Explain IMS Software Environment?
The IMS (Information Management System) software environment refers to the suite of software components and tools that support the development, deployment, and management of applications running on the IMS platform. IMS is a hierarchical database and transaction processing system widely used in mainframe computing environments. The IMS software environment provides a robust infrastructure for building and running mission-critical business applications.
IMS Software Environment consists of the below 6 main components :
* IMS Database (IMS DB)
* IMS Transaction Manager (IMS TM)
* DL/I (Data Language/I)
* IMS Tools and Utilities
* IMS Connect
* IMS Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
