CICS

Customer Information Control System

CICS Transaction Server family

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CICS stands for Customer Information Control System. It is a general-purpose transaction processing subsystem for the z/OS operating system. CICS provides services for running an application online, by request, at the same time as many other users are submitting requests to run the same applications, using the same files and programs.

CICS manages the sharing of resources, the integrity of data and prioritization of execution, with fast response. CICS authorizes users, allocates resources (real storage and cycles), and passes on database requests by the application to the appropriate database manager (such as DB2). We could say that CICS acts like, and performs many of the same functions as the z/OS operating system.

Scalable transaction processing solutions
IBM^® CICS^® Transaction Server is a family of scalable general-purpose transaction processing solutions for z/OS, VSE/ESA, and distributed platforms. These servers support large transaction volumes with fast, consistent response times and provide high availability and scalability at a low cost per transaction.

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CICS Management Solutions

CICS Transaction Server (CICS/TS) resources

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CICS Family
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Overview
CICS (Customer Information Control System) is a family of application servers and connectors that provides industrial-strength, online transaction management and connectivity for mission-critical applications.

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