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Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2025 | Volume 35 - Issue 03

What’s in this Issue

  • GS-UK In-Person Conferences by Mark Wilson
  • A Coffee Date with Db2 by Sally Mir
  • Using Cloud Object Storage by John Hogan
  • CICS 6.35 by Mark Wilson
  • Unlocking business insights by Steve Warren
  • What’s new in SDSF for z/OS by Rob Scott
  • A Call for Help from IBM by Mark Wilson
  • IBM z17 The Best Mainframe by Mark Wilson
  • Top 10 Findings from z/OS by Niall Ashley
  • Hints, Tips, and Lessons by Beth Newman-Jones
  • Let me be Frank by Frank De Gilio
  • New Function APARs by Tiemo Osman Ramazan
  • Conferences & Events by Felix Scott
  • Security and Cryptography by Mark Wilson
  • Updates ot Arcati for 2026 by Amanda Hendley

Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2025 | Volume 35 - Issue 02

What’s in this Issue

  • z17 aka 9175 – highlights by Mark Wilson
  • z/OS 3.2 innovations: what’s new and improved by Marna Walle
  • How to not buy the wrong CPC/CEC – and what if you did? by Donald Zeunert
  • Don’t let breaking changes break you by Ed Jaffe
  • Managing capacity, improving performance, and reducing mainframe running costs by Ciara O’Connor
  • z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF): then and now by Rob Herring
  • Let me be Frank by Frank De Gilio
  • Jargon Buster Reference for Z (JBRZ) — First Edition by John Baker
  • New Function APARs by Tiemo Osman Ramazan
  • Conferences & Events by Felix Scott

Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2025 | Volume 35 - Issue 01

What’s in this Issue

  • Pardon the Interruption: CPENABLE and Interrupt Delay by John Baker
  • From APARs to PTFs: SMP/E Deciphered by Christopher Knowles
  • An Introduction to System Exits by Mark Wilson
  • Back to the Future: From the Archives by Andy Taylor
  • Let me be Frank by Fark De Gilio
  • z17 – A Quick Look by Mark Wilson
  • Conferences & Events
  • News & Updates

Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2024 | Volume 34 - Issue 04

What’s in this Issue

  • Fond Farewell
  • Customer MIM to GRS Migration — Performance Experiences
  • An Introduction to IBM APARs and PTFs, with a hint of an FMID
  • Considerations for Long-Running Db2 DDF Transactions
  • User Experiences and Tips
  • News
  • Conferences & Events