In this IBM® Redbooks® publication we demonstrate that it is possible to combine the traditional strengths of the mainframe to manage large volumes of data and run business transactions with the Web 2.0 paradigm. We can get simpler interfaces, better integration among different services, lightweight protocols for communication, and much more, together with the availability, security, and reliability of mainframe data. And we will show how mainframe data can be accessed by smartphones such as Android or iPhone.

But we can do more to demonstrate how flexible the mainframe platform is. Through the use of pervasive devices it is possible to add new possibilities to mainframe applications, extending System z® capabilities. We can receive notifications in real time, for example, of successful or unsuccessful termination of a TWS job stream, or we can immediately get alerts about abends that occurred in a critical application.

This book is another demonstration that the mainframe is alive and kicking and can and should play a key role in modern application architectures.

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Architectural overview

Chapter 3. Accessing z/OS applications with HATS from Apple iPhone

Chapter 4. Accessing CICS in Atom feeds format using WebSphere sMash

Chapter 5. Accessing mainframe resources from Android mobile device applications

Chapter 6. Accessing a CICS Web service with an EGL Rich UI client on Apple iPhone

Chapter 7. Accessing a CICS Restful Web service from Apple iPhone

Chapter 8. Accessing IBM Tivoli Monitoring from smartphones

Appendix A. Test drive yourself!

Appendix B. Additional material

Appendix C. IBM Tivoli Monitoring and the SOAP interface

Appendix D. Deployment to WebSphere Application Server on z/OS