CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V4.1

CICS Transaction Server for z/OS v4.1 is a modern, dependable, and cost effective application platform.

This version brings new levels of ease-of-use and flexibility to meet the needs of the next generation of business users. It will assist its users in their activities directed at:

• CICS PA v3.1 has been announced, click here for more details
• CICS TS V4.1 Open Beta now available - click here for more details
• Competing for new opportunities by gaining insight into business processes and responding by modifying key business applications quickly and with confidence. Business flexibility: Making it easier to create, extend, and reuse applications quickly, to meet changing business needs
• Complying with corporate, industry and government policies to manage business risk of critical business applications. Governance and compliance: Ensuring, and demonstrating, effective management control over business applications and IT facilities
• Controlling costs by simplifying IT infrastructure and improving development and operations productivity through easier-to-use interfaces and functions. IT Simplification: Helping IT staff to perform their tasks more effectively, while assuming a mix of skill levels
• New technologies can enable businesses to respond quickly and effectively, allowing them to capture emerging opportunities as markets recover. CICS TS v4.1 will deliver important new function to help businesses meet the demands of increased regulatory scrutiny, address changing demographics, and position themselves to take advantage of new growth opportunities
• The CICS Explorer - "the new face of CICS" - introduces a new graphical tooling interface for CICS, providing significantly enhanced levels of usability and integration. The CICS Explorer enables you to create customizable task-oriented views and provides an intuitive, easy-to-use way of managing one or more CICS regions. For more information go to the CICS Explorer home page.
• The CICS Explorer and its plug-ins are available from the download page.
• Operating systems supported: z/OS

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Evaluation guide

For More information on the CICS TS V4.1 Open Beta click here

Announcement letter

CICS Transaction Server V4.1 Announces April 28th 2009, click here to see the announcement letter.

• Download the CICS Explorer for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS here
• White Paper: Gaining insight into critical enterprise applications with IBM CICS and business events (754KB)
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