CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V3.2

CICS TS V3.2 will:

• Allow CICS applications to be exposed as Web services to enable virtual enterprises to link heterogeneous systems as required via standard APIs and protocols.

• Using the CICS Service Flow Feature, enable creation of adapters for integrating business applications, providing effective re-use of existing assets. By consolidating the integration activities in the host environment, risk and complexity is reduced, and also the cost of creating point-to-point integration solutions. Integration solutions can be created with high performance, scalability, and availability by exploiting the robust infrastructure provided by CICS TS.

• Deliver a new transactional IP communications protocol for communications between and into CICS systems.

• Integrate with modern development environments, reducing both the cost of producing the new technology solution and the time to market for production of traditional applications.

• Enable new Java applications to extend the value of existing applications with their proven, operational business logic, while minimizing the risk associated with exploiting new technology.

• Allow deployment of new Java applications that inherit the CICS qualities of service.

• Allow for rapid return on investment by providing a range of new capabilities that can be immediately exploited, through system configuration, to provide an improved service to the business, thereby reducing the cost of computing from the day of adoption.

UNIQUE DIFFERENTIATORS

IBM supplies the total infrastructure that companies need to model, develop, deploy, and manage their critical business applications. As part of this infrastructure, CICS TS V3 exploits the qualities of service associated with the z/OS platform.

CICS is a transactional application server that enables execution of a complex and demanding mixed-language application workload while efficiently integrating with SOA enterprise solutions.

CICS provides a run-time for application in COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, C, C++, and Java, thus delivering a language-neutral approach. This ensures existing skills can be used to build and deploy new applications.

CICS provides open standards-based connectivity consistent with the preferred Web services implementation while preserving the expected Qualities of Service of the trusted applications at an unparalleled cost per transaction.

CICS provides a complete systems management solution to enable management of resources through a single point of control that is consistent throughout the enterprise.