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• CICS Transaction Gateway and AIX workload partitions (WPARs)

  This article shows you how to use CICS Transaction Gateway in an AIX environment that supports WPARs. It includes scenarios that show you how to use WPARs to consolidate existing hardware or extend a CICS Transaction Gateway instance

• A better way to send CICS Transaction Server (TS) events to WebSphere Business Events

  WebSphere Business Events provides a technology connector that translates XML packets into a format suitable for the WebSphere Business Events runtime. On z/OS, a new feature in CICS TS V4.1 generates XML-formatted events and writes them as messages to a WebSphere MQ queue manager.

• Configuring WebSphere Message Broker with CICS TS using the CICSRequest node

  The new CICSRequest node in Websphere Message Broker V7 enables it to act as a client for IBM CICS TS, invoking CICS transactions and receiving responses back from CICS.

• Using CICS Web services with DB2 pureXML, Part 1: Basic XML storage and retrieval

  Explore two scenarios that give you a foundation for building Web services applications that leverage integration between CICS and DB2 pureXML. Downloads included.

• Using CICS Web services with DB2 pureXML, Part 2: Advanced XML storage and retrieval

  Part 2 introduces two more scenarios: a service request scenario that shows how to enhance CICS Web services to store XML data in relational or XML form after extracting the XML that represents the business data from a SOAP message, and a service response scenario that shows how a custom pipeline handler can publish relational data as XML.

• Accessing CICS from Microsoft .NET applications using CICS Transaction Gateway (TG)

  This article demonstrates the new .NET API for CICS TG V8 and shows you how to write a C# application that interacts with CICS programs. A sample application created with Visual Studio performs data marshalling during the reading and writing of data in the payloads, and uses multi-threading to separate presentation and connection logic. 

• Connecting from Groovy to CICS using CICS TG

  This article shows how quickly you can write a standalone GUI front end to access CICS transactions by combining the Groovy programming language with the CICS Transaction Gateway POJO (Java) interface.

• Using WS-Addressing within a CICS TS V4.1 application

  CICS TS V4.1 now supports the WS-Addressing standard. This article shows you how SOA Web service applications can use the CICS WS-Addressing APIs to take advantage of new message exchange patterns, transport-neutral addressing, and reference properties.

• Channels and containers for large-scale data transfer between TXSeries and CICS TS

  Learn how to migrate from COMMAREA-based application to channels and containers, including their creation, use, advantages, and best practices. A sample app shows you how to pass data from TXSeries to a CICS TS program using channels and containers.

• Security architecture for integrating TXSeries with CICS TS

  This three-part series shows you how to use the security features in CICS Transaction Server and TXSeries in a centralized security environment with IP/SSL connectivity. Customer scenarios and case studies show you how to configure security for this architecture.

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• Developing mainframe applications on your laptop

  The new Rational Developer for System z Unit Test feature can dramatically enhance the way you develop, maintain, and test mainframe applications.

• New tools for modernizing mainframe applications

  The new IBM Rational Developer for System z Unit Tester can dramatically enhance the way you develop, maintain, and test mainframe applications. This article explains how you can use this tool, along with other Rational Enterprise Modernization products, to transform mainframe green-screen applications with new smartphone interfaces.

• Modernize z/OS apps using optimized local adapters on WebSphere Application Server

  Learn how optimized local adapter support works and how it can help you re-engineer and modernize your z/OS applications.

• Ensuring enterprise availability when deploying EJBs in WebSphere Application Server

  Tips from IBM consulting engagements can dramatically improve the resiliency of EJB applications running on WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

• Make enterprise batch processing solutions more efficient with Java, cloud computing, and WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid

  This IBM white paper shows you how Java, cloud computing, and WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid can transform your batch processing solutions into agile and reusable SOA applications and services that reduce your transaction life cycle costs. 

• Getting started with WebSphere MQ for z/OS security

  This introduction to WebSphere MQ for z/OS security by one of IBM's top z/OS gurus will be helpful for those who are familiar with z/OS but not with WebSphere MQ, and for those who are familiar with WebSphere MQ and would like to understand how to secure it on z/OS.

• WebSphere MQ security on z/OS

  This popular article delves into the details of controlling administrative access and using RACF classes effectively with WebSphere MQ on z/OS.

• Comparing WebSphere MQ security on distributed platforms and z/OS

  How security is implemented and what it can protect differ greatly between distributed platforms and z/OS, so an understanding of these differences is essential for architects, administrators, and developers who may need to work across platforms.

• New usability features in Fix Central make it easy to find the fixes you need

  New features include dynamic search, plus a function to find all IBM software on your server and link you to applicable updates.

• You can influence WebSphere products through the Client Experience Program

  This new program will improve your understanding of WebSphere products and let you give feedback that will be part of the design process for future product versions.