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Seagull Software Transforms CICS Application Into SOA Assets

LegaSuite For CICS Rapidly Transforms CICS Applications Into Reusable Services For SOA
By SOA News Desk
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December 8, 2005 03:45 PM EST
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Atlanta-based Seagull Software announced LegaSuite for CICS, a flexible and comprehensive solution for transforming CICS (Customer Information Control System) applications into SOA assets. Among its many unique features, LegaSuite for CICS supports multiple run-time architectures from one development effort and offers integrated Business Process Management (BPM) workflow capabilities.
 
"Seagull Software's vision is to lead the market for high-performance mainframe integration, Web-enablement and business process management solutions that eliminate custom coding," said Don Addington(pictured), Seagull Software President and CEO. "Enterprise IT shops want to position themselves to quickly assemble new composite applications that incorporate reusable mainframe Web services, and LegaSuite for CICS makes that a reality today."
 
Customers can implement LegaSuite with no changes to their CICS applications, and little or no coding. Using this integrated platform of development tools and runtime software enterprises can:
  • Wrap CICS business processes into reusable Web services, Java beans and .Net components for SOA integration.
  • Execute those Web services in any of four different run-time architectures including native mainframe inside CICS, 100% off the mainframe on distributed platforms, and two different hybrid architectures where processing is split between the mainframe and distributed platforms. This means you have the built-in flexibility to continually optimize processing load distribution based on the cost and availability of computing resources on various platforms.
  • Replace 3270 green screens with Web or Windows user interfaces-implement rich UI's for traditional power users, and take transactions to the Web for self-service channels.
  • Model, execute and measure business processes that can include human and/or mainframe steps, as well as machine steps running on other platforms.
 "LegaSuite for CICS is the first solution to incorporate tightly integrated business process modeling, orchestration, execution and measurement," commented Ardy Franssen, Vice President of product management, Seagull Software. "When you combine SOA Web services with BPM, you get a powerful combination that really helps IT accelerate its response to business change."
 
LegaSuite for CICS works stand-alone, and is also used to fill the legacy integration gap in other middleware. It exposes industry-standard interfaces that are easily consumed by these EAI and ESB technologies, and by other applications such as portals, CRM and SCM. In addition, It includes modeling tools that business analysts and programmers can use to model services and business processes.

LegaSuite for CICS is currently available. LegaSuite for CICS is part of the LegaSuite legacy liberation platform, which also supports SOA-compliant application integration and BPM for IMS, IDMS and VME mainframe applications, midrange applications running on DEC VAX/VT and iSeries, and Windows applications.

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XML News Desk 12/08/05 04:51:55 PM EST

Seagull Software Transforms CICS Application Into SOA Assets. Seagull Software has announced the availability of LegaSuite For CICS, a comprehensive solution for transforming CICS applications into SOA assets. Users can implement LegaSuite with no changes to their CICS applications. LegaSuite includes features such as integrated BPM workflow capabilities and modeling tools that can be used to easily model services and business processes.
SOA Web Services Journal News Desk 12/08/05 04:15:28 PM EST

Seagull Software Transforms CICS Application Into SOA Assets. Seagull Software has announced the availability of LegaSuite For CICS, a comprehensive solution for transforming CICS applications into SOA assets. Users can implement LegaSuite with no changes to their CICS applications. LegaSuite includes features such as integrated BPM workflow capabilities and modeling tools that can be used to easily model services and business processes.