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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Introduction section discusses the HODstar company, its products, and its
policies and contact information.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. Who is the HODstar(TM) Support Solutions company? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
HODstar(TM) Support Solutions has provided quality services and products for
the PC industry since 1983. Founded by individuals experienced with providing
support for business users, HODstar matured as the PC industry itself did. All
along HODstar has maintained a commitment to ensure protection for our
customers' software investment as technology rapidly changed.
Our commitment to preserving our customers' software investment fueled
HODstar's entry to the OS/2 network industry in 1987. This leading edge
experience in GUI client-server database, as well as our decade-long
involvement in support services, brings to you an advanced support platform
that can be easily mastered by your support staff.
It is this commitment and this experience that guides us as we add
multi-platform support to our products for the evolving Windows standards as
well. Telephony, and its impact on automation and efficiency, is very
important to us and we look forward to showing you our solutions as we adapt
our products to them!
HODstar(TM) Support Solutions is first and foremost a services-oriented
company. Long before we offered pre-packaged products to modern business,
HODstar offered tailor-made solutions. Market demands have if anything
intensified your need to tailor a solution more than ever. We're prepared to
meet that challenge. Call us!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. What makes HODstar(TM) Support Solutions products competitive? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Our design philosophy ensures your long-term investment. All HODstar products
are designed and implemented along a common framework. Each product seamlessly
integrates into the next.
All products utilize the mainstream market's most powerful SQL client-server
environment, IBM's DB2, to drive a common master database across your
enterprise network. This utilization means HODstar products can access data
from a wide variety of platforms, from mainframe to UNIX to desktop PC, and do
so faster and more flexibly than any other SQL engine on the market.
For non-DB2 environments HODstar provides it's own alternative database engine.
This database can be used in stand-alone or shared network modes.
Additionally all products are developed in a manner providing quick and
seamless migration to other operating environments. HODstar products are just
as applicable to Windows and UNIX environments as they are to OS/2.
HODstar products are continually re-evaluated so that they adapt to changes in
technology as they happen. Our design philosophy shows our commitment to your
success!
Perhaps more importantly, we're prepared to take our products and adapt them to
your needs and environments. Need something added or changed? Call us!
HODstar is about uniqueness and adding the competitive advantage to your needs!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3. How does HODstar provide product and customer support? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
HODstar(TM) Support Solutions provides support via the
internationally-accessible Prodigy(R) electronic support service available
24-hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days of the year for all registered
customers to open calls or research their questions. You can access our
Prodigy support line via the Internet as well! Note that the Internet is
available from most major commercial services such as MCIMail, American Online
(AOL), and Compuserve.
Electronic calls are automatically routed to HODstar staff support members, and
their electronic response provided within two business days. Customers also
can browse the online database to search for issues related to their questions,
or download information to review offline on their local machines.
Customers requiring more immediate response have two additional options.
Guaranteed two-hour voice support can be contracted for on either a per-call or
per-time period basis as the first additional option. On-site installation,
education, and support also are contracted for as the second additional option.
Contact the HODstar Sales and Services department for more detail.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.4. Contact HODstar(TM) Support Solutions for more detail! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
HODstar(TM) Support Solutions contact information -
Voice orders: (817) 379-0220
Electronic mail -
FAX: (817) 379-4020
Internet: pmsh30a@prodigy.com
Prodigy: PMSH30A
Overland mail -
HODstar(TM) Support Solutions
Sales and Services dept.
417 Hovenkamp
Keller, TX 76248-3422
We welcome money order, purchase order, MasterCard/VISA, and AMEX.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. OS/2 Products Listing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The OS/2 Products listing describes HODstar(TM) Support Solutions's products
for the OS/2 platform. In some cases these product descriptions overlap with
the identical products developed for other platforms.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. What is the HODstar product line? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
HODstar provides the following products. Products pending release at this
writing show the scheduled release time next to the product name.
If you're not sure how many licenses of a product you need then order just the
initial 100-user version instead. Each product warns your users over a
three-week period when total users exceeds the number of licenses purchased.
Purchased licenses are applied as a code change, immediately downloadable from
the HODstar BBS.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. HODstar Broadcaster - released October 1994! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Display message-of-the-day information to your users when they logon!
Maintains unlimited message history, permits users to browse message
archives, message printing, and electronic copying of messages to their
personal information managers or other productivity-oriented applications.
Keep your people up to-date on your company's activities!
Available as site-wide unlimited license only.
Site-wide license: $225
'Unlimited-use' license: $375
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. HODstar Loader (4Q94) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Automatically loads the HODstar master database by interrogating one or
more of your OS/2 LAN Servers! HODstar Loader provides an excellent boost
to your staff's productivity by minimizing manual data entry.
Applicable for all HODstar products if yours is an OS/2 LAN Server
environment!
Available as unlimited license only.
Product pricing not available at this time.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. HODstar Monitor - releasing 4Q 1994 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Perfect tool to help your support staff quickly profile network resources!
HODstar's base line product, HODstar Monitor provides support staff a view
on all resources maintained on your network. Resources include detailed
profiles for Users, Network systems, Printers, Serial Ports, and Drives.
HODstar Monitor is ideal for companies already using another call tracking
product but still needing the ability to cross-reference and profile the
network resources relevant to customer calls. Helps tie-in asset
management with a network perspective!
Applicable for any type of network! See the related HODstar Loader
product if you have an OS/2 LAN Server environment.
Single-user license: $105
100-user license: $285
Site-wide license: $2,350
'Unlimited-use' license: $3,350
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. HODstar Pager - released October, 1994! ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The perfect addition to your OS/2 electronic personal information manager
or other time-critical project! HODstar Pager quickly and easily permits
users to leave a message on today's standard pagers!
Use interactively from the OS/2 desktop, or create standalone paging
programs that can be called from any OS/2 batch file, REXX program, or
application!
The HODstar Pager user database integrates with the HODstar common
database used by all our products, or can use it's own standalone database
for users on the go! Works with all AT-command set compatible modems and
FAX/modems, and supports full-text messages if your pager distributor
provides that service.
Single-User license: $75
Site-wide license: $625
'Unlimited-use' license: $1,450
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6. HODstar Supporter - releasing 4Q 1994 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Expands upon the HODstar Monitor product by adding call tracking. Your
support staff uses Queries, Calls, Reports, and Queues to maintain and
track customer calls. Staff also can instantly view detailed profiles for
network resources relevant to the customer's call no matter what kind of
network you use. Can be used in stand-alone, network, or client-server
modes.
Includes built-in support for automatic event notification and
self-updating queues! As with all HODstar products you can either use our
internal database or instead use your company-wide DB2 database. Support
for DB2 means you can access platforms from mainframes to UNIX to Windows
NT or OS/2! DB2 support also means immediate access to help desk data
from your other applications! Fully compatible with the HODstar Pager.
Applicable for any type of network! See the related HODstar Loader
product if you have an OS/2 LAN Server environment.
Single-user license: $145
50-user license: $375
100-user license: $685
Site-wide license: $6,650
'Unlimited-use' license: $10,250
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7. HODstar Scheduler (1Q95) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Expands upon the HODstar Monitor product by adding program and application
task scheduling to any network machine. Administrators and users both can
setup when and how any OS/2, DOS, or DOS/Windows programs automatically
runs on their system. Ideal for off-hour execution of applications to
keep them from slowing down your network. Fully compatible with all other
HODstar products.
Product order information not available at this time.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.8. HODstar Distributor (2Q95) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Expands upon the HODstar Monitor product by adding application
distribution and version control management. Permits administrators to
schedule and even roll-back application software maintained on each
end-user PC from centralized servers. Supports both OS/2 native and
DOS-DOS/Windows application management. Also provides audit reporting of
end-user's hard drive contents. Integrates with the existing HODstar
products common database.
Product order information not available at this time.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.9. HODstar Purchaser (3Q95) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Expands upon the HODstar Monitor product by adding order management.
Permits users to enter, maintain history, and archive purchase orders.
Integrates with existing HODstar products common database.
Product order information not available at this time.