Mainframes play a critical role in a wide range of enterprises, but in order to extract the maximum value and benefit from these systems they must be integrated with other business-valued applications and systems. Organizations that rely on mainframes are turning to enterprise integration solutions that connect people, processes, and systems with real-time information to increase visibility into their business and enhance their ability to respond more rapidly to change.
Unless well informed about the workings of IBM's System z and its latest advances, enterprise architects developing a Service Oriented Architecture may overlook integration middleware that exploits the zIIP and ZAAP specialty engines, limiting the full potential for mainframe involvement within enterprise integration initiatives. This white paper shows how next-generation mainframe middleware can leverage the zIIP and zAAP specialty engines to redefine the economics of mainframe TCO within SOA.