Integration to CICS, IMS, and Batch applications through Web services has proven to be a cost effective way of extending the power of the mainframe to web applications. The rich functionality of existing mainframe applications can now be exploited without costly rewriting or rehosting of those applications. Media pundits and industry analysts are now talking about the mainframe platform being an active participant, even the centerpiece, in a corporate SOA strategy. GT Software is leading the way in shaping this new role for the mainframe in enterprise computing. The mainframe was previously locked away in the ivory towers of the enterprise data center but it is now at the forefront of the integration and services revolution. Simply put, the mainframe is the driving force for integration and service-oriented architecture (SOA) projects around the globe.
Leading the transformation of the mainframe into an SOA powerhouse is Ivory Service Architect.
The pace of business – technology change, mergers and acquisitions, and competitive market forces, drive the challenges faced by large mainframe centric enterprises. These issues often result in a fractured integration architecture throughout the enterprise, with multiple tactical products from dozens of vendors being used to attempt mainframe integration. This problem is only compounded with the advent of mainframe SOA. To achieve business agility and operational efficiencies, a better alternative must be utilized.
GT Software’s Ivory Service Architect combines a high-performance mainframe SOA integration architecture coupled with world-class development tooling to address the myriad of requirements for mainframe web service integration faced by large enterprises. The Ivory Suite offers a complete product family for integrating the mainframe – application logic, business logic, and mainframe data. The Ivory product family is standards based, with support for numerous mainframe and Web service standards.
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