by filtering data to send-only data required for
  business insights to the Elastic stack.
• Kibana Dashboards for Typical Use Cases: Facilitating
  set-up of analytics on mainframe data to enable users to visualize
  data with charts and graphs via the Elasticsearch search and analytics
  engine.

The new release of Ironstream also includes major enhancements in
delivering data to Splunk or Elastic Logstash, including:

• Multiple Application Programming Interface (API): The
  Ironstream API for user application data has been enhanced to support
  multiple APIs for transporting large sets of records. As a result,
  performance improvements of up to 10x can be achieved in addition to
  better use of system resources.
• IMS Log Forwarding: Ironstream now delivers IMS Log data
  to Splunk or Elastic Logstash. Real-time and asynchronous forwarding
  is supported for multiple log record types, providing insight into IMS
  transaction performance and IMS system statistics.
• Enhanced SMF data collection: A new method of gathering
  SMF data minimizes the impact of high-volume SMF record processing on
  application performance by enabling asynchronous collection of SMF
  data through the SMF INMEM resources and API.

Syncsort now offers Ironstream to customers with the flexibility of
MSU-based (capacity) or Ingestion-based pricing. Learn more about the
new release by watching our webinar, “What's
New in Ironstream.”

About Syncsort

Syncsort is a trusted enterprise software provider and the global leader
in Big Iron to Big Data solutions. More than 7,000 organizations,
including 84 of the Fortune 100, use the company’s products to solve
their most complex data management challenges, on premise and in the
cloud. Syncsort helps customers optimize traditional data systems and
deliver mission-critical data from these systems to next-generation
analytic environments. Its Big Iron to Big Data portfolio now features
the #1 high availability product for IBM i Power Systems, powerful
cross-platform capacity management, best-in-class mainframe app and
machine data access & integration and market-leading data quality
capabilities. Rediscover Syncsort at syncsort.com.

Contacts

Media:
SHIFT Communications
Sarah Babbitt, 617-779-1803
[email protected]
or
Syncsort
Incorporated
Michael Kornspan, 201-930-8216
Senior Director,
Corporate Communications
[email protected]