CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 28, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- NetManage, Inc. (Nasdaq:NETM), a software company that provides solutions for integrating, Web enabling and accessing enterprise information systems, today introduced NetManage OnWeb for CICS, a software solution that transforms existing CICS (Customer Information Control System) data into standard XML for integration with other enterprise information systems or SOA initiatives. The new offering runs natively on the mainframe, providing more powerful, scalable and secure support for large enterprises looking to extend their CICS applications to new business users, such as partners and customers, while eliminating the expense of multiple proxy servers and host application re-engineering. OnWeb for CICS complements NetManage's comprehensive portfolio of integration solutions that can be used both individually or combined to enable companies to simply and cost-effectively leverage years of business logic without any change to the host system.
"Today, companies understand the value to partners and customers of modernizing fundamental legacy applications like CICS to include Web services and support SOA," said Jason Bloomberg, senior analyst at ZapThink. "Enterprises are now looking for tactical ways to update their systems, and NetManage OnWeb for CICS provides a simple, standards-based way to integrate legacy data into a SOA implementation, enabling companies to extract the most value from prior investments in mission-critical mainframe systems."
CICS, a family of transaction servers that run primarily on IBM mainframe systems, is one of the most widely used data communications subsystems providing online transaction processing services and management for critical business applications. With NetManage OnWeb for CICS, enterprises can now easily XML-enable decades of essential data stored on the mainframe without "screen scraping." By transforming CICS applications into XML, a standards-based way to perform data exchange, enterprises simplify communications between legacy systems and current software in order to directly access business logic and transactions and publish them as Web services. NetManage OnWeb for CICS runs entirely on the mainframe without any change to the host system, combining the ease of Web application development with the scalability and high-performance of the mainframe.
"Screen scraping technology provides fast, inexpensive integration but may not be an optimal solution for all projects. Many companies need a combination of both tightly coupled and loosely coupled transactions to optimize their heterogeneous IT environment," said Zvi Alon, chairman, president and CEO at NetManage, Inc. "OnWeb for CICS adds a powerful CICS modernization solution to NetManage's family of products, further establishing our ability to provide the most comprehensive set of solutions for any enterprise integration project."
Thousands of organizations have relied on OnWeb to extend the life of existing host systems and deliver unrivaled access to applications and information. The OnWeb family of products provides a full range of deployment options, including multiple thin client and zero-footprint client access and the ability to convert host-based business processes into reusable components, such as Web services, .NET Assemblies, JavaBeans, EJBs and portlets, which can be integrated with other enterprise applications or used as components in a new application. For organizations that are planning for the continuation of future growth, OnWeb and OnWeb for CICS provide a comprehensive choice of Web-enablement platforms that enable developers to transform disparate internal systems and applications into interoperable, strategic and external facing business applications based on SOA.
Availability
NetManage OnWeb for CICS is available now. For more information, please visit www.netmanage.com.
Download the MP3cast with Archie Roboostoff, senior product manager at NetManage, to hear more about OnWeb for CICS and how it enables companies to deploy Incremental SOA (tm): http://www.netmanage.com/promos/podcasts/files/mp3CICS82306.asp?admit=y
About NetManage
NetManage, Inc. (Nasdaq:NETM) is a software company that provides solutions for integrating, Web enabling and accessing enterprise information systems. More than 10,000 customers worldwide, including the majority of the Fortune 500, have chosen NetManage for mission critical application integration. For more information, visit www.netmanage.com.
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