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Understanding CICS Performance: How SMF 110 Turns Symptoms Into Evidence

Understanding CICS Performance: How SMF 110 Turns Symptoms Into Evidence

by Uwe Graf | Jun 25, 2026

How monitoring and statistics data turn performance symptoms into evidence When something slows down in a CICS environment, the conversation often starts with a phrase every systems programmer (sysprog) has heard before: "CICS feels stuck." The problem with that...

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Understanding and overcoming common CICS challenges

Understanding and overcoming common CICS challenges

by Phil Buckellew | Jul 23, 2025

IT environments are increasingly complex to manage, and overburdened administrators are tasked with refining them, keeping them secure, and preventing downtime.Mainframes are critical to that infrastructure, as they process and store billions of transactions worth of...

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