IBM CICS® TX is a comprehensive, single package of a transactional runtime with a COBOL compiler enabled on Red Hat® OpenShift®. It can provide a cloud native deployment model for standalone applications. The solution can also be optimized for integration with IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS®. IBM CICS TX can offer innovation and cost reductions through a platform agnostic architecture and open-source tooling.
Take advantage of Red Hat certified container images with pre-tested components on Red Hat OpenShift.
Build and modernize COBOL applications with integrated IBM COBOL for Linux® on x86.
Horizontally scale distributed CICS online applications without application changes.
Use open source, cloud-native, industry standard tools to monitor your applications.
Leverage industry standard tooling such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker.
Utilize a hybrid infrastructure with a flexible solution that works alongside CICS Transaction Server for z/OS.
Trial
A no-charge product for non-production use
CICS TX Standard
For first cloud deployments of COBOL applications
CICS TX Advanced
For enterprise grade applications looking to balance investment across on-premise (z/OS) applications and cloud environments for COBOL workloads
Evaluation
Development and production
Development and production
No charge
Virtual processor core with monthly license
Virtual processor core with monthly and perpetual license options
Vertical scaling or up to 2 applications
Vertical scaling of up to 5 applications
Unlimited vertical scaling
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5 pods per namespace
Unlimited pods per namespace
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IBM Support
IBM Support
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Load balancing
Experience the distributed CICS® runtime which can host CICS COBOL applications in a containerized Linux® environment in a stand-alone mode or work in a hybrid mode along with CICS Transaction Server.
Get a brief introduction into the product and its capabilities.
A community for CICS TX users and useful materials for your IBM CICS TX journey.
Browse the list of supported IBM and vendor-acquired software for use with IBM CICS TX.
Comprised of a COBOL compiler and a COBOL runtime library. It is available standalone, or as part of IBM CICS TX to run CICS COBOL applications in Red Hat® OpenShift® environments.
Secure and scalable platform for hosting your transactional enterprise applications in a hybrid architecture.