#1 most frequent
United States of America
72.0%54 installations of 75
What is IBM CICS Transaction Server?
IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System) is mixed-language application server that runs on IBM z/OS. CICS® Transaction Server, often called CICS, is used for hosting transactional enterprise applications in a hybrid architecture.
Categories & Use Cases
Top Performing Features
Application server performance
Speed of deploy time, initialization time and other performance metrics
Category average: 8.3
Security management
Integrated security management for applications
Category average: 8.3
Administration and management
Ease of management via administration console
Category average: 7.6
Areas for Improvement
Installation
Ease of download and installation
Category average: 8.5
Open-source standards compliance
Support for open-source standards like J2EE
Category average: 7.9
IDE support
Support for a number of different programming environments or IDEs
Category average: 7.3
Who Buys & Uses IBM CICS Transaction Server
#2 most frequent
Germany
6.7%5 installations of 75
#3 most frequent
India
5.3%4 installations of 75
CICS World class transaction server
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We still have many of our old code written using COBOL CICS that takes the data from the OnPremise system location that get sent to IBM Mainframe and need to get updated. IBM CICS Transaction Server help us update that data on the IBM Mainframe. We don't have to rewrite any of our previous logic to do these updates and we can do code reuse.
Pros
- It helps us modernize our legacy mainframe based applications by moving the newer logic to modern platform while keeping enterprise corporate systems running
- It works well and is stable without any issues
- It is very secured and you rarely hear of any data breaches due to this
Cons
- Would like to see the transaction response matrix on the average transaction response among all requests.
- Would like to see GUI tool to be able to see currently running transactions
- Would like to be able to get the details of where the cics transaction was triggered from
Return on Investment
- It has allowed us to use our decades old code and still continue to support the business
- Allows us to have faster time to market and modernize our systems
- We can still continue to use our legacy resources for modern systems
Alternatives Considered
Db2
Other Software Used
Db2, Oracle Java SE, IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
My life with CICS
Pros
- De facto standard in the legacy enterprise
- Multiplatform connection
- Native connection with DB2
Cons
- Direct internet connection
- Social connectors
- Speak Java not only with Websphere
Return on Investment
- More scalability than servers
- More reliability than servers
- More security
Alternatives Considered
IMS
Other Software Used
DB2, IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON, IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager