Abstract
IBM® WebSphere® eXtended Transaction Runtime (WXTR) is a distributed online transaction processing (OLTP) environment to host COBOL and C applications with IBM WebSphere Application Server on AIX®. It enables modernization and extension of business applications that are written in COBOL and C into a Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) environment and helps to realize the benefits of a tightly integrated managed environment. WXTR provides basic runtime connectivity between Java EE applications and COBOL and C applications, which eases the integration required for composite applications in an enterprise environment. Through tight integration with the system management capability of WebSphere Application Server, you can achieve easy deployment, administration, and optimization of services, increasing administration efficiency for managing mixed language transactional applications.
Implementing WXTR can provide several benefits as illustrated by the scenarios in this IBM Redbooks® Solution Guide.
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IBM® WebSphere® eXtended Transaction Runtime (WXTR) is a distributed online transaction processing (OLTP) environment to host COBOL and C applications with IBM WebSphere Application Server on AIX®. It enables modernization and extension of business applications that are written in COBOL and C into a Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) environment and helps to realize the benefits of a tightly integrated managed environment. WXTR provides basic runtime connectivity between Java EE applications and COBOL and C applications, which eases the integration required for composite applications in an enterprise environment. Through tight integration with the system management capability of WebSphere Application Server, you can achieve easy deployment, administration, and optimization of services, increasing administration efficiency for managing mixed language transactional applications. Figure 1 summarizes the benefits of WXTR.
Figure 1. Benefits of WXTR
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Many clients have invested much time and effort in the development of business logic in COBOL and C applications. They realize that the value of those applications can be unlocked and extended by using Java EE. By establishing WebSphere eXtended Transaction Runtime as a core component of an enterprise IT architecture, alongside WebSphere Application Server, an organization can have a highly responsive, tightly integrated composite application-serving infrastructure for modern COBOL, C, and Java workloads. This solution provides the ability to effectively optimize and modernize these COBOL and C assets, in addition to capitalizing on enterprise-wide skills to consolidate IT infrastructure around WebSphere Application Server as the core hosting server in a distributed environment.
Business value
The major benefits of a WebSphere eXtended Transaction Runtime solution are in two broad areas:
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