Alternative to Microfiche Microfilm On-line (AMMO-II™) is FileTek’s enterprise-wide software for electronically storing and retrieving massive amounts of information currently printed on paper or written to microfiche or microfilm. The AMMO-II family of document viewing and distribution products consists of AMMO-II and Web-AMMO™. These products plus StorHouse® provide a comprehensive, integrated solution for managing and viewing customer and corporate data.
System Configuration
The following AMMO-II system configuration drawing enables you to build, grow, and manage a centralized data warehouse for enterprise-wide report information.

In the preceding drawing, AMMO-II provides comprehensive report archiving, indexing, and host CICS-based, 3270 viewing. Web-AMMO provides easy access to distributed AMMO-II reports on the Internet or a corporate intranet, and StorHouse supplies the architectural framework for affordable scalability to petabytes and beyond, flexible tiers of virtualized storage devices, and innovative storage management services.
Product Features
AMMO-II features include comprehensive archiving, sophisticated security, powerful indexing, versatile viewing, user-friendly start-of-day processing, compression, and numerous print and fax strategies.
Comprehensive Archiving
- Run concurrent archives from host DASD or JES
- Simulate archives to preview indexes and page breaks
- Run jobs as started tasks to eliminate batch scheduling
- Archive reports from all or selected JES SYSOUT classes
- Archive fully composed AFP reports, mixed mode AFP reports, and line data
Sophisticated Security
- Call special user exits that link to host security
- Display only authorized tasks on end-user menus
- Restrict access to data based on end-user privileges
Powerful Indexing
- Index key fields at the report, section, and page level
- Define up to 20 key fields for 10 retrieval strategies
- Index floating key fields; AFP and mixed mode reports with or without TLEs; and different report formats, including sub-page, multiple-up, columnar, nested, and newspaper style
- Create 10 global index cross-references
Versatile Viewing
- Use easy-to-operate screen navigation tools
- Perform comprehensive text searches
- Customize report views to hide sensitive data
- Annotate report pages to highlight account activity
- Bookmark pages to process large reports more efficiently
- Lock columns and rows for easier scrolling
System Requirements
System requirements are:
- IBM mainframe
- MVS/XA (release 2.2 or later), MVS/ESA, OS/390, and z/OS
- CICS (release 2.1 or later or TS 1.3)
- JES2/SP4.2 or later
- COBOL II runtime library or Language Environment
- 3480- or 3490-type magnetic tape drive
- Terminals or PCs with 3270 connectivity
- CICS or JES printers
- FaxGate mainframe fax software by Teubner & Associates (optional)
- StorHouse virtual storage platform


