CICS for z/OS Version 3.1

    

Summary:
Industry adoption and proliferation of Web Services capabilities into development platforms and tools are making it easier for companies to adopt a service-based development approach. The need for richer than HTML experiences and disconnected operations will lead most companies to adopt multiple user interfaces delivery architectures. Mainframes being excellent servers, it makes sense to have company data in a place known for its integrity and security. CICS/TS 3.1 should be the server software of choice when implementing such design; the new facilities provided by this software will make it easier for you to implement applications using HTML, XML, SOAP and WEBSERVICES. This course is meant to be a product overview; all new facilities will be discussed along with implementation tips and so on. It is also meant to be a review of the steps that must be taken when you migrate to this new CICS that is, what are the functions that have been made obsolete, what should you be worried about, what are the changes to the various programming interfaces that will have an impact on my production applications. Finally, what can you do right now that will ease the migration of your CICS/ESA regions to this new platform.

Duration:
2 1/2 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is designed for anyone involved in the migration of applications to CICS/TS. Some technical background would be preferable but is not essential.

Topics:

• Internal Architecture
• Control Tables
• Interfaces
• Externals
• Programming Interfaces
• eBusiness

Prerequisites:
Students should have some knowledge of CICS/TS 1.3 or higher.

Last Update: February 11, 2012