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Sample issue • March 2016
CLOUD
CLOUD-MAINFRAME
CONNECTIONS
CAN BE SECURE
AND RELIABLE
SECURE HYBRID
CLOUD
CONNECTIVITY
IBM COMPETITIVE PROJECT OFFICE
Reduced entry cost (less labor, hardware, power, and so on)
Simplified infrastructure management, particularly for multi-tiered applications
Ability to grow and shrink capacity elastically, and with agility
Support for self-service: New environments brought up and down quickly and easily
SECURING THE CONNECTION TO THE CLOUD

FEATURES
01 Cloud Computing in Mainframes
02 ANZ Mainframe information
03 Mainframe Certification
04 Fun @ Mainframe
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FROM THE EDITOR
Hope you all are busy with increasing work loads with descreasing
resources and capacities. This is also happening in Mainframe world,
Mainframes are becoming more and more extensive in managing work
loads at the same reducing costs and infrastructure. Looks IBM is putting
real efforts in breeding the all new, old dynosaurs.
In this edition, we brought to you many articles, which will add value
to your professional and technical life. We want to thank you allyou’re
your continuous support and feedback in making this magazine more
meaningful.
1. Mainframe Updates – Could implementation Chinese company chose
IBM Mainframe is contributed by Feroz Patel. The deadly combination !!!
Latest buzz around the corner is meeting the oldest dinosaur on planet.
No wonder COBOL Programmers will be known as Cloud programmers.
On Clouds??
2. Article section is contributed by Mainframe team which will give you
the information on curently what is happening at ANZ.
3. This section will help you to identify the suitable courses available in
Main frame
Finally We wind up this edition laughter with Fun @ Mainframe
And most importantly, it’s your contribution that will make this initiative
a success. Be part of it in a way you like and make the Mainframe world
more energatic and enthusiastis.
Editor In Chief
Baskar Durairajan
Associate Editor
Mahibalan T R
Contributing Writers
Gowtham
Vinay
Sai
Neethu
Shaila
We are always available at “TECHNOLOGY _ MAINFRAME MAGAZINE”.
Happy Reading!
Editorial Team
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IBM DATAPOWER GATEWAY
Bluemix offers multiple
options for securely
connecting to resources
outside of Bluemix,
such as to mainframebased
SoRs:
IBM DataPower® Gateway
Secure connectors
IBM Secure Gateway for
Bluemix
DataPower Gateway is a highly versatile gateway appliance that is typically found in
the DMZ1 in dual-firewall environments. Bluemix applications can connect directly to
DataPower Gateway (whether in the DMZ or within the enterprise’s firewall), after which
requests are forwarded to the back-end systems.
DataPower Gateway comes in physical and virtual forms, with features that provide high
availability, failover, load balancing, message security, data conversion, and more. It excels
at Extensible Markup Language (XML) and RESTful web services processing. Version 7.2 of
the product enhances cloud and on-premises security with support for Elliptic Curve
Cryptography, Server Name Indication, and Perfect Forward Secrecy to protect against
malicious protocol attacks.
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Cloud-mainframe
connections can be
secure
and reliable
IBM API Management is an optional feature
available with DataPower Gateway.
APIs are useful because they can be configured
by developers of on-premises
resources and used by developers of
cloud applications. DataPower Gateway
implements these API mappings, and
API Management makes mainframe APIs
more consumable.
Later in this paper, Figure 5 on page 6
shows a Bluemix application calling APIs
that have been configured by mainframe
developers to access mainframe services
through z/OS Connect. Other access techniques
and APIs can also be used.
Secure connectors establish protected
communication between cloud-hosted
Bluemix applications and on-premises
systems. Connectors are typically made
available as services, which means that
they can be called by SoE-based applications
whenever needed.
In Bluemix, secure connections can be
created with the Standard (IBM Cast Iron®)
Connector, or by using DataPower
Gateway as a connector.
Standard (Cast Iron) Connector
This simple, software-based connector
acts as an intermediary between a Bluemix
application running in the cloud and the
back-end mainframe.
A secure connection is established from
the Bluemix application to a Cast Iron
orchestration, which then connects
securely to the on-premises system. In
request-response environments, these
orchestrations can provide extra capabilities
by calling intermediaries to perform
data conversion and other chores.
DataPower Gateway as a secure connector
DataPower Gateway can also be used as a
secure connector, where it functions within
a larger software construct, rather than
as a stand-alone appliance as described
earlier.
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Using Secure
Gateway for
Bluemix with
DataPower
Gateway
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COMPLETING THE
STACK WITH
APPLICATION
LEVEL SECURITY
S
Accessing mainframe
resources through an
IBM Secure Gateway
for Bluemix tunnel
Using Secure Gateway for Bluemix with
DataPower Gateway To avoid the need for
a separate on-premises server in which to
install the Secure Gateway client, Secure
Gateway for Bluemix can now be plugged
in as a module of DataPower Gateway version
7.2, combining their respective capabilities.
With this design shown in Figure 5,
the Secure Gateway runs from within the
DataPower Gateway, either in the DMZ or
in the enterprise intranet.
The Secure Gateway client and API
Management modules running with
DataPower Gateway Completing the stack
with application-level security in Bluemix
Often, for the most critical data, establishing
secure connectivity through a secure
tunnel is not enough, especially for SoEs
designed primarily for use with mobile
devices and applications. Designed with
this in mind, Bluemix provides more security
services at the application level.
IBM Mobile Application Security for
Bluemix helps to protect applications and
data, preventing unauthorized users and
devices (or stolen or compromised devices)
from accessing protected assets. IBM
Advanced Mobile Access for Bluemix does
even more.
1. When the user submits a transaction,
the mobile banking app (the User-agent)
connects to the Bluemix SoE application
(the OAuth Client), which instructs the app
to have the user log in if the user has not
done so already.
2. The Bluemix application redirects the
banking app to the authorization server
to provide the user’s identifying information
(a client ID), the request (including its
scope, which determines the permissions
that are required), and a URL pointing
back to the client. In product documentation,
this redirect URL is referred to as a
URI.
3. The SSO authorization server authorizes
the user. It can also perform authentication,
such as username/password verification,
and confirmation of the requested
action. Then it creates an authorization
grant token to send back to the banking
app.
4. If successful, the authorization server
redirects the banking app back to the
Bluemix application using the provided
redirect URL, with the authorization grant
token added to it.
IBM
CLOUD
DATA POWER
SECURED
To avoid the need for a
separate on-premises
server in which to install
the Secure Gateway
client, Secure Gateway
for Bluemix can
now be plugged in as a
module of DataPower
Gateway version 7.2,
com bining their respective
capabilities.
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FUN @
MAINFRAME
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Jack was a COBOL programmer
in the mid to
late 1990s. After years of
being taken for granted
and treated as a technological dinosaur
by all the Client/Server programmers and
website developers, he was finally getting
some respect. He’d become a private consultant
specializing in Year 2000 conversions.
Several years of this relentless, mindnumbing
work had taken its toll on Jack.
He began having anxiety dreams about
the Year 2000. All he could think about
was how he could avoid the year 2000 and
all that came with it.
Jack decided to contact a company that
specialized in cryogenics. He made a deal
to have himself frozen until March 15th,
2000. The next thing he would know is
he’d wake up in the year 2000; after the
New Year celebrations and computer
debacles; after the leap day. Nothing else
to worry about except getting on with
his life.
He was put into his cryogenic receptacle,
the technicians set the revive date, he was
given injections to slow his heartbeat to a
bare minimum, and that was that.
The next thing that Jack saw was an enormous
and very modern room filled
with excited people. They were all shouting
“I can’t believe it!” and “It’s a miracle”
and “He’s alive!”. There were cameras
(unlike any he’d ever seen) and equipment
that looked like it came out of a science
fiction movie.
Someone who was obviously a spokesperson
for the group stepped forward.
Jack couldn’t contain his enthusiasm. “Is it
over?” he asked. “Is the year 2000 already
here? Are all the millennial parties and
promotions and crises all over and done
with?”
The spokesman explained that there had
been a problem with the programming of
the timer on Jack’s cryogenic receptacle,
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it hadn’t been year 2000 compliant. It was
actually eight thousand years later, not
the year 2000. Technology had advanced
to such a degree that everyone had virtual
reality interfaces which allowed them to
contact anyone else on the planet. “That
sounds terrific,” said Jack. “But I’m curious.
Why is everybody so interested in me?”
“Well,” said the spokesman. “The year
10000 is just around the corner, and it
says in your files that you know COBOL”.
Bluemix offers multiple
options for
securely connecting
to resources outside
of Bluemix, such
as to mainframebased
SoRs
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MAINFRAME
CHOCLATES
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Secure connectors
Secure connectors establish protected communication between cloud-hosted Bluemix applications and on-premises systems. Connectors
are typically made available as services, which means that they can be called by SoE-based applications whenever needed. In Bluemix, secure
connections can be created with the Standard (IBM Cast Iron®) Connector, or by using DataPower Gateway as a connector.
Standard (Cast Iron) Connector
This simple, software-based connector acts as an intermediary between a Bluemix application running in the cloud and the back-end mainframe.
A secure connection is established from the Bluemix application to a Cast Iron orchestration, which then connects securely to the onpremises
system. In request-response environments, these orchestrations can provide extra capabilities by calling intermediaries to perform
data conversion and other chores. DataPower Gateway as a secure connector DataPower Gateway can also be used as a secure connector,
where it functions within a larger software construct, rather than as a stand-alone appliance as described earlier. Bluemix developers simply
configure a service in which DataPower Gateway acts as the connector endpoint, and then call the service when needed to send requests to
and from
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