Access to Legacy Data

Interfacing with a custom legacy application presents challenges that are similar to those described in Access to Business to Business Data. On the Internet, HTTP is a standard protocol that is used to exchange data. In a mainframe environment, IBM MQSeries is a common application messaging transport. Therefore, you can replace the HTTP protocol in this solution with MQSeries and still finish the transaction.

The following table describes the requirements to access legacy data that exists on a mainframe.

Business Requirement Technological Requirement Siebel Solution

To create an order with a mainframe system

Use business process management that can cross applications.

Siebel solutions include:

  • Siebel Workflow Process Manager

  • EAI MQSeries Transport