A Streamlined, Automated, Production Environment

Located in the receiving area, the IDS Exec Spool Station accepts tapes as soon as they arrive on-site. Our Microsoft Windows interface logs jobs into the system and assigns them a priority. Quickly and easily. You can load tapes randomly as data is automatically spooled to the LAN. The Executive immediately routes priority jobs and their resources over the LAN to an idle COM or COLD station to meet on-time production requirements. Production begins instantly and automatically, without intervention. The Exec monitors the job's status throughout production, receiving job statistics at completion from the production station for billing and reporting. It's fast, efficient, and hassle-free.

Using IDS Executive, your entire operation improves. With IDS Exec you can:

• avoid tape handling nightmares - no sorting by station, stacking by priority, loading, rewinding, and returning to the receiving area. A central station manages everything.
• eliminate manual job assignment to COM systems - the Exec knows job priorities and each system's capabilities.
• manage job priorities easily-assigned priorities - at login or import directly from your production control system. Priorities can be changed with a click of the mouse.

The IDS Executive also lets you:

• enjoy full utilization of your COM or COLD system in a virtual on-line environment - there's no system waiting for tape handling, loading or rewinding, and no idle time.
• get maximum use from your input devices - devices run at rated speeds when spooling rather than COM speeds.
• maximize your investment by reducing peripherals - you no longer need a 1:1 ratio between input devices and production stations; one complement of input devices can run data to three COM or COLD stations. This means a reduced investment in equipment and maintenance.
• reduce your investment in mainframe spool capacity - IDS offloads data from the host for reduced DASD requirements.

And there's more. You can also ...

• kick your input-device dependencies - you can send spooled data to any COM or COLD system without encountering device incompatibility.
• simplify remote host connections - IDS bridges easily to any LAN.
• automate your billing and reporting system - IDS Exec captures job statistics automatically from production stations for electronic transfer to your billing and production control systems. So there's no need for manual tracking or data input.

The Essential Traffic Director

IDS Executive is perhaps the most powerful component in the MTC Information Distribution System architecture. IDS Exec lets you use one data input file to generate multiple outputs on a variety of media - from optical to magnetic to CD-ROM to COM. IDS sends data files to the media you choose. Now, in a single operation, create optical disks and CD-ROMs for your user's short-term retrieval needs, and COM for archival protection. What could be easier?

At last, you can feel freedom from output device barriers - the application's requirements alone are the driving force determining your media of choice. This kind of flexibility is priceless. And IDS Exec is the vital traffic director for your computer output making it all possible.

Re-engineering your operations can yield dramatic rewards. Let MTC's IDS Executive direct your computer output traffic - and keep it flowing.