XFRAME

 

XFRAME is the only solution capable of a holistic platform modernization through the migration of Mainframe services and enterprise applications from z /OS, OS/390, MVS, VSE and BS2000 operating systems to open environments such as UNIX, Linux, and Windows.

Effectively, XFRAME recreates your entire Mainframe, and enables the decoupling from its legacy operating system for plugging into leaner, more efficient, therefore cost effective operating systems and hardware. This results in lower license, maintenance and energy operating costs, to the tune of between 50% and 80%.

In parallel, your applications and databases are modernized, creating an environment open for application development or integration of turnkey solutions. This results in an exponential increase in developer productivity, at lower costs hence significantly raising the profile of IT organizations as major contributors to organization strategy.

 

 

 

XFRAME implementations are subject to negligible impact on daily operations, and all current application logic and workflow require no changes.

 

 

 

XFRAME ® implementations are subject to negligible impact on daily operations, and all current application logic and workflow require no changes. XFRAME consists of the following components

XFRAME COMPONENTS

 

XCICS/TS^® XCICS/XIMS is a high-performance transaction, native processing system for Windows, UNIX, Linux and zLinux platforms. XCICS is specially designed to manage application-based resources such as programs, transactions, files, queues, screens, and terminals.

XIMS allows original IMS/DC programs to run unchanged in the XCICS environment. This makes it possible to use the powerful XCICS transaction monitor to control both IMS and CICS applications

 

XVSAM^® a full VSAM emulation layer, supporting KSDS, ESDS and RSDS files providing transaction, restart and AIM recovery features. Batch programs can access XVSAM directly, offering the same functionality as the mainframe. Also in C-ISAM format

XEBE^® a high performance batch transaction engine for JCL batch applications. This includes the XJCONV ^® conversion utility for automatically generating one-to-one batch scripts in the host operation system

XBM^® (XFRAME Batch Manager) is a cross-platform software solution to control, schedule and supply facilities for scripts ™ execution. XBM is designed to avoid conflicts in JCLs executions in the new systems, and to supply the some features, that system cannot supply without a big programming effort in scripts. XBM is the ideal add-on for the XFRAME ® Batch Environment, because it is designed to handle re-hosted applications, reproducing by default some of the MVS/JES2 and VSE/POWER features. XBM provides execution engines (AKA initiators or partitions) to enable parallel job executions.

XSORT^® a full featured, high performance sort utility that works with XVSAM and other files. It accepts the same input data cards as IBM DFSORT, offering seamless compatibility providing features like INCLUDE, OMIT, FIELDS, OUTREC

XSPOOL^® provides additional functionality and flexibility. Through the XSPOOL batch interface, programs may send their printouts to the XSPOOL repository. Once there, remote users may connect to the XSPOOL web interface with a standard browser and navigate, search and view their own printouts. Using the web interface, users can also change printout characteristics and print them globally or partially.

XTND^® can be run embedded in the XCICS region or as standalone service. When it is embedded in the region, it only serves the region itself. When it runs standalone it can be executed on the same system running the XCICS application or on another system; in this case each instance may handle one or more XCICS regions. When a terminal emulator connects XTND a terminal identifier is assigned to the session and a connection with the defined XCICS application is established. From this moment on the terminal emulator starts working with XCICS. The assigned terminal identifier corresponds to the physical name of a terminal entry defined in the XCICS TCT (define terminal)

XSDF^® a graphical tool to manage BMS maps (integrated in XUC)

XUC^® XFRAME Unified Console to control XCICS, XVSAM, etc. and more.

If you would like to learn more about XFRAME Rehosting Platform, please click on the following links:

 

XFRAME Rehosting Platform Brochure

XFRAME Datasheet

XCICS Transaction Server Brochure

XFRAME Enhanced Batch Environment Brochure

 

or please contact us for more information.