SHADOW DATADIRECT PROGRESS A SINGLE, UNIFIED MAINFRAME INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE

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1 D A T A S H E E T PROGRESS DATADIRECT SHADOW A SINGLE, UNIFIED MAINFRAME INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE Growth, mergers, new technologies all add to the increasing problem of integration complexity. Left unchecked, this gridlock of interconnectivity can drain infrastructure agility and lead to competitive disadvantage. Progress DataDirect Shadow, a mainframe middleware software, addresses this problem with a single, unified architecture that simplifies and accelerates the integration of mainframe data, business logic, and screens with new Java,.NET or Web applications. Using industry standards interfaces SOAP, XML and SQL, Shadow enables organizations to easily extend their mainframe systems to participate with SOA, business intelligence (BI) initiatives and/or composite application development. Balancing the return on investment (ROI) and the quick time-to-market requirements presents a daunting challenge to IT organizations when faced with SOA and data integration initiatives that involve mainframe systems. The single, unified integration architecture of Shadow allows organizations to rapidly redeploy and reuse existing mainframe assets without the need for multiple, redundant point integration solutions, reducing the costs to maintain these products and eliminating potential points of failure. LOWER MAINFRAME TCO > > Holistic, risk free ziip exploitation > > Up to 99% offload for integration C O ST- E F F E CTI V E M A I N F R A M E S O A > > Bi-directional Web services > > BPEL Web services orchestration N O N - R E LATI O N A L DATA A C C E S S > > ANSI SQL92 access > > ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET drivers R EA L-TI M E M A I N F R A M E E V E NTS > > Comprehensive mainframe CDC > > Enrichment, aggregation, filtering STR EA M LI N E D W E B E N A B LE M E NT > > Rapid screen to Web transformation

2 2 Shadow s unique exploitation of IBM s new mainframe specialty engines gives customers who have purchased the System z Integration Information Processor ziip the added benefit of diverting workloads to these unmeasured, non-speed-restricted environments. This has the potential to dramatically improve mainframe total cost of ownership (TOC) and performance. THE INDUSTRY-LEADING MAINFRAME INTEGRATION SUITE DataDirect Shadow builds on the robust capabilities of the industry s only single, unified platform for mainframe integration, with important enhancements for SOA and data connectivity. From this single integration architecture, Shadow supports a full range of standards-based mainframe integration products: > > Shadow z/services Comprehensive, bi-directional mainframe SOA support transformation of mainframe programs (business logic and 3270 screens) and data into reusable Web services, coupled with functionality to allow the mainframe to consume external, distributed Web services > > Shadow z/events A facility to simplify real-time mainframe data change capture, transformation and business event publishing to support event-driven integration, BI and data warehousing > > Shadow z/direct A full range of high-performance data connectivity APIs (ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET) to enable direct-sql access and transactional support to a broad range of mainframe data and program environments > > Shadow z/presentation A robust facility to support automatic presentation layer generation for extending screen-based applications to the Web

3 3 FOUNDATION FEATURES OF SHADOW Shadow became the leader in mainframe integration by offering best-in-class technology capable of handling the mission-critical requirements demanded by the world s largest enterprises. The list of features underpinning Shadow technology includes: SHADOW FEATURES Systems Management Security Transactions Scalability > Performance Analysis and Tuning organizes data for capacity planning and trends analysis > Application Debugging detailed tracing and logging for problem diagnosis > Automation automated management of large-scale Shadow implementations > Monitoring and Control online, real-time visibility and measurement of all Shadow-related activity with a broad range of automated responses for resource breaches > Mainframe/Distributed Security Protocols fully integrates with RACF, CA-TopSecret and CA- ACF2 to provide a robust security model. Distributed platforms support for SSL and client-side, certificatebased authentication > Security Optimization and Management (SOM) streamlines security login with Web services or SQL queries to improve performance and lower costs > Auditing identifies ultimate, unique end-user of mainframe resources in a standard thread-pool environment > Encryption manages digital certificates, optimizes encryption of integration stream information > Distributed Transaction Management supports prevalent J2EE and.net distributed transaction management. Built to X/ Open XA transaction management standards with thread management and choreography support > Support for Enterprise Transactions full twophase commit (2PC) Transaction Support. All XA 2PC semantics are supported and exposed directly or via application server transaction manager support > z/os Resource Recovery Services Enables transaction management via extensive exploitation of z/os Resource Recovery Services (RRS). > Load Balancing and Failover Ensure ultimate levels of scalability and availability > Connection Virtualization Allows unlimited concurrency of connections from distributed applications > Transactional Activity Blocking Reduces lock duration for complex transactions and significantly improves response times for Update and Insert intensive applications policy > Accounting and Chargeback Support Shadow-based integration activity logged to the z/ OS Systems Measurement Facility (SMF)

4 4 SHADOW FOUNDATION ARCHITECTURE The Shadow architecture is the industry s only unified integration platform for industry standard integration of mainframe data and applications. APPLICATION SERVICES DATA SERVICES WEB SERVICES/SOA z/services PRESENTATION/WEB z/presentation REAL-TIME EVENTS z/events SQL DATA ACCESS z/direct SHADOW SHADOW INSTRUMENTATION SERVER SECURITY OPTIMIZATION MGMT RULES ENGINE TRANSACTION SUPPORT NETWORK SUPPORT MESSAGE SUPPORT MAPPING SUPPORT SUBSYSTEM SUPPORT APPLICATIONS BUSINESS LOGIC AND SCREENS z/os DATA SOURCES DATA CICS IMS NATURAL IDMS ADABAS DB2 IMS/DB VSAM SYSTEM z MAINFRAME Shadow provides the essential foundation for secure, reliable and scalable integration of mainframe data, business logic, and screen environments. The Shadow server component is the world s most advanced mainframe integration runtime environment and the foundation element for building a real-time mainframe integration architecture supporting industrystandard Web services/soa, real-time XML events and direct SQL access. Residing on the mainframe as a z/os started task, the Shadow server has been designed for maximum reliability and minimum resource utilization, without compromising its ability to support thousands of users and thousands of transactions per second. Unique to Shadow is its patent-pending integration thread design, referred to as a Logical Dispatchable Unit, this hybrid thread model allows Shadow to run its integration work in Service Request Block (SRB) mode,

5 5 and divert up to 99% of its integration processing to the ziip specialty engine resulting in lower capacity usage and higher performance. The Shadow architecture maintains all the code necessary for secure, reliable, high performance communication with the z/os subsystems that are the custodians of the important mainframe data and applications all with reduced mainframe TCO. SHADOW STUDIO Shadow Studio is a consolidated development environment and comprehensive IDE for the Shadow mainframe integration suite. Built on the Eclipse standard, the Studio supports both Visual Studio.NET and J2EE frameworks to simplify application development using legacy data, business logic, and screens. To meet the increasing requirements of mainframe SOA, the Shadow Studio has been enhanced to include an industry-standard Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Designer for orchestration of Web services, both distributed and mainframe, allowing organizations to create long-running macro Web services that underpin business process optimization.

6 6 Progress DataDirect Shadow is a single platform with a common architecture and deployment method capable of supporting multiple integration paradigms, including SOA with bi-directional Web services, direct SQL data access, real-time event capture and publishing, as well as Web enablement. Key Shadow features for SOA and data include the following: SHADOW FEATURES Shadow for SOA Studio IDE Automatically generates Web services components and WSDL from mainframe datasources. Business Logic Simplifies the transformation of mainframe programs (business logic, COMMAREA, COBOL) into re-usable Web services. Screens Simplify the transformation of mainframe screen programs (3270, 5250) in to re-usable Web services. Data Provides a SOAP interface to mainframe data (DB2, Adabas, VSAM or IMS/DB) for increased developer productivity. Web Services Consumption Supports bi-directional Web services, enabling the mainframe to consume distributed web services and transform them dynamically into COBOL copybooks. Web Services Orchestration Is fully integrated into the Shadow Studio, an industry standard BPEL Designer to simplify orchestration of platform independent, heterogeneous Web services. Shadow for Data ANSI 92 SQL Engine A consistent data access method in support of the ANSI 92 SQL standard across all Shadow supported databases > Adabas, DB2, IAM, IMS/DB, VSAM Industry-leading Client Drivers Shadow includes the DataDirect Connect wire-protocol driver technology, supporting: > ODBC for 32-bit and 64-bit computing > JDBC 3.0 Type 4 for 32-bit and 64-bit database drivers > ADO.NET data providers Shadow opens the ziip specialty engine to additional workloads beyond DB2, allowing mainframe data queries to IMS/DB, VSAM, Adabas Real-time Event Integration Comprehensive change/data/ capture facility for the real-time capture and publication of mainframe events to support Adabas, DB2, VSAM, IMS/DB, IDMS COST-EFFECTIVE WEB SERVICES ORCHESTRATION WITH BPEL One of the primary business benefits of SOA is business process optimization, a major contributor to business agility. Process improvement starts with the ability to map business processes to the technology that supports them. With Shadow, mainframe business processes both those within legacy business logic, as well as those locked within 3270 screens can be transformed into re-usable Web services and easily orchestrated into longrunning, macro Web services using industry standard BPEL for deployment within the System z platform or within any leading BPM application.

7 7 Shadow takes advantage of the zaap by instantiating a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) under Shadow control that will execute on the specialty engine. The z/os operating system has been enhanced to automatically make the JVM eligible for processing on the zaap processor(s) so the deployment of BPEL or any Java workload to the zaap engine(s) is straightforward. With the zaap specialty engine, the XML processing requirements of BPEL orchestration no longer hits the General Purpose Processor, but is handled within the unmeasured and unrestricted performance environment of the specialty engine, reducing MSU consumption and improving performance. LOWERING MAINFRAME TCO AND IMPROVING SOA PERFORMANCE Shadow incorporates new patent-pending technology that uniquely exploits mainframe specialty engines to provide customers with the ability to dramatically reduce mainframe total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) and significantly improve the performance of SOA and data connectivity. The zaap processor can process Java workloads while the ziip processor handles enclave SRB workloads most commonly found within DB2. The primary characteristics of these specialty engines are: > > Workload deployed on the ziip and zaap is not counted towards MSU consumption or other software costs. > > ziip and zaap specialty engines run at full capability and are not limited by microcode to run at the speed of the general-purpose processors on the System z platform. > > The general-purpose processor no longer needs to perform work that is dispatched on the ziip and zaap, lowering the measured MSUs and associated software costs. As the first mainframe integration middleware to capitalize on the inherent performance and cost advantages of the IBM specialty engines, Shadow opens the ziip specialty engine to SOA and additional data workloads beyond DB2, including mainframe data queries to IMS/DB, VSAM, Adabas and IDMS; and processing-intensive SOAP/XML parsing of CICS, IMS/TM, Natural, IDMS business logic and screens.

8 8 With Shadow, the ziip can be harnessed regardless of interface or type of client, allowing it to operate as a virtual, fungible appliance for z/ OS. As a result, in one instance it is dispatched to handle Web services processing, and in another instance dispatched to handle the integration associated with a non relational SQL query, or a Change Data Capture related Event. And with the ziip being on the same coherent memory platform with the data and sharing the same Central Electronic Complex (CEC), there is a tremendous advantage in terms of efficiency and performance. A NEW STANDARD FOR MAINFRAME INTEGRATION Progress DataDirect continues to lead the industry with innovative technologies for mainframe modernization and data integration, providing direct customers and ISVs with proven products to underpin business critical applications. Shadow extends that tradition of excellence with a new standard in mainframe integration, allowing the System z platform to more fully participate in SOA and data initiatives with better performance and lower TCO. PROGRESS SOF T WARE Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) is a global software company that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive to changing conditions and customer interactions as they occur. Our goal is to enable our customers to capitalize on new opportunities, drive greater efficiencies, and reduce risk. Progress offers a comprehensive portfolio of best-in-class infrastructure software spanning event-driven visibility and real-time response, open integration, data access and integration, and application development and management all supporting on-premises and SaaS/cloud deployments. Progress maximizes the benefits of operational responsiveness while minimizing IT complexity and total cost of ownership. WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS Progress Software Corporation, 14 Oak Park, Bedford, MA USA Tel: Fax: On the Web at: For regional international office locations and contact information, please refer to the Web page below: Progress, DataDirect, Shadow and Business Making Progress are trademarks or registered trademarks of Progress Software Corporation or one of its affiliates or subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. Any other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. Specifi cations subject to change without notice Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All rights reserved. Rev. 10/