Timothy, I really appreciate this. We are looking at future roadmaps for products and future direction for provisioning and reconciliation for IDM ..
Best Regards, Scott On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 1:40 AM Timothy Sipples <sipp...@sg.ibm.com> wrote: > Here's a reasonably complete answer.... > > 1. Recent releases of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS and IMS included > z/OS Connect (base) at no additional charge, or it was obtainable at no > additional charge. z/OS Connect Version 1.2 provided inbound/unidirectional > REST APIs in basic form. For example, for CICS TS Version 5.2 refer to APAR > PI38728. z/OS Connect was included starting in CICS TS Version 5.3. > > These CICS-only/IMS-only z/OS Connect releases are "deprecated." z/OS > Connect EE is the strategic replacement. > > 2. The z/OS Client Web Enablement Toolkit is available for z/OS 2.1 and > higher at no additional charge. This toolkit provides basic function to > allow z/OS-based applications to access REST APIs (on z/OS or elsewhere). > More information is available here: > > > http://ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/administrator/systemsmanagement/client-web-enablement-toolkit/ > > 3. z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition is a substantial functional upgrade. It > is bidirectional and has Swagger support, much improved development > tooling, and support for a wider variety of z/OS-based services, among many > enhancements. z/OS Connect EE is a separately licensed product. > > 4. Starting with Version 11, Db2 Native REST Services are available at no > additional charge. Details are available here: > > https://www.idug.org/p/bl/et/blogid=278&blogaid=722 > > 5. z/VSE 6.2 introduced bidirectional REST API support for CICS Transaction > Server for z/VSE ("z/VSE REST Support") at no additional charge with CICS, > as part of the z/VSE e-business Connectors. Details are available in > Chapter 25 of the z/VSE e-business Connectors User's Guide: > > http://publibfp.dhe.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/iescue80.pdf > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Timothy Sipples > IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE, > Multi-Geography > E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning a friend or collegue you demean yourself” www.idmworks.com scott.f...@idmworks.com Blog: www.idmworks.com/blog *The information contained in this email message and any attachment may be privileged, confidential, proprietary or otherwise protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this message and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and permanently delete it from your computer and destroy any printout thereof.* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
