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Many people think of mainframes as old technology, but the majority of corporate data still sits on them and they continue to be a very important part of how many enterprises operate. Unfortunately, the typical batch-oriented nature of mainframe data storage and retrieval makes it hard to include mainframe applications as real-time components of dynamic business processes.

TIBCO Substation ES™ software enables the inclusion of mainframe applications as a seamless part of automated business processes by non-invasively enabling them to send and receive event-driven messages and information to and from non-mainframe systems.

Benefits

Increases value of mainframe systems by unlocking data and functions for real-time utilization as part of end-to-end business processes
Improves synchronization of data across the enterprise with event- and change-driven updates to and from mainframe applications
Non-intrusive architecture enables integration of mainframe applications without requiring any modifications to application logic or transaction monitors

Key Features

Available for OS/390 and zOS operating systems
Support for CICS and IMS interfaces
Common Services provide for Task Control, Dispatching, Interface Management, Data Transformation, Configuration Management, and Log/Trace/ Audit facilities
Sysplex-aware networked infrastructure enables integration of application data, processes, and business context information with distributed computing environments
Consumes just one MVS Address Space per instance, and is controlled using a standard MVS Console Command Interface

CICS Interface

Substation ES's CICS interface exploits the External CICS Call Interface (EXCI) to provide communications between executing CICS transactions and distributed client applications. Several methods of invocation are provided, including standard CICS invocation methods, Call by Transaction Code, Call by Program Name, and Transfer Control (XCTL). In addition, the CICS interface uses the Transient Data Queuing facilities of CICS to support 'Triggers', providing a means of publishing events or data based on events that occur within the domain of the CICS Region(s).

IMS Interface

The IMS Interface includes a full set of Open Transaction Manager Access (OTMA) protocols for accessing IMS data sources in the IMS TM environments. (IMS DB/DC and IMS DCCTL). TIBCO's implementation supports Version 6 and Version 7, and can provision the roles of OTMA Client and OTMA Server. The interface supports transaction grouping, multi-use Transaction Pipes, and Output routing, and was designed to handle very high transaction arrival rates and data transmission requirements.