Editing CICS (section)

===CICS Family===
Although when CICS is mentioned, people usually mean CICS Transaction Server, the ''CICS Family'' refers to a portfolio of transaction servers, connectors (called [[CICS Transaction Gateway]]) and CICS Tools.

CICS on distributed platforms—not mainframes—is called [[IBM TXSeries]]. TXSeries is distributed transaction processing middleware. It supports C, C++, COBOL, Java™ and PL/I applications in cloud environments and traditional data centers. TXSeries is available on [[AIX]], Linux x86, [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], and [[HP-UX]] platforms.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Midrange Systems |page=35
   |title=IBM Get its CICS
   |date=November 10, 1992}}</ref> CICS is also available on other operating systems, notably [[IBM i]] and [[OS/2]]. The z/OS implementation (i.e., CICS Transaction Server for z/OS) is by far the most popular and significant.

Two versions of CICS were previously available for [[VM/CMS]], but both have since been discontinued. In 1986, IBM released ''CICS/CMS'',<ref>"announced .. October of 1985 .. didn't start deliveries until July of this year."</ref><ref name=MicroCICS.IW86/> which was a single-user version of CICS designed for development use, the applications later being transferred to an [[MVS]] or [[DOS/VS]] system for production execution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=OC&subtype=NA&htmlfid=897/ENUS5668-795 |title=CICS/CMS |publisher=[[IBM]] |access-date=2016-04-01 |archive-date=2016-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402054915/http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=OC&subtype=NA&htmlfid=897%2FENUS5668-795 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/897/ENUS285-385/index.html |title=CUSTOMER INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM/ CONVERSATIONAL MONITOR SYSTEM (CICS/CMS) RELEASE 1 ANNOUNCED AND PLANNED TO BE AVAILABLE JUNE 1986 |publisher=[[IBM]] |date=October 15, 1985 |access-date=2016-04-02 |archive-date=2016-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402053817/http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/5/897/ENUS285-385/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, in 1988, IBM released ''CICS/VM''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=OC&subtype=NA&htmlfid=897/ENUS5684-011 |title=(CICS/VM) Customer Information Control System / Virtual Machine |publisher=[[IBM]] |access-date=2016-04-01 |archive-date=2016-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413110835/http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=OC&subtype=NA&htmlfid=897%2FENUS5684-011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/printableversion.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/897/ENUS287-459/index.html |title=CUSTOMER INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM/VIRTUAL MACHINE (CICS/VM) |publisher=[[IBM]] |date=October 20, 1987 |access-date=2016-04-02 |archive-date=2016-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402054851/http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/printableversion.wss?docURL=%2Fcommon%2Fssi%2Frep_ca%2F9%2F897%2FENUS287-459%2Findex.html |url-status=live }}</ref> CICS/VM was intended for use on the [[IBM 9370]], a low-end mainframe targeted at departmental use; IBM positioned CICS/VM running on departmental or branch office mainframes for use in conjunction with a central mainframe running CICS for MVS.<ref name="Babcock1987">{{cite magazine
|magazine=[[Computerworld]]
|last=Babcock
|first=Charles
|title=VM/SP update eases migration
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUSIMiurpfYC&pg=PP25
|volume=21
|date=2 November 1987
|publisher=IDG Enterprise
|pages=25, 31
|issn=0010-4841
|issue=44
|access-date=30 March 2017
|archive-date=31 March 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331051731/https://books.google.com/books?id=mUSIMiurpfYC&pg=PP25
|url-status=live
}}</ref>