HostBridge White Papers
HostBridge white papers provide discussion and analysis of technical issues related to mainframe integration, HostBridge products, and other technologies that support mainframe integration. All white papers are in Adobe PDF. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
CICS Integration and Services Composition
- Composing CICS Services: A HostBridge White Book
Get the big picture on CICS services composition. This white book answers essential why, where, and how questions about composing business/web services to integrate CICS.
- SOAP and REST: Choosing Formal or Informal Web Services for CICS Integration
CICS supports SOAP and REST for integrating transaction data. What are they? When should you use them? Why should you care? Read our white paper.
Mainframe Integration and HostBridge
- Integrating CICS Using SOA and Web Services
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and web services reduce the complexity and cost of integration and help legacy systems retain their value. This white paper discusses the basics of web services and SOA, how HostBridge software help organizations integrate CICS applications using web services, and the benefits of services-based CICS integration.
- SOA Integration for CA Mainframe Resources
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and web services integration continue to provide organizations with opportunities to do more with existing information resources while reducing cost and complexity. This is especially true for mainframe resources.
- Integrate CICS Using XML
By delivering CICS transactions as standard XML documents, HostBridge allows enterprises to integrate CICS applications with eBusiness or other web-based applications.
- Integrating Legacy Applications as Web Services
A general discussion of the issues surrounding the use of web services with legacy mainframe applications.
Using HostBridge with Specific Technologies
- Using ColdFusion MX to Access CICS
This white paper describes one method for using Macromedia's ColdFusion MX to integrate CICS application data with web-based applications. ColdFusion MX lets developers use a productive scripting environment to build web applications from multiple data sources. - HostBridge and WebSphere: Integrating CICS with IBM’s Application Server
Given the flexibility of both HostBridge and WebSphere, there are numerous ways a WebSphere application can integrate with a CICS transaction using HostBridge. This white paper discusses the use of HostBridge to integrate existing CICS applications with WebSphere. - HostBridge and BizTalk: Integrating CICS with eBusiness Processes
Microsoft's BizTalk Server includes a suite of tools and services that enable enterprises to build and deploy integrated business processes within the organization and with trading partners. This white paper examines how HostBridge integrates existing CICS applications with BizTalk. - HostBridge and Novell eXtend: Integrating CICS with Web Services
Novell eXtend™ simplifies and accelerates development of services-oriented business applications; its four components are Director, Composer, Application Server, and Workbench. This paper focuses on the use of HostBridge to integrate CICS applications with eXtend Composer. - HostBridge and BEA: Integrating CICS with WebLogic
BEA WebLogic enables companies to rapidly develop, deploy, and integrate new web and wireless applications, streamline complex business processes, and connect with business partners. This white paper explains how organizations can use HostBridge to integrate CICS applications with WebLogic. - Integrating CICS Using HostBridge and Microsoft Windows DNA
This white paper, from HostBridge integrator-partner Tier Technologies, describes the use of HostBridge to leverage CICS applications as part of a DNA application.
