Benefits of support for HTTP client requests from CICS applications

The EXEC CICS commands for CICS® as an HTTP client mean that CICS application programs can be written to:
  • Use a common protocol for business-to-business communications.
  • Control hardware or software using the HTTP protocol (for example, printers can sometimes be controlled in this way).
  • Access HTTP applications that provide items of information (for example, share prices) and retrieve this information for use in the application.
Global user exits in CICS Web support processes enable you to specify the use of proxy servers, and to apply a security policy, for outbound HTTP requests from CICS.