IBM CICS Showcase

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We think CICS is great - but don't take our word for it.

To me CICS 5.1 is a message from IBM loud and clear that customer investments in CICS applications and data can and will play a significant part in cloud based architecturesof the future. Russ Teubner, HostBridge Technology

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Some key facts about CICS

Introducing the CICS Portfolio V5.1

Operational efficiency and service agility, with cloud enablement

Learn how the CICS V5.1 Portfolio can add value to your business in this introduction. Want to know more? Read the full Introduction to the CICS Portfolio (PDF, 7.4MB).

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CICS V5.1: Learning from the cloud (340KB) @ibm.com

An analyst report from the Bathwick Group

IBM CICS Tools: Discovery and optimization for the next generation

An analyst report from the Branham Group

Case Study: Garanti Bank pushes the boundaries of efficient processing (630KB) @ibm.com

Capitalizing on the newest optimization features of IBM CICS Transaction Server software @ibm.com

The Clipper Group report: Enabling Your Mainframe Data on Mobile Devices

Control cost: drive operational efficiency with CICS V5.1

CICS V5.1 contains many enhancements to help your business stay lean and mean. Learn more about these new features, and watch tutorials by experts from the IBM Hursley Laboratory, showing you how to go about exploiting these capabilities.

Greater capacity: enhancements in CICS V5.1 (00:02:26) @YouTube	How to exploit greater capacity: becoming threadsafe in CICS (00:06:26) @YouTube
Managed operations: enhancements in CICS V5.1 (00:01:32) @YouTube	How to exploit managed operations: deployment analysis (00:05:08) @YouTube

Deliver results faster: increase service agility with CICS V5.1

CICS V5.1 contains many new features to help your business stay up to speed; in this section you can find out more about these enhancements, and hear from specialists from the IBM Hursley Laboratory, who demonstrate how to take advantage of these capabilities in step-by-step tutorials.

How to exploit first-class platforms: upgrading to CICS V5.1 (00:05:12) @YouTube	How to use business rules with CICS to achieve greater service agility (00:08:14) @YouTube
How to exploit first-class applications: CICS IA for application developers (00:04:36) @YouTube	How to exploit foundational enhancements in CICS V5.1: managed platforms (00:05:04) @YouTube