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1 EntireX Highlights of new Features Crossvision Product Management Software AG EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Seite 1

2 EntireX Key Enhancements Key Enhancement areas CentraSite EntireX Workbench COBOL and PL/I IMS, WebSphere MQ and.net Security Tracing Further Enhancements EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 2

3 CentraSite Integration with CentraSite SOA registry / repository Available today CentraSite registration of EntireX web services New functionality Store integration metadata in CentraSite WSDL IDL XML mapping files (xmm) Enable Impact Analysis Visualize dependencies between enterprise services Web Services IDL and XML mapping files EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 3

4 Advantages of EntireX - CentraSite Integration - Increased interoperability Find web services of different origins in CentraSite SOA registry / repository Let your legacy system become a first class SOA citizen Increased efficiency and productivity Embrace legacy systems with your SOA management and governance Analyze the impact of changes in your SOA Increased usability and ergonomics Visualize the dependencies in your SOA graphically EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 4

5 Key Enhancements Key Enhancement areas CentraSite EntireX Workbench COBOL and PL/I IMS, WebSphere MQ and.net Security Tracing Further Enhancements EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 5

6 Modernized EntireX Workbench With EntireX 7.3 the EntireX Workbench will be completely modernized: Unify Software AG design-time tools Improve integration of EntireX design-time with other Software AG tools Respond to customer and prospect feedback EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 6

Software AG s Eclipse Strategy Software AG is Add-In Provider member of Eclipse Foundation Strategic decision of Software AG Provide a unified toolset for a productive user-experience All design-time

7 Software AG s Eclipse Strategy Software AG is Add-In Provider member of Eclipse Foundation Strategic decision of Software AG Provide a unified toolset for a productive user-experience All design-time tools based on Eclipse Product examples crossvision SOA Suite supports Eclipse all design-time tools Natural 2006 supports Eclipse EntireX 7.3 supports Eclipse See Software AG Press Release EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 7

8 Eclipse Foundation Eclipse provides an ecosystem for tools integration Eclipse has formed an independent open ecosystem around royalty-free technology and a universal platform for tools integration. Eclipse based tools give developers freedom of choice in a multi-language, multi-platform, multi-vendor environment. Eclipse provides a plug-in based framework that makes it easier to create, integrate and utilize software tools, saving time and money. Eclipse is independent and not-for-profit ECLIPSECON, ANAHEIM, CA February 2, 2004 The Eclipse Board of Stewards today announced Eclipse s reorganization into a notfor-profit corporation. Originally a consortium that formed when IBM released the Eclipse Platform into Open Source, Eclipse is now an independent body that will drive the platform s evolution to benefit the providers of software development offerings and end-users. All technology and source code provided to this fast-growing ecosystem will remain openly available and royalty-free. Widely used industry standard 115 members (e.g. IBM, SAP, HP, BEA, JBoss, Novell, CA, Nokia ) 50 million download requests to date EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 8

9 EntireX and Eclipse EntireX Workbench 7.3 will be completely based on Eclipse Includes existing EntireX Workbench 7.2 GUI functionality Integrates standalone tools Provides new functionality Technically consists of a set of Eclipse 3.1 plug-ins Provides flexible installation options Follows Software AG s Eclipse strategy Provide a common design-time user interface Get all tools in one environment for increased productivity EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 9

EntireX Workbench 7.3 Includes existing EntireX Workbench 7.2 GUI functionality IDL Editor, IDL Extractors, XML Mapping Editor Generators e.g. Java, COBOL, C,.

10 EntireX Workbench 7.3 Includes existing EntireX Workbench 7.2 GUI functionality IDL Editor, IDL Extractors, XML Mapping Editor Generators e.g. Java, COBOL, C,.NET, DCOM, XML and Web Services Integrate standalone tools COBOL IDL Generator Natural IDL Generator Provide new functionality, e.g. PL/I Extractor, PL/I Generator, CentraSite and SOA support EntireX perspective Online-help within Eclipse help system EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 10

11 Advantages of EntireX - EntireX Workbench Increased interoperability Based on open standards and open source frameworks Easily add 3rd party plug-ins to extend the functional range Reuse your existing Eclipse 3.1 if you want to Increased efficiency and productivity Share the common Software AG design-time environment Reduce the learning curve to a minimum Find extraction tools for Natural, COBOL, PL/I in one place Increased usability and ergonomics Profit from Eclipse as a full-scale IDE Adapt the workspace, preferences, properties to your individual needs EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 11

12 EntireX Key Enhancements Key Enhancement areas CentraSite EntireX Workbench COBOL and PL/I IMS, WebSphere MQ and.net Security Tracing Further Enhancements EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 12

13 COBOL and PL/I Extended support for COBOL and PL/I PL/I support RPC client RPC server Enhanced extractor for COBOL Extractor for PL/I Extractor Services Retrieve source members from mainframe datasets (PDS) directly Avoids manual ftp step Add-on to z/os Batch RPC server EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 13

14 Advantages of EntireX - COBOL and PL/I Support - Increased interoperability Reach your PL/I applications with the proven EntireX real-time integration technology Increase range of legacy applications that can be reached as web services (in both directions) Increased efficiency and productivity Avoid extra manual ftp downloads Retrieve COBOL and PL/I source members from mainframe datasets (PDS) directly Increased usability and ergonomics Find extraction tools for Natural, COBOL, PL/I in one place Profit from easy-to-use EntireX integration tools EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 14

15 EntireX Key Enhancements Key Enhancement areas CentraSite EntireX Workbench COBOL and PL/I IMS, WebSphere MQ and.net Security Tracing Further Enhancements EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 15

16 IMS, WebSphere MQ and.net Specific Enhancements are IMS support IMS RPC Server IDL enhancements for IMS COBOL PL/I WebSphere MQ Bridge Send and receive MQ messages by arbitrary RPC clients Connects to MQ on all platforms Connects to local or remote queue managers.net ACI interface Full managed code (100%.NET) EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 16

17 Advantages of EntireX - IMS, WebSphere MQ and.net Support - Increased interoperability Reach your IMS applications in real-time with the newest EntireX RPC technology Bi-directional integration! Easily integrate with WebSphere MQ local or remote queues on any platform Extend the reach of integration for legacy applications with WebSphere MQ Increased usability and ergonomics Develop your.net integration with the help of EntireX MS Visual Studio 2005 plug-ins* * available for.net wrapper and DCOM wrapper. EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 17

18 EntireX Key Enhancements Key Enhancement areas CentraSite EntireX Workbench COBOL and PL/I IMS, WebSphere MQ and.net Security Tracing Further Enhancements EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 18

19 Security I Security Enhancements Simplification of EntireX Broker Kernel Security on z/os SAF Gateway (SAFMPM) functionality now integrated in broker Configuration via broker attribute file Increased usability No separate started task necessary EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 19

20 Security II Security Enhancements Software AG Identity Management First step: Integrated Authentication Framework Distributed Security Framework (IAF, SSX) EntireX broker can remotely reach a variety of security databases Provides the technological base for Identity Management and SSO for Software AG applications Support by further Software AG products in future scope Increased Interoperability RACF, LDAP ActiveDirectory (Windows; Unix: via LDAP) Local User (Windows, Unix) can be reached remotely. IAF = Integrated Authentication Framework SSX = Software AG Security extension SSO = Single-Sign-On EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 20

21 EntireX Key Enhancements Key Enhancement areas CentraSite EntireX Workbench COBOL and PL/I IMS, WebSphere MQ and.net Security Tracing Further Enhancements EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 21

22 Tracing Tracing Enhancements Start / Stop tracing of EntireX RPC Server Filtering in Broker kernel User ID Class / Server / Service Cyclic trace for Broker kernel (command log) 2 files of limited size written alternately Broker Trace utility Now also processes stub traces Node Name / Application Type / Application Name Will also be traced EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 22

23 Advantages of EntireX - Tracing Enhancements - Increased efficiency and productivity Detect origins of failure rapidly with improved tracing Focus your analysis with less tracing output Ease your administration with cyclic command trace EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 23

24 EntireX Key Enhancements Key Enhancement areas CentraSite EntireX Workbench COBOL and PL/I IMS, WebSphere MQ and.net Security Tracing Further Enhancements EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 24

25 Further Enhancements I Broker Enhancements Embedded persistent store Open systems Alternative to Adabas Increased efficiency and productivity Provides an embedded, production-safe alternative to ADABAS. Installation with Broker not separate! Configuration and administration via Broker mechanisms. z/os Broker based on LE runtime Improved TCP/IP performance SSL support Increased interoperability Provides identical SSL support by broker on all platforms Explores native IBM runtime EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 25

26 Further Enhancements II Support for new versions of Natural and Adabas Natural 4.2 and Natural 6.2 Unicode support* 99 levels in structured data types Natural Security password change Increased interoperability Provides compatibility with Natural Extend the range of web services that can be consumed or exposed by legacy applications Adabas 8 Adabas 8 SVC supported Allow message sizes larger than 32K via Adabas SVC * Natural, Java, C, XML and web services are supported. Increased interoperability Provides compatibility with Adabas Gain more flexibility with respect to message size EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 26

27 Further Enhancements III Miscellaneous Enhancements Command and Info Services New interface supports any RPC client Enhanced RPC Tester, e.g. Redesigned GUI Support of conversational RPC Automatic SOA Deployment WSDL to CentraSite Web Service to J2EE application server Increased platform reach Call CIS from any RPC client Increased efficiency Allows fast and specific testing of RPC servers. Increased interoperability with CentraSite SOA repository EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 27

28 Further Enhancements IV Miscellaneous Enhancements 24x7 enhancements Technological basis for Broker-to-Broker Communication Primary and secondary Broker Stand-by Broker for persistent messaging Using shared persistent store Increased availability Brings HA capabilities to persistent messaging EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 28

29 Enhancements with EntireX Update Package Increased stability EntireX WMQ Listener Allows listening a WebSphere MQ queue Actively triggers an RPC Server via RPC call Improved usability XML Tester (Workbench) speeds up testing of XML and web services Drag & drop of file paths and file content XML Tree view SSL support Last session restore Improvements for the COBOL Extractor (Workbench) e.g. remember recently used RPC environment Java 6 support Support of UNICODE data type in DCOM Wrapper EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 29

30 Advantages of EntireX 7.3 Increased interoperability Easily integrate with COBOL and PL/I on Batch, IMS and CICS Bridge the gap to.net, SOA and WebSphere MQ Increased efficiency and productivity Detect origins of failure rapidly with improved tracing Profit from the new EntireX Workbench with enhanced and integrated tools. Increased usability and ergonomics Manage EntireX design-time within a de-facto standard IDE EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 30

31 Disclaimer Roadmaps are for planning purposes only They contain preliminary information which is subject to change without further notice. For product availability and specific versions pls. check ServLine24 Availability check Products >> Product Roadmaps Future check Products >> Early Product Announcement EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 31

32 EntireX 2007/2008 Roadmap EntireX Windows, Linux, z/os v7.3 Improved COBOL extractor v7.3.2 Enhanced web services and XML tester v7.4 EntireX WMQ listener (for WebSpehere MQ ) COBOL web services wizard Extended CICS and COBOL support Usability improvements Crossvision Legacy Integrator EntireX Improved COBOL extractor v7.3 v7.3.2 v7.4 Enhanced web services and XML tester COBOL web services wizard Extended CICS and COBOL support Usability improvements EntireX z/vm R&D v7.3 TCP/IP stub EntireX z/vse v7.2.2 v7.3 EntireX RPC server EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Page 32 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Future Scope

33 Software AG. Bright ideas, everywhere. EntireX 7.3 Highlights March 2007 Seite 33

What s new with EntireX Communicator 7.3 Rolf Bahlke crossvision Chief Architect

What s new with EntireX Communicator 7.3 Rolf Bahlke crossvision Chief Architect October 2006 Project Status Next release of EntireX Communicator Version 7.3 Planned release date end of November 2006 z/os