CICS Family Review - why 4.4 stars?

CICS Family Review
ITQlick Score: 62/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 5.6/10 - average cost
Category: System -> CICS Family review
Ranking:Ranked 28 out of 198 System systems
Company: IBM
Typical customers: Medium and large size businesses
Platforms: Desktop, Cloud
Links: CICS Family pricing, CICS Family alternatives
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: May 20, 2022

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What is CICS Family?

CICS Family is a family of application servers offering transaction management for businesses of all sizes. It also offers sound connectivity for mission-critical applications. The software was designed and launched by IBM Corporation headquartered in New York, United States.

Who is it best for?

The software is a viable solution for businesses of all sizes, although mostly it is deployed in large enterprise networks. Many clients of the software include large Fortune 500 organizations. The CICS Family system has been deployed in such industries as IT infrastructure, financial services, automation, manufacturing, government, and others.

Main features and functionalities

Transaction server offered by the software for transaction processing with its service-oriented architecture. The CICS explorer offers a centralized point of integration for different operations and projects.

An important feature of CICS is transaction gateway which assists in the rapid deployment of CICS applications into an SOA. The system also offers various tools to improve efficiency and expand the functionality of the servers. Support for multiple platform and third party applications is also available.

What is the actual cost?

ITQlick pricing score is 5.6 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for CICS Family. You can also find here pricing information from CICS Family's website.

Pros

  • CICS Family offers support for programming and app development in all major languages.
  • Rapid deployment of all the existing CICS applications into an SOA is facilitated.
  • CICS Family offers integration with a variety of third party applications and customer plug-ins.

Cons

  • Security capabilities of CICS Family are not as extensive as some of the alternatives.
  • The software does not offer any support for Open Database Connectivity (ODC).

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of CICS Family vs alternative software solutions.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Is it the best System system?

CICS Family is ranked 28 out of 198 software in their category (System systems).

How they are rated on ITQlick?

The rating of CICS Family is 4.4 stars out of 5 and the total score is 62 out of 100. The rating score is based on our unbiased data-based algo. Learn more - rating methodology page.

Is it an easy to use Software?

Yes, CICS Family makes it fairly easy to use. This product is user friendly and intuitive.

Is it cloud-based?

Yes, they offer cloud based hosting, which means IT resources are retrieved through web-based tools and applications and you don't need to buy servers and additional hardware equipment.

Can it be used on mobile?

No, currently CICS Family can't be accessed on mobile, you would need to access it from your computer.

What should we ask during a demo session?

Differences between CICS Family and alternatives?

The most popular alternatives to CICS Family in 2024: FoxPro, WebSphere DataPower, SQLyog, Informix database, Greenplum Database. Access the complete competitors analysis here - CICS Family VS System Software alternatives.

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