Oracle has announced a new release of its industry-leading application server, which now includes Tuxedo Application Runtime for IMS 11g.
The addition of this new product is designed to help simplify the migration of IBM mainframe IMS applications to open systems. The release also features enhancements to Tuxedo Application Rehosting Workbench 11g and Tuxedo Application Runtime for CICS and Batch 11g.
Designed for use with distributed systems for software written in C/C++/COBOL and dynamic languages, Tuxedo 11g is optimized for Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud. According to the company, this optimization can deliver a seven-fold improvement in messaging performance along with elastic scalability to accommodate load fluctuations, simplified provisioning and integrated management delivered by a cloud environment. By combining Tuxedo 11g on Elastic Cloud with Oracle Exadata Database Machine Oracle states that a five-fold increase in database throughput can be achieved.
Commenting on the new release, Oracle vice president of development Frank Xiong said: “To take advantage of the scalability, flexibility and management capabilities delivered by modern computing platforms, organizations are looking for solutions that can streamline mainframe migration and modernization. With the new release of Oracle Tuxedo 11g and the addition of Oracle Tuxedo Application Runtime for IMS 11g, Oracle has further simplified the process by optimizing integration with Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and simplifying the migration and modernization of IBM mainframe IMS applications. As a result, current and new customers can benefit from significant performance gains that reduce costs, increase business agility and reduce risks of disruption to business-critical applications.”