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IBM CICS Transaction Server vs. TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid

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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

    TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AActiveMatrix Service Grid is an SOA governance and application server, from TIBCO.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of IBM CICS Transaction Server and TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    Feature
    IBM CICS Transaction Server
    8.2
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    -
    Ratings
    IDE support7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA Governance
    Comparison of SOA Governance features of IBM CICS Transaction Server and TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    Feature
    IBM CICS Transaction Server
    -
    Ratings
    TIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    5.8
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Service registry00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Service management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Service discovery00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Dependency management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Policy management00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM CICS Transaction ServerTIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    IBM CICS Transaction ServerTIBCO ActiveMatrix Service Grid
    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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    Cloud Software Group
    It fits perfectly for SOA and EAI architecture with large numbers of services that required to be wired to each other, the binding virtualization is quite good to simply this part. For the simple scenario of orchestration and /or ESB architecture could be a better use traditional stack.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • De facto standard in the legacy enterprise
    • Multiplatform connection
    • Native connection with DB2
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    Cloud Software Group
    • reduce the number of http port required by services
    • simplified the binding connection amongst services
    • high scalability and fast deployment of applications
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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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    Cloud Software Group
    • health check of services and application features has been released with a lot of bugs that have never been fixed
    • it is not so simple to apply the security policy to service/reference binding
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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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    Cloud Software Group
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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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    Cloud Software Group
    TIBCO service grid has been chosen as a natural selection of the TIBCO product evolution. The high flexibility and the binding virtualization fits very well with client needs for its EAI applications due to the huge number of services and applications, the management of application dependencies during deployment, the advantage of perfect integration with EMS for logging
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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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    Cloud Software Group
    • The integration of old BW with BWSE and its interface quite similar to design time has reduced the cost of training for developers
    • The TIBCO support for this product is no the best and clients complains too much about this. This required to find a workaround or force the client to move to new/or different product. Huge impact on ROI
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