webMethods ApplinX
Quickly modernize core applications.
Capabilities
Rapid Web Enablement
Extend mainframe applications to the Web—faster
Take your mainframe applications to the Web with minimal effort. Web-enable your existing mainframe applications or encapsulate user sessions or screens into ready-to-use .NET, Java® or Web services. From your existing systems, webMethods ApplinX creates standard program components designed to function in your new environment (for example, Web services, .NET and Java). Integrate these high-performance modules into existing applications, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), or use them to develop new composite applications.
Low-risk, non-invasive approach
Web-enable your core systems with minimal risk. webMethods ApplinX gives you non-invasive access to existing functions and codes, so no changes are required to program code. You don’t even need to understand the actual legacy application code.
Dynamic fields
Fields can be identified by position on the screen and also by the name of the leading label. This also saves you time—should a field position change on a host app screen, ApplinX will detect the field independent of its new position.
Intelligent Web interfaces
webMethods ApplinX helps reduce network traffic and improve application performance by leveraging AJAX to provide partial page rendering and screen synchronization, making application deployment faster.
Time-saving development features
Speed up your development work by using more than 40 time-saving wizards in an Eclipse framework tool. Ready-made adapters, algorithms for structure recognition and the automatic creation of Web services and front-end components accelerate your delivery of high-performing solutions.
webMethods ApplinX uses the same standard Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE) as webMethods EntireX, webMethods BPMS and NaturalONE. That helps you make huge development and integration productivity gains by using a single point of development.
Automated lifecycle support enables easy migration of ApplinX applications from development to test and production environments.
Integration with CentraSite™ enables faster re-use of services. Additionally, our latest version incorporates an “out-of-the-box” reliable and configuration-free repository. There’s no need to pre-install a database to be used as webMethods ApplinX repository or involve a DBA to do so.
Direct link to webMethods Integration Server
Deploy screen-based Web services into webMethods Integration Server with just one click. Use the adapter for native integration with webMethods Integration Server during design and run-time. The adapter eliminates Web-service SOAP communication overhead. Configuring it is easy.
Application maps
Application maps graphically display an application’s flow using real screen images, which are highlighted when relevant entities are selected. Use them to simplify run-time navigation and easily understand mainframe apps and their relation to ApplinX entities.
Automatic application discovery
Easily design and keep applications up to date with host changes. With ApplinX, you can import and re-import standard screen maps (Natural, BMS and MFS) and extract screen definitions according to user-defined rules from recorded sessions.
Robust end-to-end security
Whether you use .NET or Java clients, gain peace of mind with secure data transport in a browser-based environment. webMethods ApplinX offers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) between the ApplinX Web application (.NET or JSP) and server. A multi-tier architecture uses encryption and industry-standard secured protocols within each layer of communication.
