CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition

An edition of CICS Transaction Gateway

CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition V8.1 includes all the function of CICS Universal Client V7.1 with the addition of the latest operating system and compiler support.

CICS Transaction Gateway for z/OS provides highly-scalable, multi-user, standards-based connectivity to CICS applications.

• CICS TG Desktop Edition V8.1 provides low-cost, single-user access to CICS, including all the function of CICS Universal Client V7.1 with the addition of the latest operating sys-tem and compiler support.
• CICS connectivity for Java and .NET desktop applications
• Relief from the limits of 32KB COMMAREAs
• Request monitoring and statistics functions currently available in CICS TG V8.1 for Multiplatforms
• Systems monitoring with CICS Explorer®
• ECI applications can be developed for use with CICS TG Desktop Edition that can be deployed as remote client applications using CICS TG for Multiplatforms or CICS TG for z/OS.
• Operating system: AIX, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, Windows

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• Improved high availability solutions including policy-based dynamic server selection and support for AIX Workload Partitioning

• Improved password management and password phrase support

• Enhanced Microsoft .NET API including CICS channels and containers and 64 bit support

• JCA 1.6 exploitation supporting WebSphere Application Server V8 and other JEE 6 certified application servers

• Enhanced plug-in for IBM CICS Explorer

• New platform support including AIX V7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux V6

• Enhanced support for IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V4.2

• Improved fail-over for IPIC connections

• JEE integration CICS TG V8.1 supports any JEE 6 certified application server, and is backward compatible with J2EE 1.4 and JEE 5 application servers.

• .NET support CICS TG APIs are usable in a wide variety of client runtime environments, including Microsoft .NET Framework, COBOL, and C++.

• Powerful APIs The CICS TS channels and containers programming model provides a simple method for CICS TG applications to exchange data with CICS programs

• Java CICS TG can operate in local mode within 32-bit and 64-bit Java runtime environments

• Dynamic server selection CICS TG for z/OS supports dynamic server selection for all types of ECI requests, including two-phase commit requests using the XA protocol.

• CICS request exit High availability is extended to distributed platforms through the support of the CICS request exit with CICS TG for Multiplatforms, and CICS TG Desktop Edition.

• AIX Workload Partitioning CICS TG V8.1 now supports the use of IBM AIX virtualization through Workload Partitioning, both for client applications and for CICS TG daemon processes.

• Transaction tracking was introduced in CICS TS for z/OS V4.2 to assist customers in diagnosing problems that sometimes occur when complex distributed transactions spread across a CICSplex.

• CICS Explorer integration A plug-in for the CICS Explorer provides the ability to manage Gateway daemons at version V7.1 or later on any platform. Recent updates to the plug-in provide an improved set of views and customizations, together with integrated connection management and built-in gateway daemon and CICS test functions.

• Usage statistics are recorded by CICS TG for Multiplatforms and for z/OS, enabling capacity planning and performance monitoring.

• Real-time performance management is provided by IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS, using the monitoring function delivered in CICS TG for z/OS

• CICS TG for z/OS provides highly-scalable, multi-user access to CICS TS for z/OS

• CICS TG for Multiplatforms delivers scalable, multi-user access to CICS TS for z/OS, CICS TS for VSE, TXSeries, and CICS TS for i.

• CICS TG Desktop Edition provides low-cost, single-user access to CICS.

• Proven connectivity - provides the programming and deployment facilities for distributed platforms to integrate with any CICS server

• Skills match for today - bridges the skill gap between UNIX/Linux, Microsoft Windows, Java-based application development platforms and System z

• Inter-operable - provides Java, C/C++, COBOL, and .NET programmers with APIs they need to drive CICS transactions

• Flexible - from the Desktop Edition through Multiplatform to the z/OS version, CICS Transaction Gateway can provide a common connectivity solution to suit your distributed applications

• Non-invasive - no changes to CICS applications and minimal CICS definitions for connectivity

• Scalability and availability - provides secure, scalable and highly available connectivity between distributed applications and CICS servers, while maintaining end-to-end transactional integrity

• Instrumentation - provides monitoring and statistical facilities, allowing planners and systems administrators insight into active workload patterns

• CICS channels and containers – facilitates the exchange of larger amounts of data

• CICS Explorer integration - simplifies operations for new and experienced staff