Presentation where illustro announced Mainframe 2.0 support through our Web-enablement software

1. Copyright © 2007 illustro Systems International, LLC
WAVV 2007
Green Bay, WI
Changing the Way You
See Things

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illustro’s Internet-enabling Software…
z/Ware
z/Ware

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 Acquired from NEON
Systems in 2005
 Full-function, VM
based Web Server
 Interface with
security products
 CGI capabilities for
program extensions
 Web-based
administration
interface
Network
Intranet
Extranet
WWW
Users
IBM Mainframe with
z/Web-Server for VM

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illustro’s Internet-enabling Software
z/Ware
z/Ware

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 Easy is the term
 Different by design
 All z/Ware products run directly on the
mainframe
 Simple installation and implementation
 All products are completely independent,
and don’t rely upon less-reliable
components (e.g. CICS Web Interface)
illustro’s Internet-enabling Software…

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 Transform any 3270 application data into industry
standard eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
document
 XML documents allow for data to be shared across
data, system and processing architectures and
environments
 Implement Web Services capabilites; allow your
mainframe to participate in a Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA)
 Open your mainframe data and applications to Java,
.Net, even Microsoft Office
 No changes required to any existing application

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XML-3270
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3270-XML
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Any Web
Services
Application
IBM
Websphere
Microsoft
BizTalk
Java or
.Net
Application
SOAP
Request
Microsoft
Excel/Word
Application
CICS-BMS
Natural
IDMS
CICS-Non-BMS
VTAM LU2
IMS Apps
z/XML
Internal
TN3270
Client
gains
control of
App Data
z/XML
Internal
HTTP
Server
interfaces
with SOAP
and XML
Requests
z/XML-Host Data Flow on a z/OS-OS/390 or z/VSE-VSE/ESA Mainframe
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
Any 3270 App 3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
XML data
XML data
XML data
XML data3270 |
XML
3270 | XML
3270 | XML
3270 | XML

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 Recent Success Story
 Affirmative Automobile Insurance
 .Net application for claims interfacing with
mainframe policy database
 Data from up to 30 screens is combined
into one XML document
 Customer files a claim online, policy data is
retrieved dynamically and merged into
customer’s claim data

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Mainframe 2.0
 “Web 2.0” defining new approach to
Web interfaces
 Loose definition, but involves users helping
the application to grow organically, e.g.
Wikipedia, Flickr
 More dynamic interfaces closer to desktop
functionality
 AJAX – Asynchronous JavaScript and
XML

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Mainframe 2.0…
 AJAX means better Web interfaces
 Desktop app behavior
 Drag and drop
 Right-mouse click, context-sensitive menus
 More data without screen refresh
 Changes the entire experience
 With all the benefits of access from a
Web browser

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Early Adopter of AJAX
 Google Maps – Drag functionality
 gMail – drag and drop, expandable
folders
 Real application functionality from a
Web browser

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 Inherent strengths of the mainframe
 Reliability
 Affordability
 Scalability
 Security
 Recovery
 But….the interfaces have to be changed
in order for the mainframe to be
accepted
Mainframe 2.0…

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Mainframe 2.0…

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illustro’s Internet-enabling Software…
z/Ware
z/Ware

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Benefits
 Grants instant access to existing
application systems
 Uses standard browser interface
 Instantly transforms 3270 application
to intuitive, Web-browser interface
 Saves money by eliminating re-
deployment

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HTML-3270
and
3270-HTML
Trans-
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occurs
using
WebScreen
and
Template
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CICS-BMS
Natural
IDMS
CICS-Non-BMS
VTAM LU2
IMS Apps
z/Web
Internal
TN3270
Client
gains
control of
App Data
z/Web
Internal
HTTP
Server
interfaces
with
browser
Requests
z/Web-Host Data Flow on a z/OS-OS/390 or z/VSE-VSE/ESA Mainframe
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
Any 3270 App 3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
3270 data
HTML data
HTML data
HTML data
HTML data3270 | HTML
3270 | HTML
3270 | HTML
3270 | HTML

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Mainframe 2.0 !!
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