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    IBM CICS Transaction Server

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM 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.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    IBM CICS Transaction Server
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM CICS Transaction Server
    Even if IMS is able to handle more activity/workload. CICS is kless difficult to manage and administer. The big problem on IMS is tha lack of people knowing the product.
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    Chose IBM CICS Transaction Server
    IBM CICS Transaction Server product works well in conjunction with IBM Db2 and they go together very well. Both are equally scalable and reliable products to use. They both can handle very large numbers of transactions and have been around for decades and stood for times and …
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    Chose IBM CICS Transaction Server
    There is no comparison, in practice, the possibility of using the latest programming languages but, above all, the databases can be different and more modern than DL1.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    IBM CICS Transaction Server
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    Feature
    IBM CICS Transaction Server
    8.2
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    IDE support7.92 Ratings
    Security management8.03 Ratings
    Administration and management8.03 Ratings
    Application server performance9.03 Ratings
    Installation8.03 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance8.03 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM CICS Transaction Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM CICS Transaction Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM CICS Transaction Server is multi-decades proven transaction server which is very scalable, very secured, easy to use, has good transactional capabilities, works well all other mainframe resources such as Db2, languages on IBM mainframe, has access control capabilities in terms of who can access the transaction for read mode vs update mode, etc.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • De facto standard in the legacy enterprise
    • Multiplatform connection
    • Native connection with DB2
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    Cons
    IBM
    • 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
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    Usability
    IBM
    Need a good knowledge of mainframe and z/OS capability. May be difficult to understand for a beginner (specially CPSM). In a complex architecture, need a high skill to do problem determination
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    IBM
    There is no comparison, in practice, the possibility of using the latest programming languages but, above all, the databases can be different and more modern than DL1.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • 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
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