PKZIP for i5/OS

Get bottom line cost reductions from conservation of bandwidth, storage space, and backup tape. PKWARE uses industry-leading algorithms that compress files more efficiently than free compression libraries such as ZLIB.

ZIP archives are portable data containers that can be read and decompressed on many operating systems. PKWARE is the only single-source vendor of ZIP compression products across the major enterprise operating systems - interoperability is guaranteed.

PKWARE is the original developer of the ZIP compression format. Since its inception, PKWARE has made ZIP specifications freely available to the public as a standard for compressed data storage. Consequently, ZIP is one of the most widely used file formats in the world. PKWARE is continually reinvesting in added functionality for PKZIP brand products, making it the unquestioned leader in the industry.

Unlike other vendors who offer support only through email or online forums, PKWARE's experienced technical support staff offers live telephone support in addition to web and email support should any issues ever arise.

Data files intended for other operating systems can be automatically translated from EBCDIC to ASCII language sets, making data transfer much faster and easier. Equally, ZIP files created on ASCII platforms can be easily read on i5/OS.

PKZIP supports standard IBM code page translations, and comes complete with recommended code pages for many popular languages, including Danish, English (US & UK), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, & Swedish. Other code pages may be applied as well.

PKZIP for i5/OS was designed specifically for IBM mid-range operating systems. File handlers include PF-DTA, PF-SRC, and SAVF in the QSYS file system; IFS and SAVF stream files, and SPOOL files.

Administrators can test scenarios to predict compression outcomes, without using the CPU cycles required to perform the entire operation, so they can make informed decisions on processes before committing precious resources.

PKZIP includes batch processing through JCL, an AS/400 screen interface, and CLI (Command Line Interface) through the command processor. Calling PKZIP from external REXX, COBOL, RPG, or C++ applications is also supported, so administrators are free to select the type of integration that is most appropriate.

Write files to tape in a single step, significantly reducing the time required to write to tape media.

Critical system files cannot be accidentally overwritten.

32-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check (32-bit CRC) guarantees 100 % data integrity for data compressed and sent from one system to another.

ZIP archives can be formatted as self-extracting files for Windows end-users or for UNIX/Linux operating systems, so that compressed data can be easily unzipped in one easy step.

Administrators can convert SPOOL output to ASCII text or PDF for transferring data to ASCII-based operating systems.

Administrators may create output in GZIP format.

PKZIP can compress files of over 9 exabytes in size.

Over 2 billion files can be included in a ZIP archive.

PKZIP Enterprise Edition can decrypt and Extract files from SecureZIP Archives