IMS serves more than 95 percent of Fortune 1000 companies, manages 15,000,000 gigabytes of production data, and supports more than two hundred million users per day. The brand-new IBM IMS Version 9 is not just the world's #1 platform for very large online transaction processing: it integrates with Web application server technology to enable tomorrow's most powerful Web-based applications. Now, for the first time in many years, there's a completely up-to-date guide to understanding IMS in your business environment.

An Introduction to IMS covers

* Installing and configuring IMS Version 9

* Understanding and implementing the IMS hierarchical database model

* Understanding and working with the IMS Transaction Manager

* Mastering core application programming concepts, including program structure and IMS control blocks

* Taking advantage of IMS 9 Java programming enhancements

* Working with the IMS Master Terminal

* Administering IMS: system definition, customization, logging, security, operations, and more

* Running IMS in a Parallel Sysplex(r) environment

Whether you've spent a career running IMS or you are encountering IMS for the first time, this book delivers the insights and skills you need to succeed — as an application designer, developer, or administrator.