IMS 11: Easier than ever!

IMS 11 and and IMS Open Database provide direct SQL access to IMS data from programs running on any distributed platform. We believe this capability can reduce the complexity and processing associated with IMS data access by as much as 67%. IMS Connect now provides simplified TCP/IP access to both IMS transactions and data. This support for easier integration andopen access can also help with industry regulations compliance and internal controls, and can enable you to more rapidly develop and deploy new applications and services.

In most companies today, there are several types of developers with varying skill sets and platform expertise. Accord­ing to some estimates, there are over 7.5 million Java™, Visual Basic .NET, and C# programmers worldwide. By providing support for direct SQL access in IMS 11, organizations can now leverage a larger portion of their programmer talent pool for the development and maintenance of IMS applications. With IMS 11, the skills pool for IMS application development just grew by over 400%.

The ease with which you can install IMS 11 ensures that you and your customers can continue to rely on IMS and its hallmarks of reliability, availability, matchless scalability, and performance. The IMS Quality Part­nership Program has seen five customers move into production, each running 10 - 50 million transactions per day. Three cus­tomers have already migrated all of their IMS systems to IMS 11! They are already taking advantage of:

• Dynamic commands to query and change IMS Transaction Manager and IMS Database Manager resources, to create points of consistency, and to reduce the time the databases are offline.
• User exit services enhancements to define multiple instances and to dynamically refresh modules.
• Enhanced syntax checking.
• System performance enhancements and improved availability through IMS Fast Path Buffer Manager, Application Control Block library, and Local System Queue Area storage reduction, which utilize 64-bit storage, freeing up valuable ECSA.

When it comes to running core applications that are at the heart of business processing, most large corporations world­wide continue to depend on IMS. Today’s enterprise IT needs are more closely tied to the business than ever before. Busi­nesses require efficiency to meet the cost challenges and responsiveness demanded by the global economy. Enterprise IT is charged with supporting new growth and enabling the business to rapidly develop new products and services to remain com­petitive. IMS 11 provides an easier-than-ever roadmap that supports your business growth for years to come.

For complete information about the techni­cal enhancements available in IMS 11, visit ibm.com/ims.