Many companies are grappling with console management challenges in their Mainframe and Midrange Environments. Business and economic drivers demand the mainframe datacenter be responsive to this new environment in many ways. Data center consolidations, mergers and acquisitions, and outsourcing are forces fueling the trend towards increased consolidation of mainframe complexes and datacenters.
As an answer to these growing issues, Visara International offers the SCON and ICON product families. The Visara SCON and ICON solutions were created to provide the data center long-term reliable connectivity options, prudent asset management of existing equipment, seamless integration, effortless routing of traffic, reduced floor space requirements and secure remote access to meet a wide variety of host environments.

Visara SCON
Visara International’s SCON solution for mainframe master console consolidation and networking is the industry’s most complete, most versatile, and most migration-friendly console solution available to companies looking to address the console issues of the New Mainframe Environment. SCON goes beyond the capabilities of the two IBM console roadmap solutions, z/OS SMCS and the 2074 controller, to provide a complete console implementation that delivers the benefits of console consolidation and networking with total migration flexibility. In addition, of the third party offerings on the market, only Visara’s SCON solution is based on a platform with mainframe class reliability and security and comes with a mainframe-class support program.


Visara ICON
Visara International has created a unique console consolidation solution, Visara ICON, that provides a flexible and full featured console environment for midrange installations and gives users remote control of twinax displays from any Windows or Linux desktop.
The Visara ICON offers power, performance, and native twinax connectivity. The ICON provides console access to midrange hosts as well as the Internet, Intranets. Its resident Linux operating system and Netscape browser provides the console operator with instant host control and simultaneous access to important online documentation, such as IBM Red Books and company procedures.