iWay Transaction Processing

iWay Transaction Processing Adapters

Adapters let new e-business

Use CICS and IMS/TM Transaction Systems

for e-Business

applications access enterprise

transaction monitors such as
CICS and IMS/TM.

Product Highlights
Reuse existing CICS and IMS/TM
transactions in new e-business
applications

Execute existing transactions

from anywhere in your enterprise with

iWay Transaction Adapters and Transaction Processor Data (TPData) Adapters

make it simple and cost-effective to build new e-business applications that
reuse logic and data controlled by IBM CICS or IMS/TM transaction
processors. iWay Transaction Adapters enable new applications to call
transaction programs and work with native features and syntax of CICS and
IMS enterprise transaction systems. For data-access applications, iWay TPData
Adapters access VSAM or IMS data directly via the transaction environment
and deliver requested data in relational format.
As components of iWays modular Service Channel Architecture, iWay
Transaction Adapters make transactions and transaction data easily available
for use by all types of e-business applications. iWays architecture lets
application developers work with transactions by installing iWay Enterprise
Connectors with industry-standard interfaces like ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB,
ActiveX, and XML. As a result, iWay substantially reduces the time, cost, and
complexity of integrating TP systems because custom coding is not required.

standard CICS calling conventions

Access data controlled by CICS

and IMS dynamically, without
custom coding
iWay Transaction Adapter for CICS

Support all major communications

protocols: TCP/IP, SNA, IBM MQSeries
Expose enterprise transaction
systems through standard interfaces
like ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB, and XML

Obtain transaction input

parameters, output results, and
other information with standard ODBC
metadata calls

Transaction
Applications

E-Business
Enterprise
ETL Tools
and Reporting
Applications

iWay Transaction
Adapter for IMS

IMS

CICS
IMS

iWay TP Data
Adapter for IMS
iWay TP Data Adapter for CICS

iWay Transaction Processing Adapters and TP Data Adapters join

e-business systems with existing CICS and IMS transactions of all kinds.

CICS

DB2
VSAM

Quickly Transition Existing TP Systems Into e-Business

iWay Transaction Adapters
provide a simple, lightweight, and scalable way
to reuse the business logic
and data that run your
business in your operational applications.

E-business requires companies to adapt to change quicker than ever before and building
completely new transaction systems from scratch isnt an option for most organizations.
iWay Transaction Adapters let companies exploit existing transaction systems by integrating
them into new e-business development efforts thereby preserving operational TP assets
that represent the combined efforts of countless business analysts and developers. iWay
technology also simplifies and standardizes integration tasks so companies dont need
expensive, scarce TP integration specialists.

Reuse Business Logic and Minimize Overhead

iWay Transaction Adapters call existing transaction programs and expose the results in
relational format as if they came from a relational database. Because they respect CICS
or IMS/TM transaction systems, iWay adapters enable developers to reuse existing business
logic and quickly develop new e-business applications that work consistently with legacy
applications and business processes.
iWay Transaction Adapters support the programming languages of their target TP environment and work directly with target systems, passing parameters and accepting results via
appropriate communications areas CICS DHFCOMMAREA or IMS/TM messages. Thats
why iWay adapters minimize adapter overhead in e-business applications, creating a very
lightweight and scalable solution for reusing existing TP business logic. Also, the adapters
do not require changes to transaction code, so iWay TP solutions can be deployed very
rapidly and developers can start using them right away.

Efficient Access to TP Data

For access to data controlled by CICS and IMS/TM, applications can use iWay Transaction
Processor Data (TPData) Adapters. iWay TPData adapters include prepackaged programs,
controlled by the transaction processor, for efficiently accessing information contained in
VSAM and IMS data stores. TPData adapters eliminate the need to code custom transactions for accessing these data sources. iWay TPData adapters can automatically extract
their required metadata from COBOL copybooks or metadata descriptions for TP data can
be built manually if necessary.

Open Up Enterprise IT to Transaction Processors

TP integration can be a two-way street. Sometimes CICS or IMS applications must
incorporate existing logic or data from non-TP environments. iWays Service Channel
Architecture facilitates such hybrid applications with an array of iWay connectors and
adapters for accessing over 120 applications, business packages, and data sources on 35
platforms, as well as all popular networks and messaging systems. In this way, iWay enables
transactions to access databases, applications, and even other CICS or IMS transactions
and incorporate this outside business logic and data into new, customized transactions.

Capitalize on CICS and IMS Without Changes or Complexity

iWay Transaction Adapters let companies reuse existing transactions without modification,
so companies have a scalable, lightweight solution to support e-business applications. The
adapters let CICS and IMS manage user and data concurrency issues, so iWay solutions can
exploit the power of enterprise transaction systems for high-volume situations without
incurring additional overhead.
The iWay adapters also let developers access transactions as if they were relational
databases, using any programming language and industry-standard interfaces JDBC,
ODBC, OLE DB, XML, and others. Even ODBC metadata calls can be used to find
information about legacy transactions.

Fast ETL Processes With TP Data

iWay technology greatly accelerates and simplifies Extraction, Transformation, and Load
(ETL) processes that use TP data. iWays efficient TPData adapters, robust integration
infrastructure, and ETL options substantially reduce the latency and complexity of TP data
extraction to support data warehouses, Web warehouses, and similar staged-data solutions.

System Requirements
iWay Transaction Adapter for CICS
IBM CICS Version 4.1 or later (including Transaction Server 1.2 and above)
IBM APPC or IBM TCP/IP 3.1 or above installed
VS COBOL or COBOL II installed

iWay Transaction Adapter for IMS/TM

IBM IMS Version 5.1 or 6.1 with IBM APPC
IBM IMS Version 6.1 with OTMA and IBM IMS Connect for TCP/IP access

iWay TPData Adapters

iWay TPData adapters can be part of a new installation, or they can reuse components
from one of the following systems:
Information Builders' WebFOCUS for OS/390
Information Builders' full-function EDA Server Version 4.3 on UNIX, OS/390, MVS, AS/400,
or Windows NT

An Edge for Success

Thousands of todays top companies and government organizations use iWay Software to
accelerate and simplify their e-business integration initiatives, respond nimbly to changing
market demands, and support complex e-business interactions with their partners,
suppliers, and customers.

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