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UniKix Transaction Processing Environment (UniKix TPE) Software
Overview
UniKix Transaction Processing Environment (UniKix TPE) software is a native, high-performance transaction processing environment for open systems platforms such as IBM AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, and Linux.
Reuse Your Assets
UniKix TPE software enables you to reuse your assets and evolve them quickly, effectively, and without excessive cost or risk. UniKix TPE software allows you to reuse your well-tested business rules, reuse the data models, and reuse the expertise of your existing staff. With UniKix TPE technology, the power, comprehensiveness, and security previously only known on mainframes is duplicated on UNIX servers.
Many UniKix TPE software customers find improvements in performance, reliability, scaleability, and productivity once they have moved applications off their mainframes and on to UNIX servers. And UniKix TPE software is the only middleware encouraging you to evolve your existing business models into advanced, component-based architectures using Java-based tools.
UniKix TPE Software Primary Functions
No other standard today provides better enterprise transaction management than CICS, and no one implements CICS on UNIX servers better than UniKix TPE software. UniKix TPE software implements a high performance, highly reliable application management system.
It provides the functionality allowing significant source compatibility and access to data and services across CICS systems, including IBM CICS systems on all major platforms, via various standard communication protocols. The primary functions of UniKix TPE software can be described as:
  • Application Transaction Management
  • Resource Management
  • Performance
  • Interoperability & Distribution
  • Security
  • Session Management
  • Administration


More Information
  Learn more about UniKix TPE software.
Comprehensive Security
UniKix TPE software allows security configurations to be tailored to meet a variety of needs based on customer requirements. Basic user sign-on validation is provided - this consists of validating user sign-on to a region, security of executables, shell scripts, and databases, in addition to transaction-level security. Operating System (OS) security features are used to secure shell scripts, executables, and database files. Owner, group, and user permissions can be configured to ensure that each user has only the appropriate level of access to each file.
More comprehensive security requirements can be attained using the UniKix Secure. Secure provides the administration and runtime services of an external security manager (ESM) for UniKix TPE software. Secure uses a Role-based Access Control (RBAC) security model. In this model, permissions to resources are associated with roles, and users (or principals) are assigned to appropriate roles. A role may also be defined as a "parent" role, creating a hierarchy of relationships between roles. Parent roles have their own permissions in addition to the access granted to any "child" or subsidiary roles.
  Learn more about UniKix Secure.
Rich Administration Framework
UniKix Manager provides detailed real-time information on all aspects of UniKix TPE software operations. Manager is a comprehensive monitoring tool that can be used to enhance the efficiency and performance of UniKix TPE software. Manager allows thorough analysis of transaction execution, VSAM datasets, temporary and transient data queues, interprocess communication, and terminal status. Information is displayed in real time to determine system status, processing rates, and to identify potential bottlenecks and configuration enhancements.
  Learn more about UniKix Manager.
Dramatic Cost Savings
With UniKix TPE software, customers have saved 50% or more in reducing their annual IT costs for hardware, software, and support. Many have experienced a return on their investment in 12-15 months. These astounding results are possible only with a solution like UniKix TPE software, which reuses existing investments and provides mainframe-equivalent (or better) performance and reliability. And because UniKix TPE technology supports numerous standards and protocols, your applications improve as needed using popular, industry-proven development technologies.
Proven Track Record
UniKix TPE software has an extensive track record proven by hundreds of our customers. UniKix TPE software alone demonstrates the ability to support enterprise applications without extensive rewriting or reengineering of the original application. UniKix TPE software expands your application's future evolution. Today, you can integrate new processes and ideas using exciting, Java-based tools and beans to build enterprise components. With UniKix TPE software, you avoid high failure rates typical of other development projects, incur substantial cost reductions, and complete your migration projects within schedule and budget. With UniKix TPE software, you move quickly to future business initiatives, building on applications that have merited substantial investments. UniKix TPE technology serves as the risk-wise solution for enterprise value for today and tomorrow.
Next Steps
Download the UniKix TPE product datasheet
Download the Secure product datasheet
Download the Manager product datasheet
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Complete the online Quick ROI Assessment calculator to project your cost savings
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