ISTwatch Z/OS

ISTwatch runs and is supported under z/OS. The core searching and matching facilities are fully re-entrant and written in assembler. Extensive examples are provided that illustrate the integration into COBOL, PL/1, JAVA and C environments. ISTwatch is used in both batch and interactive modes. Along with a batch processing component the software includes a CICS application used for real-time interactive look-ups.

ISTwatch modules can also be called from within DB2 environment on mainframes via the use of stored procedures.

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