2015 Australian IMS Technical Conference

1. Kyle Charlet
Distinguished Engineer
IMS Architect: cloud, mobile, analytics
Mix it up: How your enterprise assets fit
perfectly with Bluemix (and mobile…and cloud)
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individual user will achieve results similar to those stated here.
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Please note

3. Bluemix
Mobile
QA
CICS
IBM MobileFirst on
zLinux
Secure
Gateway
Good Health
WAS Liberty Node.js
API
M
Watson
Q&A
zSoR
GoodHealth application

4. Inadequate integration
with back-office systems
Inadequate security
Inadequate master-data
management
Inadequate content
management
Slow or unpredictable
performance
42%
35%
34%
30%
30%
The most significant technical barrier
to creating effective customer-facing systems
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Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of IBM, Q1 2013
91% of CIOs said new
customer client-facing apps
will access the mainframe
System of Record integration

5. Cloud-based
Services Enterprise
Systems
Integration
Enterprise
Applications
Enterprise
Data
On-Premise Enterprise APIs Enterprise
Transaction
Processing
IBM
WebSphere
Liberty
z/OS Connect
CICS,
IMS
Batch,
WAS
• IBM WebSphere Liberty z/OS Connect – Shipped with WAS, CICS, and IMS
• Unifies z/OS connectors – a common solution for mobile, cloud, and web
• Simplified integration – Hide complexity of connecting to z/OS using REST
Cloud APIs
Mobile-Optimized APIs
Systems of Engagement Systems of Record
Consistent enterprise connective for mobile and cloud

6. TCP/IP
WOLA
WOLA Link Server
Task CICS
Programs
Bluemix
IMS
DB2
DLI
zConnect
JSON to/from byte[]
(Cobol copybook)
CICS
WOLA direct
zConnect
JSON to/from byte[]
(C structure)
zConnect
JSON to/from byte[]
(PL/I structure)
WOLA
WAS Liberty z/OS
RESTful
RESTful
Data binding
conversion/routing
Mobile/
APIM
Java,
Node.js,
JavaScript
CICS
Batch
CICS
Batch
Data binding
conversion/routing
Data binding
conversion/routing
Security / Auditing /
Metering VSAM
IMS
Connect OTMA
OTMA
IMS
IMS dependent
regions
MPP
JMP
IFP
BMP
IMS
DB2
Liberty z/OS Connect

7. z/OS Connect
• Combine mobile and cloud for best of both – mobile applications in the cloud
linked to the enterprise is your competitive advantage
• Fast time to market of cloud based applications – combined with the trusted
transactions of traditional mainframe systems
• Securely connect – leverage data from your existing enterprise systems
Bluemix DataPower
Secure connectivity to Systems of Record

9. http://swagger.io/
9
Swagger

10. Bluemix APIm and Secure Gateway
services
10
SoftLayer
SG
API
Mgt.
CICS
IMS
WebSphere
DB2
z/OSConnect
z/OS
Linux/x86
Docker
Bluemix
Secure
Gateway
Client
z
Application
Batch
Premises

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