Using CICS Artifacts to Build Web Service APIs CICS applications are still responsible for "running the business" in many major organizations. In this presentation with a live demo, participants will see how to reuse, without change, existing CICS transactions, programs, and/or data to build a web service. James Alexander will demonstrate how you can quickly […]
Db2 Level Up Join us for an enlightening event as we explore the intricacies of Db2 Upgrades and shed light on the often encountered phrases such as "Code level," "Catalog level," "Function-level," "Application compatibility level," and "Connect level." These terms can often raise concerns among DBAs and developers regarding their impact on the Db2 subsystem […]
System z (Mainframe) as the Enterprise Information Server Build a Dedicated z/OS EIS LPAR for Information-as-a-Service for AI, ML, and Analytics This presentation describes enabling the mainframe for providing production data for use by Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Analytics by building a dedicated data sharing LPAR to serve as the Enterprise Information Server with […]
IMS Connect Reimagined: Leveraging SQL to Access IMS Data in Today's Digital Ecosystem Step into the modern era of IMS by modernizing IMS Connect to support newer technologies and architectures, such as cloud computing, RESTful APIs, and microservices. Join us for a comprehensive overview of setting up environments optimized for both JAVA and PYTHON programming […]
Driving Down Database Development Dollars Application developers and database administrators alike are under constant pressure to drive down costs and reduce CPU cycles. This talk suggests some technical tips and cultural changes to Developers, DBAs, and Operations, to address this ubiquitous challenge facing mainframe enterprises world-wide. Presented by: Marcus Davage | Lead Product Developer, BMC […]
Enhanced Analysis Through Integrating CICS and Other Types of SMF Data Continuing the theme from last January's session on enhancing CICS analysis from SMF data, this session will expand beyond CICS Transaction and Statistics data and examine ways CICS analysis can be enhanced through integration with SMF data from other components across the z platform. […]
Virtual IMS User Group Meeting featuring Steve Nathan! Sponsored by BMC
CICS Interdependency Analyzer (aka CICS IA for z/OS) is a runtime tool for use with CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, that can be used to collect data related to transaction affinity, resource dependency and command flow. CICS IA plugin for CICS Explorer is an intuitive front end to visualize and explore the collected data. CICS […]
Regulatory and industry standards press for more and more safety around customer and company data. The Pervasive Encryption model with IMS datasets requires some planning. IMS is unique in many ways and keeping the IMS Infrastructure safe is as important as keeping its databases safe. This session discusses IMS data, logging, and utility use from […]
Many organizations already leverage automated DevOps practices for distributed applications, and now many are looking to include z applications in the pipeline. For CICS, developers manage source code and the executable modules, but the systems programmers typically manage the related CICS resource definitions. This separation between the code and resource definitions creates issues when incorporating […]
With a nod to Dr. Suess, this presentation discusses a few Db2 best practices based on experiences I've encountered during my consulting career. It takes a look at actual scenarios (without naming names) to explore situations that can arise in any organization. Some of the things covered include RUNSTATS, RID failures, lock escalation, and more. […]
