ClientSoft Enhances its CICS/IMS Mainframe Integration Solution Beyond CICS/IMS.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002 New version of CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. adds XML/SOAP enablement of virtually any Mainframe application, real-time Terminal Web services (TWs), additional support for IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) VSE See DOS/VSE. VSE - Virtual Storage Extended , MQ, CTG, EXCI EXCI External Cics Interface and Microsoft COMTI COMTI Component Object Model Transaction Integrator (Microsoft, SNA Server) COMTI Com Transaction Integrator ClientSoft, the leader in mainframe-based Web services, adds support for IBM VSE, MQ Series, CTG, EXCI and Microsoft COMTI as well as enhanced Web services support to ClientSoft Tanit Objects (CTO) version 3.4. This latest release includes a fully updated and enhanced version of Terminal XML (tXML), which was previously introduced in 1999, now called Terminal Web services (TWs). TWs delivers "instant WSDL (Web Services Description Language) An XML-based language for defining Web services. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WSDL describes the protocols and formats used by the service. " and "instant XML" from CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without and IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. applications, without any development effort, while optimizing XML/SOAP payload, by providing a flexible real-time means for requesting only the information that you need. With the addition of TWs, the Tanit family of products now has the capability to provide simple/complex and non-reengineered/reengineered generation of XML and Web services from CICS and IMS applications, without reliance on traditional emulation-based host connectivity. "ClientSoft Tanit Objects (CTO) v3.4 is the high-performance legacy integration leader. CTO delivers on the promise of Web services from CICS and IMS applications, without requiring the developer to understand the complexities that are typically associated with the mainframe. Using the CTO development tool, any developer in the enterprise can now deliver legacy integration solutions," said Brian Anderson, Product Marketing Manager of ClientSoft. "Ultimately, CTO allows companies to repurpose their assets - their legacy applications as well as the developers and programmers supporting them," he added. Integration Flexibility: ClientSoft does not lock you into a proprietary integration approach. CTO is based on industry standard interfaces and fits easily into your current and future infrastructures. Here are just a few methods that you can use to access your CTO reengineered mainframe applications: IBM MQ Series, CTG, EXCI, Microsoft COMTI and Web services. CTO provides best-of-breed integration to Application Servers (.NET, WebSphere, BEA WebLogic), Web services tools (CapeClear, Actional, Primordial), EAI solutions (Tibco, webMethods, SeeBeyond, Vitria), CRM (Siebel, PeopleSoft), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. and portal tools. VSE Support: This newest release also provides full support for IBM VSE customers. Support for VSE was developed by ClientSoft engineers, who will continue to maintain and support it internally. CTO can now provide its powerful mainframe integration tools suite to repurpose screen and non-screen based CICS programs and transactions running in a VSE environment as Web services or business components. XML/SOAP Enablement: Now, any mainframe application capable of calling a COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. sub-program can now be XML/SOAP enabled. A new feature in CTO 3.4 allows for the transformation of XML/SOAP to COBOL structures, HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. to COBOL structures and COBOL structures to XML/SOAP. The CTO 3.4 developer automatically parses your existing/new COBOL copybooks/programs, handles the type-inferencing and generates completed COBOL sub-programs that you call. Now you can easily add an XML industry standard interface onto Assembler, PL1, Fortran, C, stored procedures, and mainframe applications without having to hand code each one. This feature is not limited to CICS and IMS only. The product update is available to ClientSoft customers by visiting the company web site at http://www.clientsoft.com/support/version34.htm. About ClientSoft ClientSoft, the leader in delivering fast and secure integrated applications to legacy systems, has been in the business of providing technology solutions since 1987. With more than 500 customers, including Fortune 1000 companies, universities and the public sector, ClientSoft's solutions open the door to Web services and all the benefits of today's client/server, Internet and wireless technologies. For more information go to www.clientsoft.com All products and/or trademarks referenced herein are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective vendors. |
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