IMS

IMS 11

IBM continues its investment in IMS with Version 11, providing leadership in performance, reliability and security to help you keep pace with the evolving IT industry. Three key areas are addressed in this release to help lower your IT costs: business flexibility, simplified administration, and growth. IMS 11 provides an integrated direct distributed data access solution, improves connectivity and ease of use, increases system availability, and offers an architectural roadmap that supports future growth.

Key features include:

• Open distributed IMS database access support, extended Web services, and connectivity for SOA.

• Enhanced commands and user exits that simplify installation and system management.

• Fast Path 64-bit buffer management, expanded storage, and security enhancements that increase performance, scalability, and reliability as well as improve security.

IMS 11 Database Manager enhancements include:

• IMS Open Database support offers direct distributed TCP/IP access to IMS data, providing cost efficiency, enabling application growth, and improving resilience.

• Broadened Java and XML tooling eases IMS application development and access to IMS data.

• IMS Fast Path Buffer Manager, Application Control Block library, and Local System Queue Area storage reduction utilize 64-bit storage, improving IMS availability and overall system performance.

• Enhanced Commands and User Exits simplify operations and improve IMS availability.

IMS 11 Transaction Manager enhancements include:

• IMS Connect, the TCP/IP gateway to IMS transactions, operations, and now data, offers improved IMS flexibility, availability, resilience, and security.

• Broadened Java and XML tooling eases IMS application development and connectivity, and enhances IMS web services to assist developers with business transformation.

• Enhanced Commands and User Exits simplify operations and improve IMS availability.

• IMS Application Control Block library and Local System Queue Area reduction utilize 64-bit storage, improving IMS availability and system performance.