Rational Host Integration Solution

With IBM Rational® Host Integration Solution, you can start simple and grow your business fast, leveraging your host data with new solutions to help maximize your total return on investment. In a single offering, you get everything you need to create and deploy advanced business applications that rely on host systems. Whether you want to give your host applications a Web look and feel without programming, or integrate multiple legacy applications into a single Web page, IBM Rational Host Integration Solution has the answer. Now with both IBM WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment and IBM Rational Developer for System z, you can create and deploy host access business applications. You can use any of the IBM Rational Host Integration Solution programming technologies, such as Host Access Beans for Java and Host Access Class Libraries (HACL), to deliver dynamic host content using Java™ servlets, JavaServer Pages™ (JSP™), Extensible Markup Language (XML)technology and Enterprise JavaBeans™ (EJB) components.

IBM Rational Host Integration Solution offers industry- leading host access with unmatched flexibility for multiple environments. This product portfolio integrates with and lever- ages the IBM WebSphere software platform, a comprehensive set of award-winning integrated business solutions that can allow you to quickly meet evolving market needs.

IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) V7.5
The IBM Rational HATS Toolkit is a set of plug-ins for the Eclipse-based IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform (Rational SDP). The toolkit lets you develop a new application that generates a GUI for you 3270 and 5250 applications. Develop your new applications a step at a time, previewing and saving each change you make. Over time, or as quickly as desired, your IBM Rational HATS application can be streamlined, making it easier to use than the host applications whose data it presents, and possibly moving functions from the host applications into your IBM Rational HATS applications. Your new application can be accessed from a browser, portlet, rich client, or even a mobile device.

From IBM Rational HATS macros, you can generate IBM Rational HATS Integration Objects, which are Java beans that encapsulate interactions with a host application, and use them to create Web pages and Web services. You can also use IBM Rational HATS Integration Objects in Enterprise JavaBeans.

The WebFacing tool is now an optional component of IBM Rational HATS. You can continue to use these tools independently to generate applications that reface 5250 applications. Both WebFacing and IBM Rational HATS developers can work seamlessly with their existing projects, create new independent project, or create combined projects.

IBM Rational Host On-Demand V11
IBM Rational Host On-Demand provides cost-effective and security-rich, browser-based and non-browser-based host access to users in intranet and Internet environments, without any programming required. Install IBM Rational Host On-Demand on a Web server, which helps simplify and centralize administrative management and deployment.

IBM Rational Host On-Demand uses Java technology to help open the doors to your host data directly from your browser. Just click a hyperlink to launch the IBM Rational Host On-Demand Java applet to provide user connectivity to critical host applications and data.

With support for File Transfer Protocol (FTP), TN3270E, TN5250, VT100, VT220, VT420, Secure Shell (SSH) and IBM CICS Transaction Gateway access, users have a single interface to their key host data. And because IBM Rational Host On-Demand is Java technology-based, its interface has the same design across various types of operating environments.

IBM Personal Communications V6
Personal Communications is a host-communication and terminal-emulation product that features 3270, 5250 and VT emulation, FTP client, SNA application support, and SNA and TCP/IP connectivity. It helps enable security-rich access to critical business systems for virtually every user.

Personal Communications can bring robust personal networking functions to the workstation and can use your existing networking capabilities, including SNA applications and technologies, such as Advanced Program-to-Program Communication (APPC) and HPR. It also offers TCP/IP support capabilities and an extensive API set, including Emulator High-Level Language Applications Programming Interface (EHLLAPI), through programming languages such as C++, VBScript, and Java.

Communications Server V6.4
The IBM family of Distributed Communications Servers offers reliable and security-rich support for on demand networks, connecting users to enterprise host applications and data over diverse networks -- whether SNA, TCP/IP, intranet, extranet, or Internet. You choose applications based on your business needs, not on your network protocols.

Communications Servers can provide all-in-one communications services between workstations and host systems, as well as other workstations. Features include:

• Full-function SNA gateway

• TN3270E Server

• Telnet Redirector (not available on Communications Server for Windows)

• Rich set of SNA APIs, including LUA (SLI and RUI), APPC, and CPI-C

• Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN), including end node and network node

• Branch extender

• Dependent LU requester (DLUR)

• High performance routing (HPR)

• Enterprise Extender (HPR over TCP/IP)

• Support for many types of LAN and WAN connections, including Ethernet and token ring

IBM Rational Developer for System z with Java V7.6
IBM Rational Developer for System z V7.6 includes capabilities that can help make traditional mainframe development, Web development, and integrated service-oriented architecture-based composite development fast and efficient. COBOL, PL/I, C, C++, High-Level Assembler, and Java developer communities can also be more productive when they take advantage of these functions. IBM Rational Developer for System z integrates with and extends the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform (SDP). IBM Rational Developer for System z V7.6 supports industry standards to simplify the development of rich client interfaces, Web user interfaces, traditional terminal interfaces, and back-end, business logic deployable to CICS®, IMS™, DB2®, Batch, UNIX® System Services, and WebSphere transactional environments.

WebSphere Application Server V7.0
WebSphere Application Server V7.0 is the foundation of the IBM WebSphere software platform, and a key building block for a service oriented architecture (SOA). As the leading JEE and Web services application platform, WebSphere Application Server V7.0 delivers a high-performance transaction engine that can help you build, run, integrate, and manage dynamic applications.

WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V7.0
For enterprises that need near continuous availability, advanced management, and automated performance optimization for their mission-critical applications, WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment delivers an environment that is highly available, dynamically scalable, and easily managed. Building on the core WebSphere Application Server configuration, WebSphereApplication Server Network Deployment offers world-class clustering and a high-availability manager to help eliminate the cost of system downtime. It also has advanced Web services capabilities that let you connect to systems outside the firewall and across disparate application frameworks, as well as, extended Web services management and advanced remote administration to make management of more complex environments less time- and resource-consuming.

WebSphere Application Server — Express V7.0
WebSphere Application Server — Express is a simple, cost-effective solution for developing, deploying, and managing dynamic Web sites and applications. It delivers the full JEE programming model. Designed to meet the unique needs of small to mid-size companies, WebSphere Application Server — Express is limited to two CPUs per server and provides a set of integrated applications, wizards, and samples to help you get up and running quickly.

IBM Rational Developer for i for SOA Construction V7.5
IBM Rational Developer for i for SOA Construction V7.5 is a offering that gives you Web development capabilities while allowing you to create and maintain existing RPG and COBOL applications. It is composed of IBM Rational Business Developer and IBM Rational Developer for i.

IBM Rational Developer for i V7.5 delivers an Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) for RPG and COBOL programmers. The combination of IBM Rational Developer for i and IBM Rational Business Developer lets you:

• Develop and deploy Web-based applications

• Create Web services for existing i5/OS™ applications

• Use EGL to extend your existing applications with a Web user interface

IBM Rational Developer for i gives you edit/compile/debug capabilities and allows you to modernize existing RPG and COBOLapplications to enable them for SOA by separating your batch code into reusable procedures that can be consumed as Web services. The new Web services wizard can be used to turn these procedures into services. These steps will enable IBM Rational Business Developer to consume those existing RPG and COBOL services.