Rational Host Integration Solution

With IBM Rational® Host Integration Solution, you can start simple and grow your business fast, leveraging your host data with new solutions to help maximize your total return on investment. In a single offering, you get everything you need to create and deploy advanced business applications that rely on host systems. Whether you want to give your host applications a web look and feel without programming, or integrate multiple legacy applications into a single Web page, IBM Rational Host Integration Solution has the answer. Now with both IBM WebSphere Application Server and the IBM Rational Integrated Development tools, you can create and deploy host access business applications. You can use any of the IBM Rational Host Integration Solution programming technologies, such as Host Access Beans for Java and Host Access Class Libraries (HACL), to deliver dynamic host content using Java™ servlets, JavaServer Pages™ (JSP™), Extensible Markup Language (XML)technology and web service components.

IBM Rational Host Integration Solution offers industry- leading host access with unmatched flexibility for multiple environments. This solution integrates with and leverages the IBM WebSphere software platform, a comprehensive set of award-winning integrated business solutions that can allow you to quickly meet evolving market needs.

IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) V8.0
The IBM Rational HATS Toolkit is a set of plug-ins for the Eclipse-based IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform (Rational SDP). The toolkit lets you develop a new application that generates a GUI for you 3270 and 5250 applications. Develop your new applications a step at a time, previewing and saving each change you make. Over time, or as quickly as desired, your IBM Rational HATS application can be streamlined, making it easier to use than the host applications whose data it presents, and possibly moving functions from the host applications into your IBM Rational HATS applications. Your new application can be accessed from a browser, portlet, rich client, or even a mobile device.

From IBM Rational HATS macros, you can generate IBM Rational HATS Integration Objects, which are Java beans that encapsulate interactions with a host application, and use them to create web pages and web services.

The WebFacing tool is an optional component of IBM Rational HATS. You can continue to use these tools independently to generate applications that reface 5250 applications. Both WebFacing and IBM Rational HATS developers can work seamlessly with their existing projects, create new independent project, or create combined projects.

New in HATS V8.0

• HATS Dojo widgets, plus the ability to customize the user interface using the Dojo Toolkit and IBM extensions that are integrated with IBM Rational integrated development environments (IDE) offerings such as IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software
• RESTful web services support
• JSR286 standard portlet support
• iPad support
• Support for the latest IBM Rational IDEs, including IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V8.0
• Support for the latest runtimes including WebSphere Application Server V8.0, WebSphere Portal V7.0, Eclipse V3.5 and V3.6, Lotus Notes V8.5.2, and Lotus Expeditor V6.2.2

IBM Rational Host On-Demand V11.0.2
IBM Rational Host On-Demand provides cost-effective and security-rich, browser-based and non-browser-based host access to users in intranet and Internet environments, without any programming required. Install IBM Rational Host On-Demand on a Web server, which helps simplify and centralize administrative management and deployment.

IBM Rational Host On-Demand uses Java technology to help open the doors to your host data directly from your browser. Just click a hyperlink to launch the IBM Rational Host On-Demand Java applet to provide user connectivity to critical host applications and data.

With support for File Transfer Protocol (FTP), TN3270E, TN5250, VT100, VT220, VT420, Secure Shell (SSH) and IBM CICS Transaction Gateway access, users have a single interface to their key host data. And because IBM Rational Host On-Demand is Java technology-based, its interface has the same design across various types of operating environments.

IBM Personal Communications V6.0.1
Personal Communications is a host-communication and terminal-emulation product that features 3270, 5250 and VT emulation, FTP client, SNA application support, and SNA and TCP/IP connectivity. It helps enable security-rich access to critical business systems for virtually every user.

Personal Communications can bring robust personal networking functions to the workstation and can use your existing networking capabilities, including SNA applications and technologies, such as Advanced Program-to-Program Communication (APPC) and HPR. It also offers TCP/IP support capabilities and an extensive API set, including Emulator High-Level Language Applications Programming Interface (EHLLAPI), through programming languages such as C++, VBScript, and Java.

Communications Server V6.4.0.3
The IBM family of Distributed Communications Servers offers reliable and security-rich support for on demand networks, connecting users to enterprise host applications and data over diverse networks -- whether SNA, TCP/IP, intranet, extranet, or Internet. You choose applications based on your business needs, not on your network protocols.

Communications Servers can provide all-in-one communications services between workstations and host systems, as well as other workstations. Features include:

IBM Rational Developer for System z with Java V8.0.1
IBM Rational Developer for System z V7.6 includes capabilities that can help make traditional mainframe development, web development, and integrated service-oriented architecture-based composite development fast and efficient. COBOL, PL/I, C, C++, High-Level Assembler, and Java developer communities can also be more productive when they take advantage of these functions. IBM Rational Developer for System z integrates with and extends the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform (SDP). IBM Rational Developer for System z V8.0.1 supports industry standards to simplify the development of rich client interfaces, Web user interfaces, traditional terminal interfaces, and back-end, business logic deployable to CICS®, IMS™, DB2®, Batch, UNIX® System Services, and WebSphere transactional environments.

IBM Rational Developer for System z with Java may only be used for activities related to Host Integration Solution development.

IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software: Power Tools for i V8.0
IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software offers integrated development environments for the major development workloads on IBM i, AIX, and Linux, including Java, C/C++ on AIX and Linux, COBOL on AIX, and RPG, COBOL, C, and C++ on IBM i.

IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software: Power Tools for i V8.0 is composed of IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software: RPG and COBOL Development Tools for i and IBM Rational Application Developer Standard Edition for WebSphere Software V8.0.

The Power Tools packages provide an ideal solution for organizations that are integrating applications written in RPG or COBOL on IBM i or C/C++ on AIX with web services and web front-ends that leverage Java, Java EE, Web 2.0, SOA, or Portal. This allows developers to have a single, productive workbench with all their development tools integrated and allows the IT department to deploy and maintain a single development workbench image to all developers, helping to simplify and reduce operations costs.

IBM Rational Application Developer Standard Edition for WebSphere Software provides a rich set of tools for developing applications using Java, Java EE, SOA, Portal, and Web 2.0 targeting IBM WebSphere run times. This includes wizards, visual designers, rich source editors, and integrated WebSphere Application Server test environments that simplify development and can help increase developer productivity.

IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software: Power Tools for i V8.0 may only be used for activities related to Host Integration Solution development.

WebSphere Application Server V8.0
WebSphere Application Server drives business agility by providing millions of developers and IT architects with an innovative, performance-based foundation to build, reuse, run, integrate and manage SOA applications and services. From business critical and key enterprise-wide applications to the smallest departmental level applications, WebSphere Application Server offers the highest levels of reliability, availability, security and scalability.

WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.0
For enterprises that need near continuous availability, advanced management, and automated performance optimization for their mission-critical applications, WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment delivers an environment that is highly available, dynamically scalable, and easily managed. Building on the core WebSphere Application Server configuration, WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment offers:

• World-class clustering and a high-availability manager to help eliminate the cost of system downtime
• Edge components, which provide sophisticated load balancing, caching, and centralized security for enhanced performance at the edge of the network
• Advanced web services capabilities to enable you to connect to systems outside the firewall and across disparate application frameworks
• Extended web services management and advanced remote administration to make management of more complex environments less time- and resource-consuming

WebSphere Application Server - Express V8.0
WebSphere Application Server - Express is a simple, cost-effective solution for developing, deploying, and managing dynamic Web sites and applications. It delivers the full JEE programming model, and includes an easy-to-use, visual, web application development tool from IBM Rational. Designed to meet the unique needs of small to mid-size companies, WebSphere Application Server - Express provides a set of integrated applications, wizards, and samples to help you get up and running quickly.

The WebSphere Application Server components may only be used as runtime environments for Host Access Transformation Services or IBM Rational Host On-Demand applications.

Refer to the Hardware and software requirements for each of the products in this bundle.