It’s All Right Here

The world is moving fast.

Things move so quickly, in fact, that we rarely have time to simply stop and think. But pausing for a moment or two can be important: it gives us an opportunity to take stock, to consider the choices we’ve made and the value we’re getting from these decisions.

And when you’re running Enterprise Application Environment (EAE) on the ClearPath® MCP operating environment, pausing and taking stock means considering just how rock-solid the investment you have in place truly is. From performance and reliability to security and simplicity, the MCP operating environment delivers a suite of attributes you simply won’t find elsewhere.

As with nearly everything today, performance is king. And with EAE on MCP, you know you’re getting the high-volume transaction processing you need to help the business meet rising internal and external demands. You can even tap into extra power as needed, making it possible to address sudden spikes with ease.

Because the MCP environment supports so many applications at once – and can update from release to release rapidly – you’re able to limit downtime and avoid the negative impact it has on your business.

Plus, with the Enterprise Database Server for ClearPath MCP (DMSII) database, you know you’re protecting the integrity of the data your applications access and transmit every day.

With high levels of resiliency, the ability to audit transactions, revert changes if needed, and store data using less space, the DMSII database is enterprise-class in every sense of the term.

And of course, security remains a paramount concern. But with EAE on MCP, you’re running a highly secure operating environment with no record of user data breaches, giving you the confidence to expand your application portfolio and take on more workloads while limiting risk.

Pulling this all together is the support you receive from Unisys. No matter if you experience an issue in the operating environment, development software, or hardware it all resides on, you know we’ll be there to help you identify and fix the problem – without resorting to workarounds or promising to address it in a later release.

This wealth of capabilities – and many, many more like them – are made available only through the unique, powerful combination that is EAE on MCP. There’s really no reason to look anywhere else.

Upgrading but not Moving

That idea goes double when you upgrade to Agile Business Suite (AB Suite®).

Making the move to AB Suite enhances and extends what you’re doing in EAE today. And by keeping the MCP operating environment a constant, you’ll be able to appreciate the benefits AB Suite delivers much faster than if you switched platforms at the same time.

That’s because upgrading to AB Suite on MCP enables you to transition over all of your applications – as well as the various processes behind them – without rebuilding anything.

While avoiding the associated effort, cost, and risk is great in its own right, doing so also means you’ll have more time to focus on what Object-Oriented programming concepts, the Microsoft® Visual Studio® interface, and Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) integration can do for your business.

And you’ll be quicker to market as a result. But there are even more reasons to stay on the MCP environment as you transition to AB Suite.

Embracing a New Era

Running AB Suite on MCP puts you in a prime position to capitalize on IT’s new application-centric era.

As applications increasingly become the differentiator, companies are less tied to hardware than they once were. Instead, they’re prioritizing their infrastructures based on what enables these assets to deliver the most value to the most people in the most places.

And with the ClearPath Software Series and its software-only deliverables, we’ve readied the MCP environment – and AB Suite – to support and enable this application-centric mindset.

With the entry-level ClearPath MCP Bronze and Silver Software Series products, you can run the MCP environment on applicable x86 infrastructures or VMware® vSphere® and Microsoft Hyper-V® hypervisors. You’ll have the freedom to develop what you want when you want, regardless of the hardware you use to get there.

This way, you can take the applications you have running on your ClearPath Forward™ system today and seamlessly incorporate them into the rest of your infrastructure – whether it’s as part of a private cloud, virtual environment, or software-defined data center. You’ll transform the environment into a fluid software stack – containing operating environment, database, transaction manager, and application environment – without foregoing the proven attributes you’ve come to rely on.

What’s more, you can use ClearPath MCP Developer Studio, another Software Series product, to empower full teams and individual developers to work simultaneously within a single system, increasing agility and flexibility while shortening the time required to push new capabilities into production.

And as you transition to this application-centric, software-only, hybrid-cloud world, you won’t have to worry about jeopardizing the safety and integrity of your critical applications and data.

With the Unisys Stealth® security portfolio, you’ll be able to micro-segment your network in a manner that isolates applications while allowing them to freely communicate without exposing the data used in those communications. With Stealth, you can obscure endpoints from unauthorized parties and tighten access control by switching your focus from physical devices to user identities.

When you protect data in motion to this degree, you’ll feel confident knowing that you’re providing the same isolation you’re accustomed to – without restricting your organization’s ability to play an integral role in today’s application-centric world.

Why Stay?

Sometimes, there’s value in sticking with what you know. And when “what you know” is the MCP environment, that value is immense. And it will only grow as the environment continues to evolve and become even more robust.

No matter if you’re using AB Suite already or planning your EAE to AB Suite upgrade, running these solutions in the MCP environment gives you a wealth of capabilities that simply can’t be rivalled by any other platform.

Whether you need to process a high volume of transactions, make your database environment more scalable, embrace cloud-centric operations, or virtually anything else, it’s all right here. And it’s all ready and waiting to help you, your applications, and your business do some great things.

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