Exposing Mainframe Resources to Web and Desktop Applications

IBM has provided a few mechanisms to make mainframe resources available as Application Program Interfaces (APIs) to Web and desktop applications. These mechanisms include:

• z/OS® Connect

• Several mechanisms specifically within CICS to expose CICS transactions as Web Services

• Support for CICS bundles

ChangeMan ZMF supports these mechanisms by enabling the resource artifacts to be staged into ZMF packages and processed through the ZMF package lifecycle.

See these sections:

• ZMF Support for z/OS Connect

• ZMF Support for CICS Web Services

• ZMF Support for CICS Bundles