Burlingame, California-based Mozart Systems Corp, which was previously known as Aspen Research Inc – when it came to prominence last year through its Mozart 1.1, which enables developers to make mainframe applications compliant with the Common User Access element of IBM’s Systems Application Architecture without moving to OS/2 or rewriting application code (CI No 1,291) – has now come up with a product to fill in the gap IBM left when it retreated from the development of its announced Office Interconnect Facility. In other words Mozart Systems has Allegro, which is a graphical user interface to IBM’s PS/CICS and OfficeVision/MVS electronic mail systems. Mozart claims that Allegro minimises keystrokes, simplifies screens and menus and provides automated system log-ons to enable users to bypass host interaction and log directly into their electronic mail. Besides shortening user learning curves, the company claims that Allegro reduces host processing overhead costs. Costing $25,000, Allegro runs on top of PS/CICS and OfficeVision/MVS and can be accessed from workstations and terminal connections to both IBM and non-IBM hosts, and across local area network-connected systems. Advanced Program to Program Communications is supported through CPIC to LU6.2 – LU2 screen interfaces are simulated.
