WSMGR for Web Supporting Mission-critical Applications on Smart Devices -Mainframe in Your Pocket

Mainframes are widely used for running mission-critical enterprise systems as they provide a high level of reliability while enabling the use of existing assets. An enterprise that combines the use of open systems and mainframes is generally more concerned about the effective use of information and communications technology (ICT) assets and in particular the use of existing mainframes than a full migration to open systems. At the same time, the surge in using smart devices for business applications in the open-system world is now bearing down on the mainframe world. The FUJITSU Software WSMGR for Web open server software provides an environment in which mainframe business applications can be used on smart devices anytime and anywhere with optimal operability without having to rewrite those applications. Introducing smart devices into business operations, however, brings up difficult issues related to security, operations know-how, etc., so Fujitsu also provides a service called Mainframe Connect as an all-in-one solution that includes network security from the terminal to the mainframe. This paper introduces WSMGR for Web technologies supporting smart devices, mainframe technologies supporting mobile use, and key services that make use of those technologies.