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z/TPF users often have requirements to access data on z/TPF by other systems. An
accounting package that is best suited to be run on a application server, such as WebSphere
Application Server, might have to request data on specific passengers on a flight.
Solutions to share this data have always required application specific solutions that depended
on variables unique to the use. These have ranged from off loading data by having a utility
application off load using an asynchronous protocol such z/TPF’s MQSeries support, to bulk
off load using protocols such as through a tape drive. In order to serve up individual records a
z/TPF based application would have to act as a request receiver, this application ...