This Video built on Sept 2009 shows how to create a CICS Web Service running on z/OS and then how to consume this SOAP Web Service using Web 2.0 that will run in the iPhone. All is done with Rational Developer for System z with EGL. More at: www-949.ibm.com
“Think beyond what you’d expect from IT. To succeed in today’s marketplace, you need to react quickly to changing market conditions and deliver new functionality to your clients, with less resources and lowers costs. The ability to reuse assets and integrate applications is key to flexibility and most assets reside on System z. This iphone z/OS modernization demo shows how a heritage COBOL application was transformed using an iphone interface, websphere Application Server, Web 2.0 and Web Services.” V2.0 This video has three demonstrations; (1) The first shows a legacy COBOL/CICS/VSAM application that uses Web 2.0 Google maps. This uses AT&T 3G and not WIFI and was faster than WIFI with .7 second response time between the System Z in Dallas Texas USA and Chicago, IL USA. (2) The second shows a legacy COBOL/CICS/VSAM application creates a pie chart for a mortgage application. (3) The third shows a legacy COBOL/IMS application uses Web 2.0 Google Maps. There were no changes to the legacy application and this continues to run a 3270 green screen interface. We created a front end program that calls the legacy application in 2 weeks using IBM Rational Developer for System Z (rdz) with EGL.. Contact IBM system Z software for more details.