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Daylight Saving Time changes effect on CICS Transaction Server

pcs305 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:30:00 -0500

For many countries Daylight Saving Time (DST) changes the last Sunday in October or the first Sunday in November. You would like to understand the impact that the DST time change has on CICS® Transaction Server. You would also like to know when DST will begin and end in your country, and the action that you will need to take.

MERVA PTFs for SWIFT SR2008 changes

pcs305 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:12:00 -0500

MERVA PTFs supporting the message changes for the SWIFT MT Standards Release 2008 (SR2008).

Venezuela Time Zone Changes: Information for Tivoli Workload Scheduler

pcs305 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:59:00 -0500

The government of the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela has announced a change to the time zone for the country, which to date has typically observed South America Western Standard Time. According to current official reports, the start date for new time zone is projected to occur on December 9, 2007. When customers move to the new time zone, clocks will move backwards 30 minutes, from UTC -4:00 to UTC -4:30. This change begins at 11:59:59 PM local time on the start date. Clocks should be moved back to 11:30:00

z/TPF Maintenance Updates - 10/15/08

pcs305 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:11:00 -0500

APARs have been added to z/TPF maintenance on the Web.

TPF Maintenance Updates - 10/08/08

pcs305 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:06:00 -0500

APARs have been added to TPF maintenance on the Web.

Announcing the availability of iFix04 for Rational Functional and Rational Manual Tester 7.0.1.2

pcs305 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:55:00 -0500

This technote announces the availability of iFix04 for IBM® Rational® Functional Tester (RFT) and Rational Manual Tester (RMT) 7.0.1.2.

Additional IBM Education Assistant modules are now available for CICS TS V3.2

pcs305 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:30:00 -0500

IBM® Education Assistant (IEA) is a collection of multimedia educational modules designed to help you gain a better understanding of IBM products and use them more effectively to meet your business requirements. CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS® (CICS TS) V3.2 IEA modules on installation, system management, and programming that include both voice and text were delivered earlier this year. Additional IEA modules on system management, programming, and technical overviews are now available.

Education: Join Webcast on CICS Web Services Problems and Pitfalls

pcs305 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:34:00 -0500

On 12 June 2008 at 11:00 AM EST, a WebSphere® Support Technical Exchange presentation on CICS® Web Services Problems and Pitfalls will be delivered by Charlie Wiese, a subject matter expert. An open question and answer session will follow the presentation.

CICS PM V1.2 compatibility with CICS TS and z/OS

pcs305 — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:57:00 -0500

You would like to know if CICS® Performance Monitor (PM) V1.2 is compatible with CICS Transaction Sever for z/OS® V2.3 and V3.1. You would also like to know if CICS PM V1.2 is compatible with z/OS V1.4 and V1.7.

CICS Transaction Server V2.2 End of Support announcement

pcs305 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:14:00 -0500

CICS® Transaction Server for z/OS® (CICS TS) V2.2 was withdrawn from support 30 April 2008. This document contains a link to the Software service discontinuance announcement letter and product replacement information.