IMS in the Connected World - IMS Phoenix UG- June 19th 2014
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The document discusses the importance of IMS (Information Management System) in various industries such as banking, insurance, and manufacturing, highlighting its widespread usage among Fortune 1000 companies. It addresses common misconceptions about IMS being outdated and emphasizes the need for modernization to integrate it with new technologies and systems. The document also presents solutions for enhancing IMS capabilities through tools like Ivory® Service Architect, enabling better interaction between IMS and modern distributed environments.
IMS in the Connected World - IMS Phoenix UG- June 19th 2014
- 1. IMS in the Connected World Why You Should Pay Attention! Dusty Rivers GT Software March 11, 2014 Session 14778
- 3. IMS systems for banks (ATM, loans, account management) IMS systems for insurance (Claims & policy management) IMS systems for manufacturing IMS systems for finance IMS systems for medical IMS is the system of record
- 4. • 75% of Fortune 1000 companies use IMS • Thousands of companies globally use IMS • Most users are not aware that information on their applications come from IMS IMS and Fortune companies
- 5. IMS and architects The very reliability and transparency of IMS systems can make it nearly invisible to architects. • Not using IMS to the fullest advantage • They are not aware they can integrate new technology with IMS data and transactions. • They may recommend other options, not knowing they can integrate without changing the underlying IMS applications
- 6. IMS roadblocks(perceived!) • IMS is not agile • Multiple systems and interfaces • Integration will be a challenge • Legacy Data • “IMS is Old”
- 7. Today’s business needs • Web self-service, mobile/cloud, BYOD • Real-time access to enterprise data residing on any platform • Integrated views of related information • Customer and business focused IT • Build and deploy apps rapidly • Industry standards • Integration between Mainframe & distributed systems • Common tools & skills • Big Data????
- 8. IMS modernization Modernization Scenarios: • Using IMS data via ODBC/JDBC/Web Services • Using existing IMS transactions (business logic) • Using conversational IMS transactions • Using combinations of both • Using IMS in conjunction with distributed systems • Using IMS as a Client(*) • IMS Database Manager (DB) • IMS Transaction Manager (TM)
- 9. Good questions • Can I get IMS data for use in the new systems? • Can I get IMS transactions easily incorporated into the new systems? • What about the others (CICS, IDMS/DC, IDEAL, NATURAL, etc.?)
- 10. Today’s IT Challenge Enable IMS and distributed environments to seamlessly interact via industry standards to enable strategic state-of-the-art business applications
- 11. Ivory® Service Architect™ • Rapid • Lightweight development tools • No coding or code generation • Proven • Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing • Thousands of services, millions of transactions
- 12. • Service Enable IMS transactions • Including support for IMS conversational • Support for MFS as service definition • LTERM name if needed • Composite service support • MFS Mod 3 • Variable Length/Multiple Segment Output(*) • Outbound Support to any remote system(*) • Multiple Protocol Support (out of the Box) • SOAP support for IMS • REST support for IMS • JSON support • Message “chunking” IMS & Ivory® Service Architect
- 15. REST and SOAP(Web Services) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:s0="urn:ims2TNS"> <soap:Body> <s0:getInfo> <s0:inCommand>display</s0:inCommand> <s0:inLastName>smith</s0:inLastName> </s0:getInfo> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:ns1="urn:ims2TNS"> <soap:Body> <getInfoResponse xmlns="urn:ims2TNS"> <outDataType> <outLastName>SMITH</outLastName> <outFirstName>MARY</outFirstName> <outExtension>265</outExtension> <outZipCode>30022</outZipCode> </outDataType> </getInfoResponse> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> - <getinfoResponse> - <outDataType> <outLastName>SMITH</outLastName> <outFirstName>MARY</outFirstName> <outExtension>265</outExtension> <outZipCode>30022</outZipCode> </outDataType> </getinfoResponse http://gtzdev.gtsoftware.com:20180/soap/ims2?RESTRequest=getinfo &inCommand=display&inLastName=smith SOAP REST Input Output
- 16. IMS interfaces *
- 18. Mainframe Windows, Linux SOAP/REST/JSON/JCA HTTP or MQ Requestor / Provider Requestor IMS Control Region OTMA IMS Connect IMS Connect z/OS Linux on Z IMS Connect IMS DB Ivory Server Ivory Server Ivory Server Ivory Server Ivory® Data Hub™ Ivory runtime architecture
- 19. Mainframe DB2 IMS/DB VSAM ADABAS IDMS/DB CA/DB ODBC/JDBC SOAP/REST, JSON, JCA Applications Web Services Integrating Mainframe data
- 20. Mobile Banking, Agents Web Stock trading, Self-service, Portals Packaged Applications CRM, SAP, Oracle, Billing Mainframe integration challenges IMS
- 21. • New Mainframe applications leveraging standards Use standards • New services can leverage industry standards (IFX, SWIFT, ACORD, etc.) • Applications can use company specified standards and mappings (XSD’s, WSDL) • Services can easily be mapped in Ivory® Studio that will handle difficult data types.
- 22. • No coding or code generated • Rapid iteration gets the job done • One click deployment • Deployed to Mainframe (CICS, Started task, z/Linux) or off-platform (Windows or Linux) • Leverages z/Linux and specialty engines to slash costs At the speed of the customer
- 24. • IMS can easily be used as a client • IMS applications can interface with new applications with knowing SOAP or XML • No new software needed • IMS can rapidly call distributed systems Summary
- 25. IMS systems for banks (ATM, loans, account management) IMS systems for insurance (Claims & policy management) IMS systems for manufacturing IMS systems for finance IMS systems for medical IMS is the system of record
- 26. Their view of IMS !!! IMS
- 27. Our view of IMS !!! IMS