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. OBJECTIVES:   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. COURSE CONTENT:   SOA Fundamentals Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Advantages of SOA Software Platform for SOA Objectives SOA Development Iteration Types of Software Needed to Support SOA Oracle SOA Suite IBM Software Offering IBM WebSphere Process Server IBM IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools TIBCO BusinessWorks TIBCO SmartMapper webMethods Fabric webMethods: Enterprise Service Platform (ESP) webMethods: Business Process Management (BPM) webMethods: Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) webMethods: Composite Application Development WebLogic Integration Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) Summary J2EE and WebSphere Overview Justifying SOA on z/OS Why SOA on z/OS? Development Resource Pool Services and mainframe transactions Three key objectives for SOA on System z Web to 3270 Access Mapping Enabling Mainframe Resources for SOA Enabling Mainframe Application for SOA Three Styles of Application Transformation Three Development Approaches zSeries Developer s Roadmap for SOA Enabling Legacy Systems SOA Enabled IBM Transactional Runtimes Web Services and CICS/TS Web Services and IMS V9 Web Services and DB/2 - WORF DB2 - Web Service Provider / Consumer SOA on z/OS Development Tools SOA on z/OS WDz XSE WDz Service Flow Modeler SOA on z/OS Compiler support Enabling z/OS for SOA - Summary WebSphere Application Server V6 WebSphere MQ - Introduction Enabling CICS/TS Applications Enabling DB2 Applications and Data Enabling IMS Applications and Data SOA for z/OS - Summary