HANK@BARILVM.BITNET (Henry Nussbacher) (08/06/87)
Last week I asked for info on Mitek and their MVS solutions to Tcp/Ip. To date only one person has replied and that was only to tell me that he thinks that Mitek has signed to be a MAP of IBM. He did not know what MAP was. I did some further checking. IBM has a IMAP program (Industry Marketing Assistance Program). It is sort of like a 3rd party developer for IBM. Last year, IBM recruited several IMAP companies to promote DEC to System/370 connectivity. IBM has now been courting Mitek to develop System/36 and System/38 Tcp/Ip connectivity. Mitek has produced something called FTP/6.2 for 36 & 38 systems. Mitek was formed in 1982 by Bernie Hogan who previously owned Hogan Systems, Inc. This company suffered a pretax loss of $20 million in 1985 after delivering allegedly faulty software to 40 customers. Mitek now claims to have solutions for System/36, System/38, MVS, and SNA in the Tcp/Ip realm. This entire "thing" has me nervous. If IBM has decided to enter into an IMAP agreement with Mitek, why hasn't anyone on the network ever heard of them? Is there a single site out there using Mitek equipment? Thanks, Hank