Shadow z/Enterprise Web Server
Enhanced IDMS Integration with Heterogeneous Platforms
Shadow z/Enterprise Web Server is a native mainframe MVS-based Web server that allows companies to Web-enable mainframe data applications without the costs and complexity of multi-tier server architectures.
Shadow enables organizations to rapidly create composite applications by integrating existing z/OS applications and data with no modifications to the existing systems in many cases.
Key Features
- Leverages Existing Resources – Shadow z/Enterprise Web Server enables rapid Web-enablement through leveraging of existing MVS developer skill sets, as well as existing MVS infrastructure in change control mechanisms, monitoring and support procedures.
- Rapid Install and Deployment – Shadow is easily installed and running in less than one day without operational interruption for retraining or recoding.
- Robust Management Capabilities – Shadow combines mainframe performance, reliability, security and control with the ease of use of a Web browser, incorporating centralized, fully-interactive online monitoring, control and diagnostics capabilities.
- AutoHTML Support – For IMS TM and CICS applications, Shadow supports AutoHTML, a non-invasive process that generates HTML templates populated with runtime data from existing unaltered IMS and CICS transactions, and then sends the merged HTML directly to the Web browser.
- High Performance, Scalability, and Throughput – Shadow offers multiple address space load balancing, workload management, rapid response time, and dynamic thread pooling, accommodating thousands of users without performance degradation or downtime.
- Secure Mainframe-Based Web Enablement – Shadow keeps data on mainframe platform without migration or loss of data integrity. Shadow supports existing z/OS security systems (RACF, CA-ACF2, CA-Top Secret) to validate user IDs and passwords.
