IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V3.0 Wildfire Workshop – Seattle, WA

Introduction

Cloud and mobile applications have reshaped the way enterprises and systems interact. The dominate standard for new application development for these new environments uses RESTful APIs for sending and receiving JSON formatted messages to backend services. IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition provides a framework that enables new application development using RESTful APIs and JSON messages for accessing z/OS based services and data when developing new cloud and mobile applications for the enterprise.

This workshop gives a guided hands-on experience with IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition (EE) product. Attendees will be given the option to either perform exercises that start with configuring a new z/OS Connect EE server and subsequently enabling external security or perform exercises that concentrate on developing APIs. The latter is a set of exercises a series of hands-on exercises that provide RESTful access to applications running in CICS, IBM MQ, IBM DB2, IMS DC, IBM DVM, HATS and MVS batch as well as out bound API services from a COBOL application. The security exercise will focus on starting with basic internal security to implementing user security using system authorization facilities like RACF. Finally security will be extended even further to encompass full mutual authentication of digital certificates.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this workshop an attendees will have hands-on experience with:

• Implementing and administrating IBM z/OS Connect EE for z/OS servers.
• Enabling connectivity between z/OS Connect server and z/OS backend systems like CICS, IMS DC, IBM MQ, IBM DB2 and MVS batch jobs.
• Developing new APIs that can be consumed by the new cloud and mobile applications.
• Implementing the security options available in z/OS Connect. These security options range from
• Implementing basic security with a user identity and password to
• Implementing a full exchange of digital certificates between a client and a z/OS Connect server using RACF or other SAF products.

Audience

This workshop is designed for developers, administrators and enterprise architects new to z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition and/or new to RESTful APIs.

Agenda

• Welcome and Introduction
• Presentation – An introduction to RESTful APIs and IBM z/OS Connect EE
• Presentation – IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition security for both basics and advanced security
• Exercises
• The exercises for administrators include:
• IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition server setup and service definitions
• IBM z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition security for both basics and advanced security will be covered
  • The exercises for developers cover developing and deploying APIs for these areas (user choice)
  • CICS
  • IMS
  • MQ
  • Db2
  • IBM DVM
  • HATS
  • MVS Batch

Cost

This workshop is offered free of charge.  Complimentary refreshments including continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.  However, participants are responsible for their own business travel expenses.

Location

IBM Corporation
1100 Olive Way
The Capitol Hill Room
Seattle, WA  98101

Schedule

For your convenience, registration and continental breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m.
The workshop will start at 9:00 a.m. and end at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Contact for information

If you have questions pertaining to the workshop or need assistance in enrolling, please contact Judy Vadnais ([email protected]), or your IBM Sales Representative.