Lower operational costs have been addressed in a way that not only reduces the cost of running existing applications, but also adds the value of SOA and web services capabilities at little extra capital cost and virtually zero additional operating costs.

In this report, learn how Shadow v7 expands the range of SOA and data connectivity options available to existing System z mainframe users:

• Shadow v7 allows, for the first time, the mainframe to integrate with 'new world' web services and SOA-based real-time, event-driven business applications at the data level as well as the business logic and screen logic levels.
• Shadow v7 provides a dramatic reduction in the total cost of mainframe ownership by incorporating new patent-pending technology that allows users to greatly increase the exploitation of two of IBM's mainframe specialty engines, the System z Integrated Information Processor ("zIIP") and System z Application Assist Processor ("zAAP").
• Shadow v7 has been architected to incorporate full support for Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) and has been designed to enable full support for every future WS standard.
• Shadow v7 enables customers to pick and choose the level at which mainframe systems are integrated with SOA and web services, from passive back-end repository and information source for other services though to operating as a core component of an SOA environment.