Problem Analysis and Performance Tuning for CICS CICS Problems whether they are related to performance or transaction failures can in some cases be easily remediated in the short term but getting to the root cause of the problem and creating a permanent fix, so they no longer occur, can be quite a bit more difficult. […]

Db2 12+ and 13 for z/OS Database Design and Application Performance: Features and Usage With every new release of Db2 we look to see what features will allow us to improve the capabilities and performance of our existing applications as well as the availability of our data. We also have to plan to utilize new […]

What does IBM Z Cyber Vault mean for an IMS environment With both internal and external cyber-attacks on the rise, customers must deal with adherence to government regulations, fines for non-compliance, and most importantly negative publicity and customer impact if an attack does occur. While most customers have disaster recovery plans in place, recent events […]

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 […]