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Survey Results & Analysis for 2012 CICS Survey Monday, February 06, 2012

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Survey Results & Analysis

for

2012 CICS Survey

Monday, February 06, 2012

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Executive Summary

This report contains a detailed statistical analysis of the results to the survey titled 2012 CICS Survey . The results analysis includes answers from all respondents who took the survey in the 17 day period from Monday, January 16, 2012 to Wednesday, February 01, 2012. 204 completed responses were received to the survey during this time.

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Survey Results & Analysis

2) Which one of the following best describes your job function?

Other Responses:

Business Continuity and Security

Systems programmer

system's programmer

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Systems Programmer

System Programmer

Systems Programmer

Capacity Planner

Application Performance

Systems Programmer

Professor

Systems Programmer

Tech Support

MVS systerm programmer

MVS Systems Programmer

CICS Consultant

President

sysprog

DBA

Sys Prog with some resp 4 architect

Systems Software Specialist

Consultant, Infrastructure & Operations

Systems Programmer

DBA with arch resp

System Programmer/System Administrator

Systems Support

cics systems software maint. and support

DBA

CICS System Programmer

Old school zOS & CICS SysProg

Systems Engineer -- impl. architecture

System Programmer

performance

Z/OS DB2 DBA and tech consultant

sysprog

DBA

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CICS Systems Programmer

capacity planning responsibilities

Quality assurance

Team Leader for Oracle Systems

IT operations director

Systems Programmer

CICS Systems Programmer

System Programmer

IT Oversight & Governance

Systems Programmer

Business Analyst

systems engineer w. some responsibilitie

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3) Does your IT environment currently include z/OS (or an earlier version such as OS390 or MVS)?

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4) What CICS release are you using in production?

Other Responses:

CICS TS versions 3.1 - 4.1

3.4

CICS/TS 1.3

CICS/TS V3.2 and V4.2

AA/CICS 05.02 DB2 05.02 IBM

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5) Approximately what percent of your organization’s business-critical

applications are used online through CICS?

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6) How important are CICS applications to your business?

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7) What are the top three CICS challenges your organization is currently facing? The order is not important.

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8) What technologies are you using to address your organization’s top three CICS challenges listed in question 7? If none, please write the word "None."

A. Technology for challenge 1: B. Technology for challenge 2:

C. Technology for challenge 3:

SMF and CICS Performance Analyzer Omegamon Monitors Both A and B

None None None

SOA Web Interfaces none

Implementing inhouse D.R. None Upgrading processor

None None TCP/IP

Considering using WLM resource groups none none

None Sysview Omegamon for CICS

soa currently ok currently ok

None None None

Tivoli Omegamon / CA-sysview / IBM Ssystem Automation

Tivoli Omegamon / CA-sysview / IBM Ssystem Automation

Tivoli Omegamon / CA-sysview / IBM Ssystem Automation

Web Services, SOA Application analyzer vsam sharing

None None ASG's Tmon and Statistics

Webshere MQ Just upgraded out production machine None

None None None

none none none

TMONCICS and internal pgm SCLM, CICS explorer WAS, MQ

NONE Omegamon CICS monitor NONE

Keeping apps current Internet enabling application development training

CICS Web Services CICS Web Services Data replication

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none none OpenLink

Not sure Not sure Not sure

None None monitors and automation

Omegamon Monitor SMF 110 analysis APA

Tibco Tibco none

Working closer with applications 3rd Party items None

None None None

none none none

None None Mainview for CICS

none none none

IVORY from Gt Software MFEEE IVORY from Gt Software

None None None

Creating Webservices using RDz and CICS Including Training NONE

None None None

Web services monitoring tools such as Omegamon Netview automation

None None Various

CWS db2 stored procedures cics web services

Omegamon Omegamon Gomez

none tuning cpsm wlm

n/a n/a n/a

none none none

none none none

Resource/Talent issue SOLA None

MICROSOFT .NET MICROSOFT .NET MICROSOFT .NET

Getting management to understnd the Maiframe none none

z/os and windows z/os z/os

None None None

Machines with more powerful CPUs Web Services APIs Machines with more

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powerful CPUs

Purchasing New Computing Capacity None None

None None None

Omegamon (for DB2 and CICS) None None

None CICS PA CICS PA, SMF

None None None

omegamon HA redundant application paths same

none none none

None WebSphere None

In-House

Buy More Hardware + MIPS License Eating us out of z/OS and CICS

TCO of z due to MIPs Licenses on 3rd party SW

None, Management N/A N/A

GT Ivory Middleware none

1 2 3

My Eclipse EXTjs None

CICS web serivces Websphere for z/OS or Websphere MQ None

wlm,tuning, performance, fixing root cause of abends

wlm,tuning, performance, fixing root cause of abends

wlm,tuning, performance, fixing root cause of abends

MQSeries TMONCICS none

none none none

CWS, REST, SOA pipelines Omegamon, CICS VSAM, IDMS Tuning

Rational Developer for System z, TSO, PHP

Tool called Shadow In house development None

websphere websphere none

Strobe IBM Message BrokerCost-Platform challenged by non Mainframe managers

Circle Computing CICS WebServices Our systems

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programmers

CICS provided tools homegrown code n/a

None None None

rewrite NONE NONE

Getting off of the mainframe No changes during the day

Getting off of the mainframe

None None None

includes larger machine none same as 1

CICSPLEX none none

None None None

None, moving application to distributed

CTG and/or Microsoft HIS None

skill of certain staff None None

DASD miroring and standby z/OS

WLM tuning, perforfance montitoring and automation alerts

Changes to improve ineffecient code as required

Moving off the mainframe Moving off the mainframe None

None None None

None MQ and CTG TEP, Strobe

Monitors Source Control Monitors

tmon none none

none Intel SOA Expressway none

Automation to identify looping issues

Support in the platform is a problem

None

none none none

None None None

none none none

none none none

None None None

none none none

web logic CTG none

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none none none

Omegamon DB2 Connect I don't know

Buying more mainframe capacity Shadow Shadow

none none none

None None None

IMS and DB2 data sharing, CICS DTR, RLS, CF Data Tables, Temp Stg in CF,MQ shared queues, MQ clustering, MQ shared channels, TN3270 Dynamic VIPA, VTAM Generic Resource, ......

CICS DTR, IRD, WLM resp time goals, IBM z196 processors......

CICS DTR, IRD, WLM resp time goals, IBM z196 processors........

CICS itself .. Learning how to use newer features

ISV software for niche requirements (eg. Ariba)

Not anything else I can think of

z/OS Host CICS transaction server TMON, Omegamon TMON, Omegamon

RLS Web Services z/196 Architecture

Enterprise Service Bus Enterprise Service Bus Enterprise Service Bus

Omegamon Rational MQseries

unknown unknown unknown

MQ RDz CICS PA

SysView Sysview SYSview

unknown Webshere/ SOA unknown

human resources human resources human resources

Open Systems with WebServices None None

NYC CDA Initiative Hostbridge training staff

None TMON CICS None

None None None

None None Microsoft BizTalk

cpu upgrade to z114 operating system upgrade to z/os 1.13

open system interoperability

WEB SERVICES DB2 MQ

Web enabled GUI interface. Training programmers on new technologies.

None

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None None None

WAS, Vega, Neon various inhouse solutions praying

Websphere and Service Builder Websphere and Service Builder

Tivoli/Omegamon for CICS

None None None

CICS SCREEN SCAPING CICS INTEGRATION DATA WAREHOUSING

Omegamon Websphere None

none none none

current z-hardware Current z-hardware + current CICS release

Current z-hardware + current CICS release

BMC Mainview None None

Omegamon None None

None None None

Omegamon Omegamon CTG

monitors tcp/ip interfaces monitors and tuning

None Omegamon None

IBM APA IBM development tools IBM Rational

Monitoring tools VSAM and DASD tools ISV PRODUCTS

None None None

None EDA None

MQSeries Adabas None

none none none

None Tibco ESB Integration None

Converting to SAP Outsourcing None

SOLA z/OS none

Tibco/MQSeries None Tibco/MQSeries

web services wmb / mq PVCS & NYLLMS

NONE None none

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8.1) A. Technology for challenge 1: (What technologies are you using to

address your organization’s top three CICS challenges listed in question 7? If none, please write the word "None.")

A. Technology for challenge 1:

SMF and CICS Performance Analyzer

None

SOA

Implementing inhouse D.R.

None

Considering using WLM resource groups

None

soa

None

Tivoli Omegamon / CA-sysview / IBM Ssystem Automation

Web Services, SOA

None

Webshere MQ

None

none

TMONCICS and internal pgm

NONE

Keeping apps current

CICS Web Services

none

Not sure

None

Omegamon Monitor

Tibco

Working closer with applications

None

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none

None

none

IVORY from Gt Software

None

Creating Webservices using RDz and CICS

None

Web services

None

CWS

Omegamon

none

n/a

none

none

Resource/Talent issue

MICROSOFT .NET

Getting management to understnd the Maiframe

z/os and windows

None

Machines with more powerful CPUs

Purchasing New Computing Capacity

None

Omegamon (for DB2 and CICS)

None

None

omegamon

none

None

In-House

None, Management

GT Ivory

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1

My Eclipse

CICS web serivces

wlm,tuning, performance, fixing root cause of abends

MQSeries

none

CWS, REST, SOA pipelines

Tool called Shadow

websphere

Strobe

Circle Computing

CICS provided tools

None

rewrite

Getting off of the mainframe

None

includes larger machine

CICSPLEX

None

None, moving application to distributed

skill of certain staff

DASD miroring and standby z/OS

Moving off the mainframe

None

None

Monitors

tmon

none

Automation to identify looping issues

none

None

none

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none

None

none

web logic

none

Omegamon

Buying more mainframe capacity

none

None

IMS and DB2 data sharing, CICS DTR, RLS, CF Data Tables, Temp Stg in CF,MQ shared queues, MQ clustering, MQ shared channels, TN3270 Dynamic VIPA, VTAM Generic Resource, ......

CICS itself .. Learning how to use newer features

z/OS Host CICS transaction server

RLS

Enterprise Service Bus

Omegamon

unknown

MQ

SysView

unknown

human resources

Open Systems with WebServices

NYC CDA Initiative

None

None

None

cpu upgrade to z114

WEB SERVICES

Web enabled GUI interface.

None

WAS, Vega, Neon

Websphere and Service Builder

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None

CICS SCREEN SCAPING

Omegamon

none

current z-hardware

BMC Mainview

Omegamon

None

Omegamon

monitors

None

IBM APA

Monitoring tools

None

None

MQSeries

none

None

Converting to SAP

SOLA

Tibco/MQSeries

web services

NONE

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8.2) B. Technology for challenge 2: (What technologies are you using to address your organization’s top three CICS challenges listed in question 7? If none, please write the word "None.")

B. Technology for challenge 2:

Omegamon Monitors

None

Web Interfaces

None

None

none

Sysview

currently ok

None

Tivoli Omegamon / CA-sysview / IBM Ssystem Automation

Application analyzer

None

Just upgraded out production machine

None

none

SCLM, CICS explorer

Omegamon CICS monitor

Internet enabling

CICS Web Services

none

Not sure

None

SMF 110 analysis

Tibco

3rd Party items

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None

none

None

none

MFEEE

None

Including Training

None

monitoring tools such as Omegamon

None

db2 stored procedures

Omegamon

tuning

n/a

none

none

SOLA

MICROSOFT .NET

none

z/os

None

Web Services APIs

None

None

None

CICS PA

None

HA redundant application paths

none

WebSphere

Buy More Hardware + MIPS License Eating us out of z/OS and CICS

N/A

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Middleware

2

EXTjs

Websphere for z/OS or Websphere MQ

wlm,tuning, performance, fixing root cause of abends

TMONCICS

none

Omegamon, CICS VSAM, IDMS Tuning

In house development

websphere

IBM Message Broker

CICS WebServices

homegrown code

None

NONE

No changes during the day

None

none

none

None

CTG and/or Microsoft HIS

None

WLM tuning, perforfance montitoring and automation alerts

Moving off the mainframe

None

MQ and CTG

Source Control

none

Intel SOA Expressway

Support in the platform is a problem

none

None

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none

none

None

none

CTG

none

DB2 Connect

Shadow

none

None

CICS DTR, IRD, WLM resp time goals, IBM z196 processors......

ISV software for niche requirements (eg. Ariba)

TMON, Omegamon

Web Services

Enterprise Service Bus

Rational

unknown

RDz

Sysview

Webshere/ SOA

human resources

None

Hostbridge

TMON CICS

None

None

operating system upgrade to z/os 1.13

DB2

Training programmers on new technologies.

None

various inhouse solutions

Websphere and Service Builder

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None

CICS INTEGRATION

Websphere

none

Current z-hardware + current CICS release

None

None

None

Omegamon

tcp/ip interfaces

Omegamon

IBM development tools

VSAM and DASD tools

None

EDA

Adabas

none

Tibco ESB Integration

Outsourcing

z/OS

None

wmb / mq

None

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8.3) C. Technology for challenge 3: (What technologies are you using to address your organization’s top three CICS challenges listed in question 7? If none, please write the word "None.")

C. Technology for challenge 3:

Both A and B

None

none

Upgrading processor

TCP/IP

none

Omegamon for CICS

currently ok

None

Tivoli Omegamon / CA-sysview / IBM Ssystem Automation

vsam sharing

ASG's Tmon and Statistics

None

None

none

WAS, MQ

NONE

application development training

Data replication

OpenLink

Not sure

monitors and automation

APA

none

None

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None

none

Mainview for CICS

none

IVORY from Gt Software

None

NONE

None

Netview automation

Various

cics web services

Gomez

cpsm wlm

n/a

none

none

None

MICROSOFT .NET

none

z/os

None

Machines with more powerful CPUs

None

None

None

CICS PA, SMF

None

same

none

None

TCO of z due to MIPs Licenses on 3rd party SW

N/A

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none

3

None

None

wlm,tuning, performance, fixing root cause of abends

none

none

Rational Developer for System z, TSO, PHP

None

none

Cost-Platform challenged by non Mainframe managers

Our systems programmers

n/a

None

NONE

Getting off of the mainframe

None

same as 1

none

None

None

None

Changes to improve ineffecient code as required

None

None

TEP, Strobe

Monitors

none

none

None

none

None

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none

none

None

none

none

none

I don't know

Shadow

none

None

CICS DTR, IRD, WLM resp time goals, IBM z196 processors........

Not anything else I can think of

TMON, Omegamon

z/196 Architecture

Enterprise Service Bus

MQseries

unknown

CICS PA

SYSview

unknown

human resources

None

training staff

None

None

Microsoft BizTalk

open system interoperability

MQ

None

None

praying

Tivoli/Omegamon for CICS

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None

DATA WAREHOUSING

None

none

Current z-hardware + current CICS release

None

None

None

CTG

monitors and tuning

None

IBM Rational

ISV PRODUCTS

None

None

None

none

None

None

none

Tibco/MQSeries

PVCS & NYLLMS

none

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9) To what degree are you integrating CICS applications into Web services?

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10) What technologies are you using to integrate CICS applications into Web services? Please list the top three technologies. If none, please write the word "None."

1. 2. 3.

CTG WebSphere MQ TCP/IP

GT Software Ivory Web Services CICS Transaction Gateway None

Ivory Vendor web features none

None None None

TCP/IP None None

None None None

none none none

None None None

CICS Web support none none

none none none

None None None

CICS web services Data Power none

CICS Transaction gateway None None

CICS web services None None

MQ WAS IS

IN House code NONE NONE

CICS Web Services None None

none none none

Don't know None None

Web Sphere on AIX NONE NONE

TIBCO hub WAS on z none

3rd Party None None

none none none

Home grown solution None None

SOAP in house CICS IVORY from Gt Software none

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applications

None None None

RDz and Webservice features of CICS NONE NONE

None None None

CICS TS - webservices MQ Series Middleware web services

None None None

CICS Web Services CWS XML Generator

WebSphere None None

MQ none none

none none none

SOLA Attachmate None

CICS WSDL CICS WSDL NONE

MQ NEON None'

IBM message broker IBM MQ none

None None None

CWS None None

EXEC CICS INVOKE WEBSERVICE only None None

Custom code Datapower None

none none none

WebSphere Eclipse none

IBM SFM In-house coding None

Unknown Unknown Unknown

Web Methods LU62 ComTI

MQ Series none none

CICS web services RD for Z None

web software on mainframe xml none

native web services none none

none none none

CICS CWS/REST/SOA Pipelines NONE NONE

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Shadow Web Methods None

websphere none none

Message Broker Rad Web Sphere

C/PARS CICS Web Services COBOL

CICS Supplied Tools Looking at GT Ivory none

None None None

SOAP none none

CICS Web services assistant Locally written none

none none none

cics web services none none

None None None

None None None

None None None

MQ Web Server Tivoli Performance Monitor ---

Websphere CICS Web Services None

None None None

CTG CICS Web Services WebSphere

http sockets none

websphere none none

Intel SOA Expressway none none

SOLA none none

Not sure Not sure Not sure

none none none

none none none

None None None

none none none

WEB Logic DB2 Connect CTG

web server none none

Webspher none none

Shadow None None

none none none

MQ Wrapper TIBCO Substation ES ESM

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CICS Sockets Forum Sentry boxes XML over MQ

Oracle Service Bus Sonic ESB N/A

IBM Webspheare IBM webspheare IBM Webspheare

unknown unknown unknown

WebSphere on z/OS WASz WASz

MQseries None None

Pega none none

wrapper na na

rad none none

Websphere / SOA n/a n/a

CTG DB2 Connect don't know

XML SOAP None

Information Builders IWAY Hostbridge none

None None None

HostBridge None None

Microsoft BizTalk None None

cpu upgrade operating system upgrade application modernization

NONE NONE NONE

Attachmate Mainframe web services None

Application web enablement none none

not sure ? ?

Websphere Service Builder MQ Series

TNS3270 EMULATION CICS INTEGRATION VIA CICS INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY ETL

Websphere MQ none none

none none none

? ? ?

Websphere None None

Homegrown none none

None None None

CTG MQ None

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shadow direct applinx WAS

None None None

IBM Rational Development tools DB2 UDB cross platform none

application programming using tcp/ip kernell application programming application

programming

None None None

jboss none none

Tibco ESB Microsoft HIS Home grown TCP/IP integration

SOAP WSDL NONE

SOLA CICS Web Services none

Tibco/MQSeries None None

Shadow Studio & Server WMB tbd

Web Support none none

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10.1) 1. (What technologies are you using to integrate CICS applications into Web services? Please list the top three technologies. If none, please write the word "None.")

1.

CTG

GT Software Ivory Web Services

Ivory

None

TCP/IP

None

none

None

CICS Web support

none

None

CICS web services

CICS Transaction gateway

CICS web services

MQ

IN House code

CICS Web Services

none

Don't know

Web Sphere on AIX

TIBCO hub

3rd Party

none

Home grown solution

SOAP in house CICS applications

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None

RDz and Webservice features of CICS

None

CICS TS - webservices

None

CICS Web Services

WebSphere

MQ

none

SOLA

CICS WSDL

MQ

IBM message broker

None

CWS

EXEC CICS INVOKE WEBSERVICE only

Custom code

none

WebSphere

IBM SFM

Unknown

Web Methods

MQ Series

CICS web services

web software on mainframe

native web services

none

CICS CWS/REST/SOA Pipelines

Shadow

websphere

Message Broker

C/PARS

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CICS Supplied Tools

None

SOAP

CICS Web services assistant

none

cics web services

None

None

None

MQ Web Server

Websphere

None

CTG

http

websphere

Intel SOA Expressway

SOLA

Not sure

none

none

None

none

WEB Logic

web server

Webspher

Shadow

none

MQ Wrapper

CICS Sockets

Oracle Service Bus

IBM Webspheare

unknown

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WebSphere on z/OS

MQseries

Pega

wrapper

rad

Websphere / SOA

CTG

XML

Information Builders IWAY

None

HostBridge

Microsoft BizTalk

cpu upgrade

NONE

Attachmate

Application web enablement

not sure

Websphere

TNS3270 EMULATION

Websphere MQ

none

?

Websphere

Homegrown

None

CTG

shadow direct

None

IBM Rational Development tools

application programming using tcp/ip kernell

None

jboss

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Tibco ESB

SOAP

SOLA

Tibco/MQSeries

Shadow Studio & Server

Web Support

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10.2) 2. (What technologies are you using to integrate CICS applications into Web services? Please list the top three technologies. If none, please write the word "None.")

2.

WebSphere MQ

CICS Transaction Gateway

Vendor web features

None

None

None

none

None

none

none

None

Data Power

None

None

WAS

NONE

None

none

None

NONE

WAS on z

None

none

None

IVORY from Gt Software

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None

NONE

None

MQ Series

None

CWS

None

none

none

Attachmate

CICS WSDL

NEON

IBM MQ

None

None

None

Datapower

none

Eclipse

In-house coding

Unknown

LU62

none

RD for Z

xml

none

none

NONE

Web Methods

none

Rad

CICS Web Services

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Looking at GT Ivory

None

none

Locally written

none

none

None

None

None

Tivoli Performance Monitor

CICS Web Services

None

CICS Web Services

sockets

none

none

none

Not sure

none

none

None

none

DB2 Connect

none

none

None

none

TIBCO Substation ES

Forum Sentry boxes

Sonic ESB

IBM webspheare

unknown

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WASz

None

none

na

none

n/a

DB2 Connect

SOAP

Hostbridge

None

None

None

operating system upgrade

NONE

Mainframe web services

none

?

Service Builder

CICS INTEGRATION VIA CICS INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY

none

none

?

None

none

None

MQ

applinx

None

DB2 UDB cross platform

application programming

None

none

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Microsoft HIS

WSDL

CICS Web Services

None

WMB

none

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10.3) 3. (What technologies are you using to integrate CICS applications into Web services? Please list the top three technologies. If none, please write the word "None.")

3.

TCP/IP

None

none

None

None

None

none

None

none

none

None

none

None

None

IS

NONE

None

none

None

NONE

none

None

none

None

none

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None

NONE

None

Middleware web services

None

XML Generator

None

none

none

None

NONE

None'

none

None

None

None

None

none

none

None

Unknown

ComTI

none

None

none

none

none

NONE

None

none

Web Sphere

COBOL

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none

None

none

none

none

none

None

None

None

---

None

None

WebSphere

none

none

none

none

Not sure

none

none

None

none

CTG

none

none

None

none

ESM

XML over MQ

N/A

IBM Webspheare

unknown

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WASz

None

none

na

none

n/a

don't know

None

none

None

None

None

application modernization

NONE

None

none

?

MQ Series

ETL

none

none

?

None

none

None

None

WAS

None

none

application programming

None

none

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Home grown TCP/IP integration

NONE

none

None

tbd

none

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11) Is your organization planning to move away from CICS in the next three years?

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12) Approximately what percent of your organization’s business-critical data is accessed through the mainframe?

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13) Approximately what percent of your organization’s business-critical data that is stored on the mainframe is being accessed by CICS?

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14) Do your online CICS systems rely on the following data file structures or access methods? Please answer for all structures and methods. Please provide a Yes, No, or Don't know response for each item.

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14.1) DB2(Do your online CICS systems rely on the following data file structures or access methods? Please answer for all structures and methods. Please provide a Yes, No, or Don't know response for each item.)

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14.2) VSAM(Do your online CICS systems rely on the following data file structures or access methods? Please answer for all structures and methods. Please provide a Yes, No, or Don't know response for each item.)

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14.3) IMS(Do your online CICS systems rely on the following data file structures or access methods? Please answer for all structures and methods. Please provide a Yes, No, or Don't know response for each item.)

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14.4) DL/I(Do your online CICS systems rely on the following data file structures or access methods? Please answer for all structures and methods. Please provide a Yes, No, or Don't know response for each item.)

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14.5) Oracle(Do your online CICS systems rely on the following data file structures or access methods? Please answer for all structures and methods. Please provide a Yes, No, or Don't know response for each item.)

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14.6) ADABAS(Do your online CICS systems rely on the following data file structures or access methods? Please answer for all structures and methods. Please provide a Yes, No, or Don't know response for each item.)

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15) Approximately what percent of your organization’s business-critical data is in VSAM files?

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16) Approximately what percent of your organization’s business-critical data that is in VSAM files is accessed using batch?

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17) How important is it for your organization’s business-critical data that is in VSAM files to be shared concurrently by both batch jobs and CICS?

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18) Which of the following describe the business issues that drive your organization’s need to concurrently share VSAM files between batch and CICS? Please select all that apply.

Other Responses:

Nightly Batch cycles required

Provide students 24X7 access to their information

That was how the apps were designed to run.

Increased demand for higher availability for VSAM based applications.

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don't know

This is central data that both batch and online share

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19) Does your organization use a VSAM file-sharing software tool (not a process such as read-only access)?

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20) Why don't you use a file sharing software tool?

Other Responses:

Not required for our applications.

currently planning to purchase a file sharing tool this year

Applications migrated to DB2 as needed

not sharing - CICS limited to DB2

Security

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IBM VSAM Transparency to DB2 is Used

unknown

Not really sure

no budget

Application changes would be required to support logical concepts of concurrent access

easy & cost effective to migrate to DB2

budget constraints

financial constraints

In Initalial Planning Stage

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21) Which of the following file sharing software tools does your organization use? Please select all that apply.

Other Responses:

VShare

IPCP

BIM V-Share

Health Quest product

IPCP

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bim-vshare

FSI VShare

Home grown. At one time we used SO5

Change some files to read-only on CICS during batch window.

VT

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22) How important is it for your organization to access business-critical data that is in VSAM files from relational databases like DB2 or Oracle?

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23) Is your organization planning to move away from VSAM in the next three years?

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24) Approximately what percent of your organization’s business-critical data that is on the mainframe is being stored in DB2?

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25) Is the percent of data stored in DB2:

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26) Which of the following relational databases are strategic to your organization? Please select all that apply.

Other Responses:

Ingres

Datacom

Datacom

Teradata

Cache

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Datacom

ADABAS (our largest DB)

ADABAS

IDMS-R, MySQL

ca-datacom

CA's Datacom

MySQL

SQL Slower

DB2 LUW

Datacom

Sybase

teradata

IDMS

SQL

Adabas

Adabas

ca datacom

MySQL

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27) Approximately how many employees are in your mainframe IT organization?

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28) Approximately how many employees are in your total organization?

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29) What is your organization’s primary industry?

Other Responses:

Aerospace

Lodging & Hospitality

Payroll, HR services

Automotive

Hospitality

Semiconductor

Hospitality