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Rocket Software Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryComputer software
Founded1990
HeadquartersWaltham, Massachusetts, United States
Number of locations
12 offices
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Andy Youniss (President and CEO)

Matt Deres (SVP, Chief Information Officer)
Rich Kraska (SVP, Chief Financial Officer)
Jay Leader (SVP, Chief Customer Officer)
P. Gary Gregory (President, Database & Connectivity Business Unit)
Tracey Leahy (SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer)
Kevin Norlin (SVP, Chief Revenue Officer)
David Reibel (SVP, General Counsel)
Ross Rosenberg (SVP, Strategy & Corporate Development)
Milan Shetti (President, Z Systems Business Unit)
Chris Wey (President, Power Systems Business Unit)

Jeff Winter (SVP, Chief Marketing Officer)
Number of employees
1,400+
Websitewww.rocketsoftware.com

Rocket Software is a privately held software development firm founded in 1990, it offers solutions on the IBM Z, IBM Power, and embedded database platforms, Rocket allow users to use predictive analytics with deep data, develop AI and machine learning capabilities, and design mobile and browser applications. Rocket serves markets including the financial, banking, health care, government, insurance, aerospace, auto manufacturing, and retail industries. Rocket has a business partnership with IBM that began in 1994 with a licensing agreement for Rocket QMF tools. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

History

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Rocket Software was founded in Boston in 1990 with a focus on IBM DB2 tools.

Rocket's software runs on multiple platforms and operating systems, including mainframe, IBM z/OS, IBM i, UNIX, Windows and other platforms and offers tools to access non-SQL data with standard SQL queries.

In 2012, Rocket's Aldon subsidiary was recognized as a Niche Player in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for application life-cycle management[1] and as a Contender in The Forrester Wave: application life-cycle management, Q4 2012.[2] In 2017, market research firm Infiniti Research included Rocket Aldon as a "prominent player" in the application lifecycle management market.[3]

Since 2013 when the list was inaugurated, Rocket has been included in Database Trends and Applications magazine's annual “DBTA 100,” a list of the companies that matter most in data.[4]

In 2017, Rocket CEO Andy Youniss was named a New England Entrepreneur of the Year by professional services firm EY.[5] Youniss was also presented the Leadership Award by Boston-based food rescue nonprofit Lovin' Spoonfuls in November 2017.[6]

In December 2017, Rocket was named Ellucian Growth Partner of the Year for providing support to the higher education IT services company in its transition to its current cloud-based service offerings and SaaS licensing model.[7]

In 2020, Rocket was named in Inc.'s list of America's 1,000 Largest and Most Inspiring Private Companies.[8]

Products

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Rocket develops and sells over 100 individual software applications, which are grouped into 25 product families. Key products include:

IBM Z (Mainframe)

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Rocket BlueZone: Rocket BlueZone provides host access and terminal emulation for z/OS, IBM i, and VT applications. It also includes a BlueZone Web option for remote and mobile access.

Rocket C\Prof: C\Prof is a tool that diagnoses problems in IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS) applications.

Rocket EOS 360: Rocket EOS 360 integrates with mainframe environments to capture output from applications and to manage the storage of that data.

Rocket Open Source: Rocket offers open source languages and tools, including Git, R, and Python, which allow developers to use their preferred open source languages.

Rocket for Zowe: Zowe is an open source software framework. Managed by the Linux Foundation, it is the first open source project based on z/OS.

Rocket z/Trim: Rocket z/Trim Operations Analytics provides visualizations of mainframe resource consumption for system optimization.

IBM i (Power)

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Rocket Aldon: Rocket Aldon is a suite of software change management and DevOps products for development environments that include IBM i.

Rocket API: Released in 2017, Rocket API is a development environment that creates APIs from back-end systems, data sources, and web services so that they can be combined into composite APIs to build web and mobile applications.

Rocket iCluster: Rocket iCluster is a high-availability/disaster recovery (HA/DR) solution that provides continuous access to IBM i applications by monitoring, identifying, and self-correcting replication problems.

Rocket LegaSuite Web: Rocket LegaSuite Web is a web development software that helps create web and mobile user interfaces from IBM i and z/OS applications.

MultiValue

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Rocket D3: Rocket D3 is an integrated database and application development environment designed for transactional and analytical database applications. Rocket D3 10.3.2 was released in July 2020.

Rocket MultiValue Integration Server (MVIS): MVIS is a tool for applications developed on the Rocket MultiValue Application Platform (UniVerse, UniData). It uses a web-based administration console to create RESTful services and supports Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) through an admin API.

Rocket UniData: A MultiValue platform, Rocket UniData provides application development tools with a database management system. It was named one of 2018’s Trend-Setting Products by DBTA.[9]

Rocket UniVerse: UniVerse is part of the Rocket MultiValue Application Platform and is used for building, deploying, and maintaining data management applications. It also features a recoverable file system (RFS). UniVerse was named one of DBTA's Trend-Setting Products in Data and Information Management for 2020.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Magic Quadrant for Application Life Cycle Management | 2037115". Gartner.com. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  2. ^ Grant, Tom. "Forrester Research : Research : The Forrester Wave™: Application Life-Cycle Management, Q4 2012". Forrester.com. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  3. ^ Sahni, Rajat (5 April 2017). "Research delivers insight into the application lifecycle management market". Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ Wells, Joyce (2017-06-15). "DBTA 100 2017". DBTA. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  5. ^ "Andy Youniss - Rocket Software". Boston Business Journal. 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  6. ^ "Boston-Based Lovin Spoonfuls Gives Leadership Award to Rocket Software CEO Andy Youniss". BusinessWire. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  7. ^ "Rocket Software Named Ellucian Growth Partner of the Year". BusinessWire. 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  8. ^ "Rocket Software Inc's 1000".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Trend-Setting Products in Data and Information Management for 2018". Database Trends and Applications. 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  10. ^ "Trend-Setting Products in Data and Information Management for 2020". Database Trends and Applications. 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
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  • Official website
  • Rocket Software at GitHub
  • Rocket Software at IBM Systems Magazine
  • Business data for Rocket Software Inc.:

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