CICS Transaction Gateway Desktop Edition V9.0 delivers secure, single-user access to CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, CICS Transaction Server for VSE, TXSeries for Multiplatforms, and CICS Transaction Server for i. It includes all the function of CICS Universal Client V7.1 with the addition of the latest operating system and compiler support. Open integration with a wide variety of client application environments, including Java, Microsoft .NET, C++, C#, Visual Basic, and COBOL running on major platforms. Availability and scalability delivered through dynamic server selection, workload partitioning and 64-bit Java 7 enabling remote clients to exploit a CICS high availability infrastructure. Security mechanisms provide end-to-end security solutions, including SSL, identity propagation and user authentication using passwords and password phrases.