The return of the mainframe: Back in fashion

Submitted by pcs305 on Fri, 2010-01-15 15:48
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GEEKS may roll their eyes at the news that Namibia is only now getting its first mainframe—a technology that most consider obsolete. Yet the First National Bank of Namibia, which bought the computer, is at the leading edge of a trend. Comeback is too strong a word, but mainframes no longer look that outdated.
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Laid-Off!

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So I've been laid-off due to a company merger. My last day of work was Friday, October 30th 2009, but I was walked out the door Tuesday the 27th of October. Me and what I suspect was about 300 to 400 other employees. It was one of those things that you know was going to happen after the merger was announced but when it came it was still a big shock.

The month before Christmas and the month of Christmas is not a good time to be laid of. If you look on the job boards you will see that CICS System Programming openings are few and far between and you can almost count them on one hand!

Mainframe CICS Monitoring Revolution Underway

Submitted by MOFSADMIN on Tue, 2009-12-01 07:25
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Today, 1st December 2009, Matter of Fact Software launched PlexSpy Application Status Monitor.

PlexSpy is set to revolutionise the support processes surrounding CICS on the mainframe.

VSAM read error

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Hi,

In my first BLOG i would like to discuss the difficulties i'm facing.

every one's suggestion,advise and solution are mostly welcome. i would like to receive all of you valuable
suggestion on CICS and VSAM.

I need a solution for problem i'm facing with VSAM key with CICS.

i'm facing this problem since last 1 yr.for which i'm not being able
to sleep properly in night.If any one helps me or little advise how to
process then i'll be ever grtful.

Here is the problem:

i've a software name MVS workbench.

CICS Explorer 1.0.0.2 is now available for CICS TS V4.1 or V3

Submitted by pcs305 on Mon, 2009-10-12 10:57
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If you are a licensed user of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) V4.1, or CICS TS V3, you can now download an updated version of the IBM CICS Explorer. Version 1.0.0.2 provides various bug fixes so you should install it at your earliest convenience. It also provides CICS System Definition (CSD) support to the CICS Explorer for CICS TS 4.1. Updates to the CICS tools plug-ins for the CICS Explorer are also now available.

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