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IBM CICS Transaction Server vs. Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

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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

    Red Hat JBoss EAP

    Score8.5 out of 10
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    IBM CICS Transaction ServerRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of IBM CICS Transaction Server and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    Feature
    IBM CICS Transaction Server
    8.2
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    6.8
    9 Ratings
    15% below category average
    IDE support7.92 Ratings6.09 Ratings
    Security management8.03 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Administration and management8.03 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Application server performance9.03 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Installation8.03 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance8.03 Ratings7.09 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM CICS Transaction ServerRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM CICS Transaction ServerRed Hat JBoss EAP
    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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    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is subscription based/open source platform. It's very reliable and great for deploying high transaction Java based enterprise applications. It integrates well with third party components like mod_cluster and supports popular Java EE web-based frameworks such as Spring, Angular JS, jQuery Mobile, and Google Web Toolkit.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • De facto standard in the legacy enterprise
    • Multiplatform connection
    • Native connection with DB2
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    Red Hat
    • MOD_CLUSTER integration. JBoss EAP integrates pretty well with mod_cluster. This is an intelligent load balancer especially useful in highly clustered environments.
    • Supports enterprise-grade features such as high availability clustering, distributed caching, messaging etc.
    • Supports deployment in on-premise, virtual and hybrid cloud environments.
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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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    Red Hat
    • Difficult to replicate configuration outside of a container environment
    • Still requires quite a bit of knowledge of the CLI
    • Integration with deployment tools requires CLI knowledge
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    We are planning to migrate away from Jboss to Tomcat as Jboss has shown not interest in supporting OSGi which is heavily used at our shop
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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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    Red Hat
    JBoss overall is easy to use. The installation and deployment of applications are quick. Documentations and support are also readily available.
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    Performance
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is lightweight and doesn't really consumes much physical resources. It's high performing and suites well for high transaction Java enterprise applications. The out of box performance settings are not really great and you will have to configure the settings to suite your environment to leverage it's full benefits.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    Fast response.
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    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.
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    Red Hat
    We selected JBoss because of compatibility with EJB's. We currently are trying to reduce our footprint and will highly consider using Tomcat.
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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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    Red Hat
    • Jboss EAP is easy to deploy and configure. This lead to lower cost and faster delivery.
    • Even though we have large number of machines running JBoss, we have only two Jboss Administrators. It doesn't requires too much administration and maintenance on daily basis and reduces number of administrators required for large implementations.
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