Many organizations are using the Microsoft .NET Framework to respond to growing business demands. They’re developing a range of new solutions including portal applications, web self-service applications, and mobile applications.
For maximum effectiveness, new applications need to include data and logic from other enterprise applications. Microsoft BizTalk® Server, which delivers integration capabilities such as mapping and orchestration, is widely used to do application integration.
When scoping an integration project, remember that the core functionality needed to drive new applications is typically right where it’s been for decades—locked inside mainframe systems. This paper presents the challenges of integrating mainframe applications and discusses options for including mainframe-application functionality in a Microsoft development environment. You’ll learn how you can expand the reach of BizTalk Server 2004 or 2006 and Microsoft Host Integration Server 2004 to provide a complete mainframe-integration platform for Microsoft developers.
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