Updated: July 14, 2020 (September 19, 2005)

Host Integration Update in 2006

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Mainframe integration technology from Microsoft will be updated in the second half of 2006. Specifically, the company will deliver Host Integration Server (HIS) 2006 (code-named Dawson), the next version of its product that provides UI, business logic, and data integration with IBM mainframe and midrange host applications, and network and security infrastructure for connecting to hosts.

According to current plans, HIS 2006 will include enhanced Visual Studio 2005 design tools for IBM CICS applications and DB2, IMS, and VSAM data sources, enabling developers to integrate more types of host data and applications into .NET applications and expose host data and applications to other systems as Web services. Also, a new BizTalk Server Adapter for Host Applications will support integration between BizTalk Server 2006, the latest version of Microsoft’s application integration hub, with IBM zSeries CICS and IMS, as well as iSeries RPG applications. Dawson will also deliver a BizTalk Server Adapter for IBM DB2.

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