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Manage the CICS ecosystem with CICS Explorer
Learn how to manage transaction resources using IBM CICS Explorer, a new graphical CICS interface tool, which enables you to create customizable, task-oriented views of your CICS environment. More >
Try new IBM Enterprise modernization products, hands-on, with no install
Try out IBM mainframe and enterprise modernization products running in a cloud environment. Hands-on exercises step you through real-world scenarios. No installation required! Here for the first time? Set up your system and access the self-help information to get the most out of your experience.
Set up your system to access the trial
Scripted, hands-on exercises you can try in the Sandbox
| Exercise instructions (in pdf) | Products used in the exercise |
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| Manage application portfolio and business rules |
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| Improve productivity with modern integrated development environments (IDEs) |
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| Extend IMS applications for SOA and Web 2.0 |
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| Extend CICS applications for SOA and Web 2.0 |
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| Manage the CICS ecosystem with the CICS Explorer |
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| Web- or service-enable green screen applications |
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Simplify multiplatform application development and testing |
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Collaborative application lifecycle management |
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| Optimize server performance and programmer productivity with IBM compilers |
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Essential resources
- Video: 10-minute overview of products in the sandbox
- Article: Drive innovation using Enterprise Modernization Sandboxes for IBM System z and IBM Power systems: Optimize your assets, skills and infrastructure investments
- e-Kit: IBM System z can do it
- Enterprise Modernization home page
- Recent announcements
Business planning and alignment
Project and portfolio management
Design and development
- Rational Developer for System z
- Rational Developer for zEnterprise
- Rational Host Access Transformation Services
- Rational Business Developer
- Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software
- Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software
- WebSphere ILOG Rules for COBOL
- Optim Development Studio
- z/ OS Problem Determination Tools
- CICS Explorer
Collaborative application lifecycle management
Middleware
- CICS
- CICS Transaction Gateway
- DB2
- DB2 Enterprise Server Edition
- IMS
- IMS Enterprise Suite SOAP Gateway
- IMS Message Format Service (MFS) Web Solutions
- IMS TM Resource Adapter
- IMS Web 2.0 solutions
- TXSeries for Mulitplatforms
- WebSphere Application Server
- WebSphere MQ
Connectivity
Analyst report: IBM problem determination tools lead again
Find another product or sandbox
What's new?
- New exercise: Manage transaction resources
- Work with IBM z/OS applications on remote systems
- Web-enable an IMS MFS transaction
- Web-enable an IMS transaction
- Enable an IMS application as a web service
- Develop an IMS application using Java and Open Database
- IMS application development Connect API
- Accelerate core banking transformation
- Implement CICS event processing
- Manage CICS resources
- Diagnose transaction performance
- Introduction to IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS)
- Creating web services using IBM Rational HATS
