Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a Modernization Approach
Articles on using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as a modernization approach for Legacy Systems. Technical documentation from IBM in the form of comprehensive Redbooks, and also White Papers and Presentations about SOA, using CICS as services, and web-enablement.
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| Hostbridge White Papers on Re-using Legacy Code as Web Services | It doesn't get any better than this. These White Papers by Hostbridge, a provider of specialized middleware supporting Service Oriented Architecture with IBM's CICS, sets forth the important issues in technical architecture and response-time performance that so many others neglect, only to find out at the end that their "new" system shows inadequate performance. If you modernize, do so without falling into that trap. See their website is at http://www.hostbridge.com . |
| IBM Redbook SG245466 - CICS and SOA: Architecture and Integration Choices |
An introduction to CICS service enablement which introduces the architectural choices and technologies on which a CICS SOA solution can be based, continuing with an in-depth analysis of how to meet functional and non-functional requirements in the areas of application interface, security, transactional scope, high availability, and scalability |
| IBM's European Smart Banking SOA Approach | This Clabby Analytics paper sets forth a description of IBM's research analysts in Europe and the Middle East and their “Smart Banking” initiative ― a series of integrated banking software solutions that make it possible to run a complete portfolio of banking applications on standardized SOA-enabled infrastructures. |
| IBM's SOA Website | A website from IBM that sets forth Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and its core ideas that should be addressed in your organization's SOA journey. Click on the Downloads tab to access a number of overview documents about SOA. |
| Java /CoBOL Integration Approaches | This is an excellent, and relatively short (14 pages) writeup by IBM giving an overview of ways that Java and CoBOL can happily co-exist, within a Websphere Application Server and Mainframe Z/OS environment. This provides the fundamentals of a robust Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). It is especially interesting because it addresses batch, as well as the expected online services provided by CICS. |
| SOA for Dummies | Fill out the form in the provided link to get your start with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) - your very own copy of SOA for Dummies, from IBM. |
| Where is the CoBOL in Your SOA? | Arcati runs the Mainframe Market Information Service, the leading independent source of advice on IBM mainframe hardware and software acquisitions. In this portion of their 2013 Mainframe Yearbook, Arcati describes using mainframe CoBOL as a basis for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). |