What you'll learn

CICS is one of the key components of an enterprise computing environment on IBM z/OS systems. In this course, CICS Transaction Server: The Big Picture, you'll experience a high-level introduction and overview of CICS and you'll understand where CICS fits into the context of enterprise computing. First, you'll explore the architecture of CICS, and how it can provide transaction services on top of an operating system designed for batch processing. Next, you'll discover how the internal structure and operation of CICS mirror those of operating systems, managed code environments, and application containers. Finally, you'll discover how CICS plays in contemporary computing systems and what it means to "modernize" legacy CICS applications. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of CICS Transaction Server needed to build hands-on skills in CICS application development.