Cincom SUPRA® PDM - Hierarchical DBMS

Ensuring high reliability and high performance for your mission-critical applications running on your major environments

SUPRA Server PDM is Cincom's hierarchical, interactive database management system. It allows you to use advanced features for control of data resources and increased programming productivity. SUPRA Server PDM is designed for high-volume, online transaction processing, and provides a variety of optional tools and functions that let you tailor your database to fit your specific needs and environment.

With SUPRA Server PDM, you can:

• Easily access the server DBMS from multiple clients in the same machine or via TCP/IP from other client machines.
• Reduce the overhead required to move data from DASD to memory to applications.
• Enjoy faster online processing with enhanced CICS performance.

Supported platforms include:

• IBM mainframe
• OpenVMS
• Most major UNIX platforms

• Business Intelligence for SUPRA is comprised of three layers that provide an integrated set of data access, ETL/data warehousing and multi-dimensional analytics packages that enable SUPRA PDM users to transform volumes of SUPRA PDM data into analytic information.
  
  
  • Data Access for SUPRA gives you direct access to SUPRA operational data through the SQL language (ODBC, JDBC and OLE DB)
  • Data Warehouse for SUPRA provides a data warehousing solution optimized to SUPRA PDM.
  • Analytics for SUPRA enables multi-dimensional analysis of information from the users’ operational SUPRA databases.

PDM Tools Designed Specifically to Optimize Your Database Performance

• SUPRA PDM Windows Client, designed to simplify client/server PC access to your PDM data.
• SUPRA PDM Windows utilities, which include a full-function copy of two Windows utilities (the Linkpath Editor and the PDM Database Monitor).

Client Profiles

• Read what our clients are saying about Cincom's interactive, hierarchical database management systems.
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More Information

Data Sheets

• Data Access for SUPRA (PDF)
  Describes all the features and benefits of the Data Access layer of Business Intelligence.
• SUPRA PDM Windows Client (PDF)
  Client-Server PC Access to PDM Data.
• SUPRA Server PDM for the Mainframe(PDF)
  Describes the major features of Release 2.7.00, plus the overall capabilities of SUPRA Sever PDM for the mainframe.
• SUPRA Server PDM for the OpenVMS (PDF)
  Describes the major features of Release 2.5.00, plus the overall capabilities of SUPRA Server PDM for the OpenVMS platform.
• SUPRA Server PDM for the Unix (PDF)
  Describes the major features of Release 1.3.10, plus the overall capabilities of SUPRA Server PDM for Unix platforms.
• Data Warehouse for SUPRA Solution Overview (PDF)
  Describes all the features and benefits of the Data Warehouse layer of Business Intelligence.
• Analytics for SUPRA Solution Overview (PDF)
  Describes all the features and benefits of the Analytics layer of Business Intelligence.

• Business Intelligence for SUPRA Business Benefits White Paper (PDF)
  An in-depth business analysis and review
• Business Intelligence for SUPRA Technical Overview White Paper (PDF)
  An in-depth technical analysis and review