NXTware Remote is an Eclipse-based integrated development environment that allows developers to work on OpenVMS systems remotely from Windows, Linux, or MacOS clients. It provides a modern IDE for developing applications on OpenVMS with features like syntax highlighting, code completion, and remote debugging. The architecture includes the NXTware Studio IDE, NXTware Remote Server for executing tasks on the OpenVMS system, and NXTware Server for communication between the clients and server. It supports languages like C, COBOL, FORTRAN and aims to improve productivity for OpenVMS development and lower costs by facilitating remote work.

1. OpenVMS Introduction
Modernizing OpenVMS with
Eclipse-based software development with NXTware Remote

2. Outline
• What and Why?
• NXTware Remote Architecture
• Features

3. What is NXTware Remote for OpenVMS?
• A modern multi-language integrated
development environment designed for remote
OpenVMS development

4. Why NXTware Remote for OpenVMS?
• Changing technology environment
▫ Command line development has given way to visual IDE
• Legacy systems – contemporary developers
▫ Impedance mismatch
• Need to lower operational costs by
▫ Increasing productivity and reducing complexity
• Availability of skills
▫ Technical know-how, resources, and human assets reduced
▫ Existing skills mismatch
• Increased agility
▫ Greater integration and faster time-to-market

5. NXTware Remote Architecture
• Software Architecture
▫ NXTware Studio
 an integrated development environment
▫ NXTware Remote Server
 a remote services execution engine
▫ NXTware Server
 a cross-platform communications and services container
• Hardware Architecture
▫ Client Workstation
 Windows, MacOS, Linux
▫ Server Platform
 OpenVMS (Alpha/Itanium/clustered VAX)
 NXTware Remote Appliance with clustering

6. NXTware Remote Architecture

7. Cluster Support
NXTware Remote Appliance
or
software only cluster support

8. NXTware Remote Studio
• Multiple Language Editors
▫ C/C+, COBOL, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and BASIC
▫ DCL and other OpenVMS languages available
▫ 3rd Party SQL, etc
• Task-based tooling that increases productivity
▫ Wizards that reduce complexity
▫ Supports OpenVMS and 3rd party tools

9. NXTware Server
• Integrates the Remote Studio with Server Remote
▫ Passes requests and results
▫ Calls services: Command: Compile
▫ Returns results: Result returned: Standard out
• Manages middleware client-service relationship

10. NXTware Remote Server
• Predefined remote development services
▫ Compile, Run, Debug, CMS, Advanced features
• User-defined remote services
▫ Identity Management
▫ Custom user-defined development processes or services
▫ Command line executables called remotely

11. NXTware Remote Appliance
• Turnkey OpenVMS server that runs NXTware Remote
Server and NXTware Server
• Features
▫ HP rx2800 i2 Itanium 9310
▫ Configurable for office or rack
▫ Cluster Support for up to 4 different
OpenVMS/VAX servers

12. NXTware Remote Editors
• Advanced editor capabilities
▫ Syntax and error highlighting
▫ Outline view
▫ Content assist
• Code completion
▫ Templates Code completion
▫ Context-sensitive Code Completion
▫ Suggest keywords on-demand
• Debugging Interface
▫ Visual debugger

13. NXTware Remote Features
• Eclipse-based IDE
▫ Native HP Language Editors
▫ Full integration /certification of 3rd
party Eclipse plug-ins
• Remote Development
▫ From: Windows, LINUX, MacOS
▫ To: OpenVMS, LINUX, UNIX
• Language Support
▫ C/C++, COBOL, PASCAL,
FORTRAN, BASIC
▫ DCL, SQL, various scripting
languages
• Modular Extensible
▫ IDE and Remote Execution
▫ MMS, CMS, SVN, etc
▫ 3rd Party plug-ins

14. Thank You
• Please contact us with any questions
ecube_mktg@ecubesystems.com
• http://ecubesystems.com/
• http://us.linkedin.com/company/ecube-
systems/nxtware-remote-for-openvms-
1094194/product?trk=biz_product