The IMS™ Enterprise Suite, part of the IMS SOA Integration Suite, is a set of components that support open integration technologies to enable new application development and extend access to IMS transactions and data. The IMS Enterprise Suite provides user-friendly standard interfaces, simplifies IMS metadata generation, and enables IMS business event data and monitoring. The IMS Enterprise Suite also eases and expands IMS development (including Java™ and XML), administration, and access. Graphical user interfaces and standards-based programming models are provided through tooling support from the WebSphere® and Rational® product families.
The IMS Enterprise Suite is available for both z/OS® and distributed platforms, and is a no-cost product for unlimited installs. The IMS Enterprise Suite components are designed to complement IMS 11, but also support IMS 10. The IMS Enterprise Suite V1.1 is upward compatible from IMS SOAP Gateway Version 10 and the IMS Version 10 DLIModel utility plug-in, allowing existing applications and data to be used without change. Migration and coexistence support is provided for IMS Version 10 users. Review the Preventative Service Planning (PSP) information for the details.
IMS Enterprise Suite Components
IMS Enterprise Suite SOAP Gateway is a Web service solution that integrates IMS assets in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment. SOAP Gateway enables IMS applications to interoperate outside the IMS environment through SOAP to provide and request services that are independent of platform, environment, application language, or programming model. IMS applications can emit business event data to business event processing and monitoring engines through IMS Enterprise Suite SOAP Gateway. IMS Enterprise Suite SOAP Gateway is upward compatible from IMS SOAP Gateway Version 10.
IMS Enterprise Suite Connect APIs for Java and C extend connectivity of distributed platforms to IMS and simplify application development for stand-alone, user-written IMS Connect clients.
IMS Enterprise Suite DLIModel utility plug-in translates IMS source files into reliable metadata that can be used for IMS XML or Java application development in an Eclipse-based environment, eliminating the need for hand-coding.
IMS Enterprise Suite Java Message Service (JMS) API expands Java application development in Java dependent regions to offer synchronous callout support via the ICAL DL/I call.
Two limited usage licenses (without support) of Rational Developer for System z are provided for each license of IMS Version 11 and IMS Version 10 for customers who also use IMS SOA Integration Suite components. Terms and conditions are outlined in the Rational Developer for System z licensing along with Rational Developer for System z and can be downloaded from the IMS Enterprise Suite download Web site.