Because SNA IMF supports interactive links between HP 3000s
and IBM hosts, you can access transaction processing systems such
as CICS and IMS, and interactive support programs such as TSO.
Transaction processing systems such as CICS are used for inquiry, inquiry
with update capability, data entry, batch processing, and message
switching applications.
IMS, another transaction processing system, can provide the
following services: payroll and personnel file recording, manufacturing bill-of-materials
control, inventory control, accounts receivable, and transaction
processing.
Interactive support programs, such as TSO, provide interactive computing
for large scale environments. TSO allows system programmers to maintain
system libraries, catalogs, and procedure libraries. Application
programmers use TSO to develop new applications and to maintain
existing applications. TSO is used for batch and interactive communication
and for data base/data communications (DB/DC).
Program librarians can use TSO to create, maintain, and control program
libraries for development, support, and production. Through TSO,
end users can access interactive programs, and problem solvers can
use full operating system facilities.
