NeoData zLink
NeoData zLink provides access to mainframe VSAM files from COBOL applications that have been migrated to the Windows/.NET environment. This means that applications that you aren’t yet ready to migrate to Windows can still share VSAM data with applications that have migrated. For those considering migrating applications off the mainframe, NeoData zLink gives greater flexibility in deciding which applications should be migrated and when.
Highlights:
- Supports CICS VSAM I/O statements executing under NeoKicks on Windows accessing the data in VSAM files residing on the mainframe.
- Uses the well-proven record-mapping NeoData technology to distinguish between different record types so that each record and field is correctly translated between ASCII and EBCDIC, Windows and mainframe, data types.
- NeoData zLink Connector receives the CICS VSAM I/O commands and data, converts data between ASCII and EBCDIC, sends commands to and receives responses from mainframe.
- NeoData zLink Server resides on the mainframe to receive the I/O commands from the NeoData zLink Connector and execute them under CICS.
Benefits:
- Migrating applications to .NET does not have to be an all-or-nothing decision. Applications that share VSAM files can be migrated separately at times that work best for those applications.
- You can choose to migrate those applications that will benefit most from the .NET environment immediately while still sharing data with other applications that you wish to leave on the mainframe.
- Migration projects can be more easily broken into stages, or into more stages, so that selected applications are migrated more quickly to .NET.
- Faster offloading of mainframe MIPS to Windows and freeing up those MIPS on the mainframe.
