“IBM S/390 customers can draw from a broad portfolio of
e-business software to integrate Linux applications into the
enterprise. New IBM software products, available later this
year, will provide high-speed connections between Linux
applications and S/390 data, transaction, and messaging services;
data management and web-serving capabilities for Linux
applications; Java; and Tivoli management support.“
“Among the planned lineup of IBM software to support Linux for
the S/390 server are:
- IBM e-business Enterprise Connectors. These gateways provide
easy access from Linux applications to applications and data
running on S/390 enterprise host operating systems, including
OS/390, VM and VSE. The connectors will include: — DB2 Connect
— IMS Connect
— MQSeries Client for Java
— CICS Transaction Gateway - IBM DB2 Universal Database. The foundation for tens of
thousands of e- business applications, DB2 Universal Database is
the first and only database to fully integrate Web, business
intelligence and content management capabilities. It combines the
speed required for Internet searching with the scalability,
performance and availability of a powerful relational
database. - IBM WebSphere Application Server, Advanced Edition, with Java 2
support. WebSphere is the industry’s leading Web application
software platform. The Advanced Edition is a high-performance
system capable of running web applications that deliver thousands
of business transactions per second on the S/390 platform. It
enables easy integration of existing resources from multiple
systems into a single, logical application. - Tivoli Framework end-point support, including software
distribution, security management, and Tivoli inventory
capabilities.”