CICS Integration Optimization: Tales from the Trenches

Three undeniable facts confront System z customers today: (a) the move toward cloud-based architectures, (b) the cost-efficiency of System z specialty engines (e.g., zIIP), (c) the remarkable potential of the zEnterprise platform.  So how does an organization with a significant investment in CICS applications leverage these trends to create new business value?  This question drove the development of the latest version of HostBridge’s flagship product.  This session will describe the HostBridge approach to creating zIIP-enabled, CICS-based web services and will highlight a number of real customer initiatives to integrate System z into the cloud-based world.

Tracks: Application Development, CICS Systems Programming, Software Architecture and zNextGen