1. IBM Software
New life for legacy card processing system IBM CICS Transaction Server improves time-to-market for new solutions and services
The need:
A card processing company is well-known for its performance, but lacked responsiveness and agility in selling solutions and enhancing services for its customers due to proprietary message specifications, inefficient messaging formats which made it difficult and time-consuming to integrate with its customers’ systems.
The solution:
The company revitalized its services using next-generation, industry-standard web services, a modern intermediary infrastructure and an application solution based on IBM CICS Transaction Processor layered between the legacy system and the client.
“The IBM solution based on CICS Transaction Server enables the card processing company to shorten the time it takes to introduce new solutions and services to its clients. The solution also helps the company support multiple security, transport and performance requirements.”
Solution components:
IBM® System z®
IBM CICS® Transaction Server V3.2
IBM DB2®
IBM Java SDK V1.5
The benefit:
Over one million transactions processed in one month with no downtime
Reduction in time-to-market for new solutions and services
Supporting multiple security, transport and performance needs
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