IBM Enterprise Modernization Sandbox

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Sandbox for System z

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Did you know that the System z® platform allows you to develop, deploy, and manage a powerful Web 2.0 and SOA environment that leverages virtually all of your enterprise's existing software assets?

Try our application modernization exercises and learn how COBOL and PL/I developers are extending existing production System z applications, by building upon decades-worth of business value, embodied in the code.

If this is your first visit to the sandbox, be sure to read theGet started tab first.

Log in to the Sandbox now. (If you're a first-time user, you'll be given a chance to register.)

• Rational® Asset Analyzer
• Rational Host Access Transformation Services
• Rational Developer for System z®, Rational Business Developer, WebSphere® Application Server
• IBM Mashup Center
• IBM Problem Determination Tools
• IMS, IMS Soap Gateway, IMS MFS, IMS Connect
• IBM CICS
• IBM DB2®
• IBM Enterprise COBOL and IBM z/OS XL C/C++

Explore how IBM products can help you discover, analyze and manage your application portfolio. Print the following articles to guide you through this exercise. When you're ready, click the registration link to start your online trial or read more on how to use the Sandbox.

• Using Rational Asset Analyzer to Inventory and Analyze your z/OS applications (pdf)

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Learn how to move your green screen applications to the Web or SOA. Print the following articles to guide you through this exercise. When you're ready, click the registration link to start your online trial or read more on how to use the Sandbox.

• Transform 3270 green screens to Web applications using Rational Host Access Transformation Services for Multiplatforms (pdf)
• Transform 3270 green screens to Web services by using IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services for Multiplatforms (pdf)

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Learn how to create Web services from existing CICS applications and create Web 2.0 applications with EGL. When you're ready, click the registration link to start your online trial or read more on how to use the Sandbox.

• Wrap existing COBOL programs as Web Services with IBM Rational Developer for System z (pdf)
• Invoking a third party Web service with EGL and Web 2.0 (pdf)
• Build Web 2.0 applications using EGL (pdf)
• Accessing existing CICS/VSAM applications from iPhone (pdf)

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Learn how to take advantage of advanced compilation technology to improve programmer productivity, application performance, and return on hardware capital investments. When you're ready, click the registration link to start your online trial or read more on how to use the Sandbox.

• Explore IBM XL C/C++ Compilers for AIX Optimization Options (pdf)
• Explore XML processing capabilities of the IBM Enterprise COBOL Compiler V4 R2 for System z (pdf)

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Retool your IMS applications to take advantage of SOA principles. Print the following articles to guide you through this exercise. When you're ready, click the registration link to start your online trial or read more on how to use the Sandbox.

• Generating an IMS feed using IMS Web 2.0 Solution for IBM Mashup Center (pdf)
• Creating a J2C application for an IMS MFS-based transaction using IMS MFS SOA Support (pdf)
• Creating a J2C application for an IMS Phonebook transaction using IMS TM Resource Adapter (pdf)
• Enabling an IMS application as a Web service running in IMS SOAP Gateway (pdf)

The IMS Trials and demos site offers additional information on the IMS scenarios.

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Automate testing and tuning to boost quality, using these resources. Print the following articles to guide you through this exercise. When you're ready, click the registration link to start your online trial or read more on how to use the Sandbox.

• System z Problem Determination Tools within Rational Developer for System z

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Although no formal support is available for the Sandbox, you'll find a wealth of resources available from our Rational Café communities.

Café communities for EGL, RPG, C/C++, and COBOL offer online discussion forums where you can ask questions or provide answers. These communities host blogs of the IBM development teams that create the products and provide free downloads of code samples, white papers, training manuals, videos, and other documents related to enterprise modernization solutions.

Learn more about the Application modernization entry point in the Enterprise Modernization Sandbox for System z.

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