WA1520 Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for z/OS Training and Courseware

This course is designed for IT managers, planners and architects. The course presents an overview of SOA, describes the SOA reference architecture, and demonstrates how the existing and new z/OS applications can support the SOA framework. It highlights the new development tools and z/OS facilities for SOA-enabling z/OS applications and data access. It also provides several integration scenarios for access to CICS, IMS and DB2 applications and data.
What you will learn
In this course the students will learn:
  • SOA Fundamentals – what Service Oriented Architecture is
  • How the business can benefit from SOA infrastructure – who needs SOA?
  • Leading SOA vendors and their offerings
  • What IBM has done to include the z/OS platform in the SOA model
  • The SOA development methodology (SOAD)
  • How to use the SOAD in z/OS environment for new applications
  • How to integrate legacy applications using SOA (CICS, DB2, IMS and Batch)
  • Best practices
Audience
IT managers, Architects and planners responsible for software design, implementation and deployment in the z/OS environment.
Prerequisites

The attendees should have a good understanding of the z/OS application environment and development facilities.
Duration
2 days.
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