Letter from our CEO

Welcome to November. From my home office I can see the leaves are falling and I can feel the weather is getting a little bit colder. With the pandemic still not contained, I’m preparing for a long, cold (but hopefully not so lonely) winter.

On the brighter side, I’m also preparing to more fully welcome the newest additions to our Rocket family. Just a few days ago we announced the acquisition of two new products (ConnectIQ and WebConnect), many new customers, and a handful of new Rocketeers.

ConnectiQ is a robotic process automation (RPA) tool for mainframe environments, and helps companies create new efficiencies by automating the most often repeated, most labor-intensive functions. RPA often serves to bridge the gap between legacy and distributed systems, furthering our strategy of delivering a range of modernization options to our customers. As an example, customers in the healthcare payments industry tell us that ConnectiQ has saved them millions of dollars. I’ve been hearing a good bit about RPA from Rocket customers around the world, and I’m positive that the tremendous efficiencies of RPA on legacy systems will broaden the options available to organizations modernizing their legacy systems.

With WebConnect, we’re able to offer a new enterprise-class terminal emulator for mainframes, strengthening our 15-year investment in delivering configurable and flexible host access. Many companies take emulators for granted these days, but this is an area where we still see a lot of room for innovation—and modernization! For example, we recently released the world’s first modern terminal emulator for the Zowe™ platform.

I am delighted to welcome our new ConnectIQ and WebConnect customers and partners to the Rocket family.

Onward,

P.S. You can learn more about ConnectiQ and WebConnect on our website and recent blog post from our own Chris Wey. And while you are reading, you might enjoy listening to these songs about coming together.