CICS
CICS (Customer Information Control System) is an IBM mainframe transaction processing monitor that enables online, real-time execution of business applications, handling high volumes of short, discrete transactions. It provides a robust, scalable, and secure environment for critical business…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 1968
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- CICS was created to address the critical need for a robust, general-purpose online transaction processing (OLTP) system on IBM mainframes. Before CICS, organizations struggled to provide real-time interaction with their data, relying heavily on slow, cumbersome batch processing or developing custom, resource-intensive online systems that were difficult to scale, maintain, and recover from failures.
- Platforms
- IBM z/OS, IBM z/VSE, IBM z/VM
Related technologies
- Assembler
- IMS DB (Information Management System Database)
- RACF (Resource Access Control Facility)
- Java
- VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method)
- IBM DB2
- COBOL
- PL/I
- VTAM (Virtual Telecommunications Access Method)
- TN3270 (Terminal Emulation)
- IBM MQ (Message Queue)
- z/OS (and its predecessors like MVS, OS/390)
Notable users
- Global airlines
- Large banking institutions
- Insurance companies
- Major retailers
- Government agencies
- Telecommunications providers