IBM CICS Transaction Server vs. IBM Sterling Connect:Direct

IBM CICS Transaction Server

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM CICS Transaction Server	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	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.	N/A
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct	Score 8.7 out of 10	N/A	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct provides security-hardened, point-to-point file transfers to lessen dependency on unreliable File Transfer Protocol (FTP) transfers. It is optimized for high-volume delivery of files within and among enterprises. The solution aims to ensure more reliable movement of files, from batch integration and movement of large images or catalogs, to synchronization with remote locations. Sterling Connect:Direct also supports hybrid cloud deployment through certified containers…	N/A

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Application Servers

Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
	IBM CICS Transaction Server 8.0 2 Ratings 1% above category average	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct - Ratings
IDE support	5.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Security management	9.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Administration and management	9.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Application server performance	10.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Installation	8.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance	7.02 Ratings	00 Ratings

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	IBM CICS Transaction Server	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct
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User Ratings
	IBM CICS Transaction Server	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM CICS Transaction Server	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM No answers on this topic
Pros	IBM De facto standard in the legacy enterprise Multiplatform connection Native connection with DB2 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM No answers on this topic
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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM No answers on this topic
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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	IBM No answers on this topic
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