Mainframe Web services have given new life to the mainframe, and have become the standard for integrating mainframe applications. Quickly, and without coding, a .NET application can execute a CICS transaction, or a Java application can call IMS, a batch program can call a web service, or any number of other possibilities, allowing the mainframe to fully participate in an SOA initiative.
Web services built with using
Ivory Service Architect allow simplified integration between the mainframe applications, business, and data logic with other technologies and applications that reside off the mainframe. Organizations can expose:
- CICS
- IMS
- CA IDMS
- CA Ideal
- Natural
- Data
- Web Services
Where the mainframe was previously locked away in the ivory towers of the enterprise data center, it is now at the forefront of the integration and services revolution.
