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CICS is a mainframe system that is used to handle processing of mainframe applications in what is fondly known as green-screen mode. To me FOCUS is a tool for reporting and maintaining files and can be an application which runs under CICS. WebFOCUS allows a graphical user interface for generating reports. (simplest version).
Oh you posted this as a poll.
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Leah's exactly right Sunil - CICS is kind of a transaction handler for input / update applications on the mainframe. Focus is a whole different animal. It's a reporting language and a middleware product.
You might want to spend some time reading up on focus / webfocus.
Perhaps if we knew what you were thinking about, we could help point you in the right direction?