Linux® on the Mainframe

4.3. StoreCompany and its business application

StoreCompany is used in this book to demonstrate issues of security, performance, and system management. StoreCompany is the larger of the two example companies. StoreCompany is an established retail company that is looking at using excess capacity to test a new business opportunity.

StoreCompany illustrates two different possibilities for using Linux on the mainframe:

• Back-end integration (Figure 4-4)

  Figure 4-4. StoreCompany's back-end integration

  

• Vertical growth

StoreCompany, a leading department store chain with 85 stores, has been in business for decades, mostly in large cities in the eastern United ...