IMS is also a robust transaction manager ( IMS TM, also known as IMS DC ) — one of the " big three " classic transaction managers along with CICS and BEA ( now Oracle ) Tuxedo.

Thus IMS TM is quite like a Web application, operating through a CGI program ( for example ), to provide an interface to query or update a database.

IMS TM typically uses either IMS DB or DB2 as its backend database.

When used alone with DB2 the IMS TM component can be purchased without the IMS DB component.

IMS TM uses a messaging and queuing paradigm.

IMS TM provides a straightforward, easy-to-use, reliable, standard environment for high performance transaction execution.

Besides DL / I query usage, a field may be defined in IMS so that the data can be hidden from certain applications for security reasons.

The database component of IMS can be purchased standalone, without the transaction manager component, and used by systems such as CICS.

Virtual Storage Option ( VSO ) DEDBs can replace MSDBs in modern IMS releases, so MSDBs are gradually disappearing.

When using this solution, operators just need to upgrade the MSC instead of deploying the IMS, and therefore, can provide services quickly.

The user can connect to IMS in various ways, most of which use the standard IP.

IMS terminals ( such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants ( PDAs ) and computers ) can register directly on IMS, even when they are roaming in another network or country ( the visited network ).

It can be located either in the visited network ( in full IMS networks ) or in the home network ( when the visited network is not IMS compliant yet ).

** it sits on the path of all signalling, and can inspect every signal ; the IMS terminal must ignore any other unencrypted signalling

It can also transcode when the codecs don't match ( e. g. IMS might use AMR, PSTN might use G. 711 ).

In a fully operating lawful interception system the RES and IMS both create logs of all numbers being tapped so that system administrators can perform audits to find unauthorized taps.

Such e-contents can rely on standards defined by IMS, ADL / SCORM and IEEE.

Thus, we can now use the term ' LOM ' in referring to both the IEEE standard and version 1. 3 of the IMS specification.

The IMS LRM specification also provides an extensive Best Practice and Implementation Guide, and an XSL transform that can be used to migrate metadata instances from the older versions of the IMS LRM XML binding to the IEEE LOM XML binding.

Details of these can be found at the IMS Global website.

The IMS Vocabulary Definition and Exchange ( VDEX ) specification has a double relation with the LOM, since not only can the LOM provide metadata on the vocabularies in a VDEX instance, but VDEX can be used to describe the controlled vocabularies which are the value space for many LOM elements.

Immunomagnetic separation ( IMS ) is a laboratory tool that can efficiently isolate cells out of body fluid or cultured cells.

Entry Scan, developed by General Electric, and Ionscan Sentinel II, developed by Smiths Detection, use ion mobility spectrometry ( IMS ) technology and can detect explosives such as RDX, PETN, TNT, and Nitroglycerin.

The Guardian uses mass spectrometry ( MS ) technology, which can detect 16 explosive compounds with 10-100x more sensitivity than IMS, resolve multiple compounds at the same time, and perform shoe bomb detection without removing shoes.

The Home Subscriber Server ( HSS ), or User Profile Server Function ( UPSF ), is a master user database that supports the IMS network entities that actually handle calls.

Several roles of SIP servers or proxies, collectively called Call Session Control Function ( CSCF ), are used to process SIP signalling packets in the IMS.

Common data source formats are relational databases and flat files, but may include non-relational database structures such as Information Management System ( IMS ) or other data structures such as Virtual Storage Access Method ( VSAM ) or Indexed Sequential Access Method ( ISAM ), or even fetching from outside sources such as through web spidering or screen-scraping.

Representatives have been known as " detailmen " as they acquire and use detailed personal information on doctors such as names of family members, golf handicaps, and even clothing preferences ; along with what prescriptions the doctor is writing from IMS Health.

Prova has been used as the key service integration engine in the Xcalia product where it is used for computing efficient global execution plans across multiple data sources such as Web services, TP monitors transactions like CICS or IMS, messages of MOM like MQ-Series, packaged applications with a JCA connector, legacy data sources on mainframes with a JCA connector, remote EJB Java objects considered as data providers or even local Java objects.

While there are other industrial-strength transaction processing systems, notably IBM's own CICS and IMS, TPF's raison d ' être is extreme volume, large numbers of concurrent users and very fast response times, for example VISA credit card transaction processing during the peak holiday shopping season.

The two main data models at this time were the hierarchical model, epitomized by IBM's IMS system, and the Codasyl model ( Network model ), implemented in a number of products such as IDMS.

This model has been supported primarily by the IBM IMS DBMS, one of the earliest DBMSs.

Various limitations of the model have been compensated at later IMS versions by additional logical hierarchies imposed on the base physical hierarchy.

IBM also had their own DBMS system in 1968, known as IMS.

IMS was a development of software written for the Apollo program on the System / 360.

IMS was generally similar in concept to Codasyl, but used a strict hierarchy for its model of data navigation instead of Codasyl's network model.

IMS is classified as a hierarchical database.

IBM ’ s IMS system and the RDM Mobile are examples of a hierarchical database system with multiple hierarchies over the same data.

Currently the most widely used hierarchical databases are IMS developed by IBM and Windows Registry by Microsoft.

H. 263 is a required video codec in ETSI 3GPP technical specifications for IP Multimedia Subsystem ( IMS ), Multimedia Messaging Service ( MMS ) and Transparent end-to-end Packet-switched Streaming Service ( PSS ).

Current IBM mainframes run all the major enterprise transaction processing environments and databases, including CICS, IMS, WebSphere Application Server, DB2, and Oracle.

This has allowed its protocols to be used in many different systems, and its standards are routinely re-used by bodies which create full-fledged architectures ( e. g. 3GPP IMS ).

Fayed set up IMS ( International Marine Services ) in 1968 Dubai.

Other failures have been reported, most notably involving the intermediate shaft ( IMS ) bearing, but affecting less than 5 % of all cars.

The standard uses XML, and it is based on the results of work done by AICC, IMS Global, IEEE, and Ariadne.

In November 2000, SIP was accepted as a 3GPP signaling protocol and permanent element of the IP Multimedia Subsystem ( IMS ) architecture for IP-based streaming multimedia services in cellular systems.

z / OS supports stable mainframe systems and standards such as CICS, IMS, DB2, RACF, SNA, WebSphere MQ, record-oriented data access methods, REXX, CLIST, SMP / E, JCL, TSO / E, and ISPF, among others.

The IMS Learning Design specification is intended as a standard format for learning designs, and IMS LD Level A is supported in LAMS V2. elearning has been replacing the traditional settings due to its cost effectiveness.

Often VoIP implementations employ methods of translating non-E. 164 identifiers to E. 164 numbers and vice-versa, such as the Skype-In service provided by Skype and the ENUM service in IMS and SIP.