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| | | | | Expert Microsoft Host Integration & SNA Server Consulting Since 1995 |
| - For over 15 years, TwoConnect has been a premier Microsoft Gold Host Integration Server & SNA Server Partner.
- We can provide you a certified Host Integration Server expert to help you achieve your goals quickly and effectively, onsite or remote, usually within 24 hours.
- If you need to integrate .Net applications with IBM Mainframes and Midrange systems while preserving existing infrastructure investments, contact us today.
- In fact, our team was chosen by Microsoft to develop several Microsoft Official Curriculum Host Integration Server and SNA Server courses.
- We provide a full range of services for Microsoft BizTalk Host Integration and SNA Server, including on-site or remote consulting services, Midrange & mainframe integration, 3270 integration, and custom support plans.
- Contact us today for a free Host Integration Server consultation.
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| | | Why Choose TwoConnect and Microsoft Host Integration Server |
| Network Integration and Consolidation
:: Organizations with IBM host systems no longer need to remotely administer branch cluster controllers, use expensive data link switching (DLSw) capable routers, or maintain costly front-end processors (FEPs). With TwoConnect's extensive knowledge of HIS, your enterprises can consolidate their network infrastructure while supporting the same level of SNA-compatible applications and services. Secure Host Access and Identity Management
:: Access and use host resources quickly and easily. TwoConnect's expertise and the capabilities of Host Integration Server can make sure your systems are secure. Application and Data Integration
:: Integrating IBM mission-critical host applications, data sources, messaging and security systems effectively and efficiently remains a challenge for organizations due to the complexities involved in connecting and managing legacy assets across distributed environments. Host Integration Server makes integration easier than ever before and TwoConnect's integration experience assures you of having powerful, capable results. An Easy and Affordable Solution
:: Host Integration Server provides rapid, flexible deployment, with lower cost of ownership. Plus, with TwoConnect's fast, affordable and flexible approach, you can be assured of an effective solution that will result in a high return on investment. |
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  Identity Management | Enterprise Single Sign-On supports popular mainframe and midrange security systems including IBM RACF (Resource Access Control Facility) for z/OS, Computer Associates eTrust CA-ACF2 Security for z/OS, Computer Associates eTrust CA-Top Secret Security for z/OS and IBM i5/OS V5R4 and i5/OS V6R1. |
| Secure Host Connectivity | Host Integration Server 2010 offers Enterprise Single Sign-On (ESSO), a set of technologies and tools for defining, storing and retrieving mappings between Microsoft Windows Active Directory® and foreign credentials. |
| Network Integration and Consolidation | HIS network integration services connect Windows client, server, and device software to existing IBM mainframe and midrange host systems, enabling IT professionals to consolidate network infrastructure and reduce operating costs. SNA Services operate as a gateway function, supporting common logical unit types (LU0, LU1, LU2, LU3, and LU6.2), connecting to host systems across an SNA Advanced Peer to Peer Network (APPN) or as Branch Network node using modern High Performance Routing over Internet Protocol (HPR/IP). |
| Integrate with Host Data | Host Integration Server supports remote DRDA client access to DB2. Managed ADO.NET Data Provider for DB2 relies on the DB2 network client to enable Visual Studio 2010 to generate new programs using the VS Server Explorer, Query Builder and DataSet Designer. Entity Provider for DB2 is built on the foundation of the Managed Provider for DB2 and enables developers to integrate DB2 databases with the ADO.NET Entity Framework, for creating entity-enabled applications using Workflow Foundation or publishing AJAX web services.
Managed ADO.NET Data Provider for Host Files relies on the HIS DOM client to access datasets on z/OS or i5/OS, with built-in code page and data type conversions, from Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2, using VS Server Explorer, Query Builder, and DataSet Designer, in connected mode and off-line host file binary reader/writer mode. |
| Integrate with Host Messaging | Enterprise developers can integrate WebSphere MQ messaging with new solutions based on .NET Framework 4 using the HIS WCF Channel for WebSphere MQ. HIS Message Integrator offers a VS designer plug-in to map MQ messages to .NET components, allowing runtime data conversion of the MQ data payload, while generating code that wraps the WCF channel as a directly callable .NET component or WCF Service. |
| Integrate with Host Sessions | HIS Session Integrator offers programming interfaces for COM or .NET to emulate and automate access to LU2 3270 and LU0 LUA based mainframe programs across a High Performance Routing over Internet Protocol (SNA over IP) network connection. Also, Session Integrator can connect TN3270 over TCP/IP directly to the host. |
| Integrate with Host Programs | HIS Transaction Integrator (TI) provides tools for enterprise developers to generate .NET components, XML Web Services and WCF Services for integrating existing programs in IBM CICS, IMS, and i5/OS computers. Visual design tools plug into Visual Studio 2008 to graphical mapping of host program inputs/outputs to .NET object interfaces, using optional COBOL and RPG source code import wizards. |
| Easy and Affordable | Host Integration Server 2010 provides rapid, flexible deployment, with lower cost of ownership. Enterprise IT can deploy solutions based on HIS clients and servers onto more Microsoft Windows platforms and server technologies, while connecting to the latest supported IBM systems. |
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| Fast, Flexible and Affordable | We require a short brief of the issue you are experiencing so we can assign a BizTalk consultant with the most relevant experience. Our BizTalk consultant will investigate the issue and rapidly diagnose and resolve the immediate problem you are facing, no matter what that might be; architecture, technical bug, an issue in production, or poor BizTalk performance. |
| Emergency Onsite Assistance | If you have run into an urgent issue with BizTalk that could delay your project, don't panic! We can have an expert BizTalk consultant on-site at short notice to rapidly remove that road block and get your project moving again. |
| Remote Assistance | We make every effort to place one of our experienced BizTalk consultants on your project at short notice, but if you can not wait or would simply prefer we help you remotely in order to save on any travel expenses, we can accommodate that as well. |
| Biztalk Support Plans | Are the BizTalk developers you sent on expensive training courses and pay a premium to retain, regularly tied up responding to BizTalk support incidents? Meanwhile, the projects they should be working on get delayed and important fixes are deferred yet again? Then it’s probably costing significantly more than it should to support your BizTalk applications. There has to be a better way! There is...our BizTalk Support Service can slash your support costs and free up your valuable Biztalk resources. |
| BizTalk Performance Boost | Do you want your BizTalk project operating at 100%? By assessing the use of BizTalk on your project we can make recommendations for productivity improvements and follow through with on-site mentoring to greatly enhance your chance of success. We will maximize your team's potential on your project by sharing the latest agile techniques, development processes, and best practices such as automated unit testing and essential design patterns that the BizTalk gurus use. The end result? Better quality, better productivity, better designs, and better architecture! Get a BizTalk Performance consultant on-site now and give your project a boost! |
| Flexible contracts | Whether you are looking for short term or long term, peace of mind over your budget or flexibility to rapidly change requirements and a project plan at short notice, we are ready to accommodate your needs and offer you the most suitable contract. |
| Dedicated BizTalk Training | If you have a team just starting out with BizTalk then why not consider our on-site BizTalk training service? Microsoft's standard five day BizTalk 2006 courseware is delivered on-site by our Microsoft Certified BizTalk experts. The course covers everything a developer needs to get themselves up and running with BizTalk. Each student receives an official courseware pack. |
| Award-Winning BizTalk Adapters | BizTalk is a great tool. But there are times when you need to solve a simple problem quickly and find that doing it with BizTalk is just going to take too long. Enter the power of our custom BizTalk Adapters that are designed to save you time and money! |
| BizTalk Proof of Concepts | Want to take some of the risk out of your project? Then consider spending time on up-front discovery. We can create proof of prototypes to prove a user interface, your architecture, or designs. We can also validate the capacity needs of your system before a line of code is even written. The more your learn now, the greater the likelihood of project success later. |
| BizTalk Best Practices | With our help, your team will gain from the latest and hottest BizTalk techniques and industry best practices; design patterns, performance, large message handling, automated build & test and much more. |
| Full Development Life Cycle | Our BizTalk consultants have comprehensive experience of the whole development lifecycle which includes requirements, architecture, design, coding, administration, testing, and deployment. |
| BizTalk and more… | We cover many other BizTalk related technologies including SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, SSIS, C#, ASP.Net, Windows Server, and SharePoint. |
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| | SOA Enablement with BizTalk Host Integration Server |
| BizTalk Server allows programs running on Windows to call IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS) or Information Management System (IMS) programs on IBM Mainframe as well as the inverse. IMS or CICS programs can also call a program running on Windows Server. Utilizing BizTalk Adapters for Hosts Systems and Host Integration Server, RPG and Cobol programs on IBM Midrange systems can also be accessed and exposed as XML Web Services. This allows business transactions to be composed of programs running on both Windows Server and the mainframe, which is especially valuable during periods of partial migration. Using these interoperability capabilities, services can be exposed to enable a service oriented architecture that runs on Windows Server and serve as proxies to mainframe transaction programs or collections of transactions. All EBCDIC-ASCII conversation and XML formation and decomposition is performed on Windows using processor cycles and memory that are dramatically less expensive than if this processing were done on the mainframe directly. |
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