IBM CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms,
Version 7.0
Connects WebSphere SOA
Foundation server products
across multiple platforms to
CICS Transaction Server and
TXSeries applications
Provides J2EE standards-based
connectivity that can use the
JCA, Version 1.5 specification to
manage connections,
transactions and security
Enables rapid deployment of
existing CICS applications into
an SOA – while keeping your
business logic intact
Highlights
Delivers highly flexible, security-rich and scalable SOA access to
CICS applications
Introduces real-time monitoring
of CICS Transaction Gateway
systems, providing the ability to
analyze system-utilization
metrics and perform online
problem determination
Extends networking capabilities
to include support for IPv6
connections, a wider range of
SNA support and an option to
reduce network overheads
Advances security capabilities to
include TLS, Version 1.0 support,
enabling more-stringent
encryption capabilities and
better interoperation with a
variety of secure clients
Service oriented architecture (SOA) is
a business-centric IT architectural
approach that supports integrating
your business as linked, repeatable
business tasks, or services. Because
much of the world’s data is processed
using the qualities of service of proven
transaction servers such as IBM CICS®
Transaction Server and IBM TXSeries®
for Multiplatforms, delivering access
to these CICS applications using
standards-based interfaces is a vital
and core step in the journey to SOA.
IBM CICS Transaction Gateway has
been proven over many years to
provide highly flexible, security-rich
and scalable access to CICS
applications, requiring minimal
changes to CICS systems and usually
no changes to existing CICS
CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms, Version 7.0 provides standards-based connectivity from WebSphere SOA Foundation server products on
distributed platforms to CICS Transaction Server and TXSeries systems and application