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IBM CICS Transaction Server vs. Tornado Web Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM CICS Transaction Server
Score 8.7 out of 10
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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
Tornado Web Server
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library, originally developed at FriendFeed. Community supporters state that by using non-blocking network I/O, Tornado can scale to tens of thousands of open connections, making it ideal for long polling, WebSockets, and other applications that require a long-lived connection to each user.N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
IBM CICS Transaction ServerTornado Web Server
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IBM CICS Transaction Server
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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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Anonymous
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.
Tornado Web Server

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Features
IBM CICS Transaction ServerTornado Web Server
Application Servers
Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
IBM CICS Transaction Server
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
Tornado Web Server
-
Ratings
IDE support7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Security management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Administration and management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Application server performance9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Installation8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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User Ratings
IBM CICS Transaction ServerTornado Web Server
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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Usability
8.0
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User Testimonials
IBM CICS Transaction ServerTornado Web Server
Likelihood to Recommend
The strengths of CICS are certainly the scalability. The multilevel architecture of the CICS regions, security, and performance, manages to manage large volumes of transactions with efficient performances.
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Pros
  • De facto standard in the legacy enterprise
  • Multiplatform connection
  • Native connection with DB2
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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
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Usability
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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Alternatives Considered
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 have great experience by those who have used it.
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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
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