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4/01/2009 - GECS v4.01 Beta
GECS v4.01 is in the final stages of beta testing and is just weeks away from being released. More>>

4/30/2008 - New Features Announced for GECS v4.01
Enhancements for the next version of Global ECS® are nearly complete. Vinzant Software interviewed many end users which helped shape the plans for version GECS® 4.01. More>>

2/7/2007 - Preparing for Daylight Savings Time 2007
In August of 2005 the United States Congress passed the Energy Policy Act, which changes the dates of both the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). When this law goes into effect in 2007, DST will start three weeks earlier (2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later (2:00 A.M. on the first Sunday in November) than what had traditionally occurred. More>>

01/10/2007 – Major GECS v4.0 Enhancements Announced
Today Vinzant Software announced the three major enhancements included in GECS v4.0. GECS v4.0 will include: ODBC support so you can use a SQL database for GECS, MS Active Directory support and real-time graphical job views. It is on target for a Q2 2007 release. The GECS v4.0 Beta Program will be announced soon.

12/22/2007 – Status of GECS v3.6
Since August, there have been several packages release for v3.60 which include small enhancements and bug fixes. The newest package of GECS v3.60 was released December 7th, 2006. If you are not currently running the newest package of GECS we encourage you to upgrade to this release when possible.

Changes in 3.6 since August Release

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Job Simulate 06/09
It is possible to 'simulate' the run of a job. When a job is simulated, the system acts as though the job actually ran, except that the command line isn't actually executed.
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Job Dependencies05/07
Two very powerful features of GECS are the ability for jobs to be configured to repeat and the ability for jobs to run in a specific sequence using job or batch dependencies.   More>>

Moving Batches Between Environments – 02/07
At some point you may need to move batches from one system to another—for instance, from your QA/Dev environment to your production environment. To do this, you will use a tool from the command line in order to save your batch into a single file that contains all of the jobs, schedules, variables, and batch dependencies. More>>

System Monitor / Watchdog Batch – 01/07
To help ensure your GECS System is always running appropriately, using a few simple steps, you can create a batch file to monitor each of your GECS components. You can also set up and send SMTP email messages from a command line in order to test email addresses and servers. More>>

Creating a Mail Group – 01/07
Set up your Event Definition to automatically “send alerts to” or “send mail to” a group of users. Set up different groups and specify which group should be notified for which Event. More>>

Run One Job that Schedules a Batch Containing 50 Jobs – 01/07
It may be necessary to gather 50 jobs into one because of dependencies and sequences, because of On Demand jobs, or in order to simplify views. The command line utility named GECSBATS.EXE can be used to schedule a batch of jobs in the background via a command line or GECS job. More>>

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Professional Services
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