Server Software is compatible with CICS transaction server.
Press Release Summary:
TXSeries(TM) for Multiplatforms v5.1 works with CICS® application server and Encina® application server for AIX®, HP-UX, Solaris, and Windows(TM) systems. Users can build new applications using languages such as COBOL, PL/I, C, and C++; reuse existing applications; and extend applications to Web and Web services. Product features standards-based Encina Java(TM) 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition Connector built on DE-Light Gateway and Client.
Original Press Release:
IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms V5.1 Improves Compatibility with CICS Transaction Server for z/OS and Interoperability with WebSphere Application Server
Overview
TXSeries(TM) for Multiplatforms (TXSeries) V5.1 is IBM's CICS® application server and Encina® application server for AIX®, HP-UX, Solaris, and Windows(TM) systems. TXSeries builds on CICS Transaction Server's core strengths of scalability, security, transactional integrity, and system reliability for the development, deployment, and management of heterogeneous, business-critical, n-tier applications. With TXSeries, you can:
· Build new applications using traditional languages including COBOL, PL/I, C, and C++
· Reuse existing applications
· Extend applications to the Web and Web services via the CICS Transaction Gateway and WebSphere® Application Server (sold separately)
· Access data and applications in various back-end systems including CICS and IMS(TM)
V5.1 delivers:
· Fuller support of the CICS Family API (adding to the very significant set already supported)
· Enhancements in CICS administration, management, and monitoring
· Improvements in performance and Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS)
· Optional use of Oracle 9i as the CICS File Manager (DB2® and the Encina SFS remain options as well)
· A new standards-based Encina Java(TM) 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Connector built on the production-proven DE-Light Gateway and Client
· Availability, scalability, and recovery of applications from failure
· Compatibility with a wide range of current database managers and programming languages
Key prerequisites
TXSeries V5.1 for Windows
· Windows 2000 Professional SP3, or
· Windows 2000 Server SP1®, or
· Windows XP Professional SP1, or
· Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
· IBM DCE 2.2 with ECO 6 TXSeries V5.1 for AIX
· AIX V5.1 + ML4 or AIX 5.2
· IBM DCE 3.2.0.4 TXSeries V5.1 for Solaris
· Sun Solaris 8 or Sun Solaris 9
· IBM DCE 3.2.0.4 TXSeries for HP-UX
· HP-UX Operating Environment 11i
· DCE HP/9000 1.8 HP-UX
At a glance
If you would like to make the best use of personnel skills and reuse or extend programs written in COBOL, PL/I, and C++, then you will be interested in TXSeries V5.1. This distributed enterprise-class transaction server integrates well with other front and back-end servers.
TXSeries can be deployed in a number of roles within an enterprise architecture. Typical application configurations consist of multiple tiers which may include a Web Server/Web Application Server (WebSphere), a Gateway/Routing Server (which could be TXSeries), an Enterprise Information Server (which could be TXSeries), and a Database Server. TXSeries is especially suitable for multiple site and country deployments, where its high degree of compatibility with CICS or IMS enable integration with applications running in the corporate datacenter.
Planned availability dates
· April 27, 2004: Electronic software delivery
· June 4, 2004: Media and documentation
