"The most complex bridge we built took three years..."

SimCICS simulates a rich subset of CICS Command-Level functions in IMS/DC. Our client commissioned it because they bought a CICS system from another company but wanted to run it in IMS/DC. Building a bridge was faster, less disruptive, the least risky and least expensive alternative.

Building Bridges

These days companies are using different platforms for different reasons more than ever before. While some users enter data the old way other users and clients are already using the new system. Besides nightly batch runs, there are other ways even if your "database" is older than DB2.

TSO in general, ISPF in particular, are great productivity aids with far more potential than most shops manage to take advantage of. Perhaps a few REXX execs and ISPF panels could really make a difference:

Of course, all new programs we write are guaranteed bug-free, for as long as no one else modifies them.