Stream: Virtual Room 3
Time: 12:30 - 13:15
As organizations race to integrate core systems into modern cloud and mobile ecosystems, the traditional "screen scraping" or direct-to-data approaches often fall short of meeting complex business requirements. This session explores a more robust architectural pattern: building Business Process-Oriented APIs directly on the mainframe. By leveraging a high-performance JavaScript engine resident within CICS, developers can orchestrate complex logic, aggregate disparate data sources, and expose them as RESTful services without leaving the z/OS environment. We will dive deep into: Logic-Based Orchestration: How to wrap existing CICS programs and COMMAREAs into meaningful, process-driven APIs that reduce network chatter. Modernizing Datacom Access: Techniques for using JavaScript to efficiently query and integrate Datacom/DB data alongside traditional VSAM or DB2 sources. The JavaScript Advantage: Why a server-side scripting approach on the mainframe allows for faster iteration and bridges the skills gap between mainframe specialists and web developers. Architectural Efficiency: Analyzing the performance benefits of executing integration logic "close to the data" to minimize latency and overhead. Attendees will leave with a clear roadmap for transforming legacy mainframe assets into agile, reusable services that support a modern enterprise API strategy.
Mihir Shah is a Software Architect at Broadcom, currently leading the technical vision for HB.js. While his focus has pivoted to the Mainframe ecosystem over the past year, Mihir’s foundation is built on 13+ years of multi-disciplinary engineering. His expertise spans the entire lifecycle of software development, including IoT, blockchain, and cloud services. He brings a deep technical pedigree in containerization, networking, and infrastructure, alongside specialized experience in embedded systems and hardware acceleration, allowing him to bridge the gap between low-level hardware and high-level distributed systems.
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