• IMS continues its focus on support as the e-business Server of choice as it rolls out subsequent versions/releases of IMS. IMS focus is on continually improving performance/capacity, availability, systems management/usability, open access, and supporting tools for the e-business environment. We continue to deliver the next stages of this function.
• IMS has been providing support as an e-business Server with improvements in data, workload, and network sharing. IMS would continue to provide more transparent/enhanced Sysplex Terminal Management and Online Reorganization of partitioned databases to enhance e-business availability.
• Systems Management continues too as a key area with IMS customers in managing their e-business servers. IMS would provide additional e-business Server management enhancements with enhancements to Sysplex-wide Operations, High Performance/Availability of DB Recovery Control, and workload distribution enhancements through a logical front end/back end split, providing the ability to run any part of the IMS system on any CEC. The terminal user can be switched to a surviving IMS after IMS failure, transparent to the end user (ie. without requiring a logon).
• IMS would also be providing application development enhancements with XML for MFS transformation and the use of XML as an IMS Data Definition language.
• IMS is also providing continued enhancements to eliminate bottlenecks and impediments to growth.

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