Web-to-Host

Web-enable your host to streamline business processes, reduce costs, improve customer service, and tighten integration with partners.

 
Choosing the Right Tool for the Job

Which web-to-host technology should you use with your host applications? The answer depends on your audience and resources:

• Web-Based Terminal Emulation: Access your host from a web browser
  
  Web-based terminal emulation lets you access host applications from your browser. It is best for users who need core host access features such as printing, file transfer, and keyboard mapping, and is a quick, low-cost approach.
   
• Rejuvenation: Convert the terminal screen into a web page
  
  A rejuvenated application is updated with a point-and-click interface. Rejuvenation still works best when users already understand the underlying business processes of the host application, since the application flow does not change.
   
• Host Integration: Create custom web applications from host applications
  
  Host integration lets you change the process flow of the host application. You can present the information in whatever form your users need, with encapsulated functionality that is readily used by new applications. Web developers work with services, freed from the underlying host system.
   

 
Related Information

White papers:
Legacy Application Modeling: How Host-Component Integration Differs from Traditional Screen Scraping

Web-to-Host: Reducing the Total Cost of Ownership 

Web Cast:
WRQ web cast on search390.com, Web-Enable Your Mainframe 

Solution Details:
Moving Legacy Apps to the Web? One Platform is All You Need