CICS

Abstract: Components of previous security systems were designed independently from one another and were often difficult to integrate. Described is the recently available IBM Transaction Security System. It implements the Common Cryptographic Architecture and offers a comprehensive set of security products that allow users to implement end-to-end secure systems with IBM components. The system includes a mainframe host-attached Network Security Processor, high-performance encryption adapters for the IBM Personal Computer and Personal System/2® Micro Channel®, an RS-232 attached Security Interface Unit, and a credit-card size state-of-the-art Personal Security™ card containing a high-performance microprocessor. The application programming interface provides common programming in the host and the workstation and supports all of the Systems Application Architecture™ languages except REXX and RPG. Applications may be written to run on Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS) and PC DOS operating systems.

Abstract: Middleware is all about integration. Middleware has existed in various forms for many years in systems such as the IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS), numerous message queuing systems such as IBM's MQ Series, the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM), Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), and the latest rage, Web services. Virtually every form of application, programming language, operating system, and hardware has been a target of an integration effort involving these middleware systems or their cousins. Middleware is everywhere.

Abstract: In the first two sections of this paper we review the design philosophy which gives rise to these features, and sketch the system architecture which reflects them. Within this framework, we have sought to provide languages which are natural for typical users. The third section of this paper outlines one such application language, REL English.The REL system has been implemented at the California Institute of Technology, and will be the conversational system for the Caltech campus this fall. The system hardware consists of an IBM 360/50 computer with 256K bytes of core, a drum, IBM 2314 disks, an IBM 2250 display, 62 IBM 2741 typewriter consoles distributed around the campus, and neighboring colleges. Base languages provided are CITRAN (similar to RAND's JOSS), and REL English. A basic statistical package and a graphics package are also available for building special purpose languages around specific courses and user requirements.

Abstract: We present here a collection of DNA sequence analysis programs, called "PC Sequence" (PCS), which are designed to run on the IBM Personal Computer (PC). These programs are written in IBM PC compiled BASIC and take full advantage of the IBM PC's speed, error handling, and graphics capabilities. For a modest initial expense in hardware any laboratory can use these programs to quickly perform computer analysis on DNA sequences. They are written with the novice user in mind and require very little training or previous experience with computers. Also provided are a text editing program for creating and modifying DNA sequence files and a communications program which enables the PC to communicate with and collect information from mainframe computers and DNA sequence databases.