IBM INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (IMS ) MIGRATION AND MODERNIZATION - CONVERSION OF HIERARCHICAL DL/1 STRUCTURES TO RDBMS Leverage the technology and operational advantages inherent within the modern platforms and databases without having to change applications. HTWC s proprietary technology entails the most complete range of tools and utilities offering clients a scalable and native environment to Migrate their legacy applications and data from IMS TM and DB to a wide array of open target platforms and databases, greatly increasing the performance and flexibility, offering new dimensions in IT economics and rigid with plenty of scope for economical improvements. This is somewhat of a conundrum. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. Organizations can now Migrate the Legacy Applications and IMS DC/ DB Services to more cost effective, efficient and scalable operating environments, as well as convert the hierarchical databases to more IMS TM IBM INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMS DC/DB is the original IBM Mainframe Transaction Monitor based upon hierarchical data structures. This robust Mainframe environment hosts the applications of many major organizations world-wide, most notably many of the world s leading banks of which the Federal Reserve is probably the most famous example. This is testament to the Reliability, Availability, Security and Scalability features, characteristics which deem the IMS to be a key element in IT environments world-wide. On the down side, the IMS TM is hosted upon an aged, cumbersome efficient Relational Database Management Systems ENGAGING EXPERTS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN XFRAME and H2R, the middleware from HTWC enabling the migration of IMS TM Legacy applications onto a more cost effective and performance efficient, open & relational environment With XFRAME, it is possible to run the core IMS TM legacy applications on open systems, leveraging of their state of the art technologies and integration features, whilst retaining the Reliability, Availability and
Servicability characteristics of the IMS environment. In essence, the XFRAME suite, replicates the functionality of IMS TM, enabling the seamless integration of legacy applications and data into the new environment without any changes to underlying logic, communication or processes. It contains a transaction server to execute IMS TM and a complete batch environment. XFRAME supports the most important compilers for COBOL, PL/I and C as well as many standard middleware solutions such as, IBM the same processing sequence. without any changes to applications or business logic. AS well as the Transformation component, H2R also generates an application Gateway which ensures no changes are required to applications. Benchmarks display a major improvement of performance as well as the greater availability of qualified administrators and compatible standard applications. WebSphere, MQ and LDAP servers. Through its Extended Architecture (XA) interface, XFRAME supports all RDBMS. TCP/IP and SOAP based services offer the possibility to deliver legacy services across the enterprise, providing the foundation for developing modern infrastructures such as a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). With a complete set of tools and utilities, along with support for a wide range of target platforms, XFRAME offers the most complete migration solution on the market today. APPLICATIONS CLIENT MAINFRAME APPLICATIONS GATEAWAY CLIENT MAINFRAME ENABLES DIRECT, RELATIONAL SQL ACCESS TO IMS DATA HTWC-UNIX ENVIRONMENT H2R (Hierarchical to Relational) from HTWC is a sophisticated application which facilitates the transformation of data from ims db hierarchical data structures to RDBMS such as SQL, db2 and oracle, whilst creating automatically a gateway which enables the applications to continue to interface with the data without any changes. Data transformation and target environment definition: H2R is equipped with a powerful analyzer to perform the automated data migration. The analyzer collects all the necessary information from hierarchical data structures, allowing H2R to generate a set of import programs for the relational database. These programs resolve differences between source and target databases, such as data coding, field type, redefines, dirty fields, and more. If necessary, import programs allow you to retain specified fields when moving from an EBCDIC to an ASCII environment, maintaining AS A SOLUTION, OR AS STEP TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING WINNING APPLICATION STRATEGY The incremental savings generated by eliminating annual IBM IMS software licenses and related mainframe third-party software utilities can be directly applied to an organization s bottom line or redirected to new IT initiatives such as end user interface modernization, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Application Modernisation or rewrite. Advantages: Annual cost reduction of between 40 80% Offers a scalable, native environment to deploy migrated IBM IMS
applications and data on open systems Minimizes risk by preserving existing application and business logic Enables direct, relational SQL access to legacy IBM IMS data Supports IBM IMS Connect and MFS screen functionality Provides a proven platform for future application evolution The HTWC highly automated project methodology is completely scalable, with each step adding immediate value to the application environment Assesment Source Migration Unit System Testing Application Test Go Live Time HTWC SOLUTION STACK HTWC has been engineering migration solutions for more that quarter Milestone Assesment Source Migration Unit System Testing Application Test Go Live 10% 20% 30% 60% 80% 100% 0% 40% 50% 70% 90% of a century resulting in the widest array of proprietary Software, Tools, and Methodologies designed to efficiently migrate, consolidate and operate a myriad of application and data types from diverse Mainframe environments, into a homogenous, efficient, scalable and more cost effective Windows environment. Value ICON Software Understanding Studio Audit your entire application landscape V2R VSAM To Relational Migrating data and database to the state of the art technology 2Change HTWC Services Converting applications into mondern homogenous languages Complete emulation of IT environment on cost effective open systems Modernization Roadmap Application Assessment through Application object mining and evaluation Legacy data conversion from VSAM or IMS/DB to RDBMS SQL Language Conversion from a myriad or Legacy languages to COBOL Complete Mainframe emulation APPLICATION OBJECT MINING DATABASE MODERNIZATION APPLICATION MODERNIZATION RE-HOSTING
XFRAME DATASHEET TP HIGHLIGHTS XCICS/XIMS Features Highlights Full CICS / IMS DB DC/ UTM source compatibility High performance scalable architecture Transaction integrity/recovery Full BMS Temporary Storage & Transient Data File services Program & Transaction services Multiple DB connectivity Inter-System Communication TN3270 Server Easy configuration Remote GUI based administration JSP based web wrapper TP HIGHLIGHTS XCICS Features Highlights Full IBM CICS source compatibility High performance scalable architecture Transaction integrity/recovery Full BMS Temporary Storage & Transient Data File services Program & Transaction services Multiple DB connectivity Inter-System Communication TN3270 Server Easy configuration Remote GUI based administration JSP based web wrapper BATCH FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS z/os, OS/390, MVS & VSE jobs conversion Customizable JCL batch converter Pure Shell scripting Mainframe logic preservation Runtime VSAM support VSAM utilities support Legacy compatible SORT utility ASA & AFP printing support Dynamic PROC parameters substitution support XCICS integration for on-line generated jobs XBM Features CONNECTIVITY Java Clients tn3270 telnet TCP Sockets eb Browsers HLLAPI LU62 SNA Host integration server LANGUAGES Assembler To COBOL, C or C# PL/I To COBOL, C or C# CSP/VAG To COBOL or C# CA-Easytrieve To COBOL RPGII To COBOL CODE VSAM to SQL for COBOL and PL/I BMS 2 CWI (CICS Web Interface) BMS 2 JSF (CICS BMS integrated with J2EE/JSF) Field enlargement (i.e. EURO, ZIP CODE, etc.) BMS 2 CWI (CICS Web Interface) SPOOL ENVIRONEMENT Batch feeding system Web based printout distribution Browse, Search & View No client-side software àwe are HTWC àwww.htwc.com àinfo@htwc.com à+39 06 51964253 Absolute market leader in mainframe re-hosting and migration 97% of migration fully automated Over 30 years experience Truly global All sectors HTWC, 2012
SAMPLE CASE STUDY UPIM ThalesAlenia Space Customer Italian mid-market retail outlet Good quality, moderate costs 17000 Employees nationwide Several hundred direct and Franchise outlets Customer French Aerospace company 7200 employees Revenue approx 2Bn Operation France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and USA Challenge IBM IMS DB/DC IBM Cobol and Assembler VSAM Datasets Challenge IBM IMS DB/DC DL/I IBM Cobol and Assembler Solution Customer Benefits Migrate to HP-UX using the XFRAME Enterprise edition Conversion of all application to COBOL Unix DL/I to DB2 Solution Customer Benefits Migrate to HP-UX using the XFRAME Enterprise edition Conversion of all application to COBOL Unix DL/I to Oracle Customer Benefits Immediate costs reduction Improved availability and scalability Improvement of the programmers productivity (50%) Customer Benefits Improved system performance Undisclosed but significant cost reduction Easier integration with and of new applications àwe are HTWC àwww.htwc.com àinfo@htwc.com à+39 06 51964253 Absolute market leader in mainframe re-hosting and migration 97% of migration fully automated Over 30 years experience Truly global All sectors HTWC, 2012