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General Resources	Programming Languages
CICS, WebSphere MQ	DB2
Operating Systems	System/390
Users Groups	Training

    General Resources

		Redbooks	International Technical Support publications (On line catalog and select excerpts)
		Technical FLASHes	Combined site for WSC and Networking Systems Flashes, tech white papers, FAQs
		Technical Support	Problem solving Databases, Corrective Service, etc. (IBM)
		IBMLink	WWW access point for IBMLink
		CBT Tape Site	Collection of freeware/open-source code for MVS and OS/390 developers
		Archived Articles	Articles from Xephon publications: MVS Update, CICS Update, VSAM Update, ...
		Applicat'n Development	App development & data mgmt software:   ISPF, DFSORT, IMS, WebSphere MQ, .
		MVSforums	Help Boards and Technical FAQs on Programming Languages, CICS, JCL, ...
		Mainframe Manuals	Exhaustive list of IBM's mainframe manuals, plus a few from ISVs
		Eric Loriaux's Links	Eric's compendium of useful web resources about MVS, VM, VSE, ...
		Other MVS Pages	Bruce Gillispie's list of personal MVS pages: Mark Zelden, David Alcock, ..
		Murphy's laws, etc.	A French slant, by Thierry Falissard, an unrepentant mainframer in Paris
		Mainframe Dictionary	A dictionary of mainframe terms and acronyms (Software Diversified Services

 

Mainframe Manuals

A portal for mainframe Links

    Programming Languages

 

		Reference Material	Links, tutorials,.. for mainframe and web languages (The American Programmer)
		High Level Assembler	High Level Assembler for MVS/VM/VSE and HLASM Toolkit;  and the Library
		Assembler Coding	Hints and Tips, with sample code (Les Smith). Also at KMS-IT Limited
		SimoTime	Library material: Assembler Connection, COBOL Connection, VSAM ...
		IBM COBOL Family	About VisualAge/COBOL, COBOL for z/OS, etc.  See also the Library
		COBOL manuals	IBM bookshelves for COBOL
		The COBOL Center	Well arranged set of pointers to COBOL-related information, also COBOL Books
		COBOL User Groups	COBUG - a full fledged portal for COBOL resources: forums, program examples, ..
		Language Environment	LE Home Page, also the Library, and SHARE Presentations (require Acrobat Reader)
		Java 2 on z/OS	Java 2 Technology Developer Kit for z/OS, now for V5
		Java Discussions	Java technology discussion forums and Newsgroups (IBM's developerWorks)
		CAO4	A new OS/390 System Programming language (CAO4 AG, Zurich-Dietikon, Switzerland)
		Perl for S/390	Archive of articles from perl-mvs@perl.org - at Max-Planck-Institut, Munich
		PL/I	Home Page of the PL/I product family
		REXX	REXX Language page at IBM Hursley
		NetRexx	Blend of REXX and Java to enable REXX programmers to create Java code

 

  CICS, WebSphere MQ, ..

		Transaction Systems	A jump-off point for info from IBM on CICS, WebSphere MQ, IMS, etc.
		CICS Home page	Info about CICS Transaction Server on all platforms;  Also Support
		WebSphere and TS	WebSphere Application Server for z/OS
		CICS WebSphere	CICS/COBOL development using WebSphere Studio Developer (Hursley)
		CICS publications	IBM bookshelves for CICS.  Also:  Library.  And TS V2.2 PDFs
		CICS Tips	CICS Tips & Tricks (at the web site of ADS)
		CICS-L	Searchable CICS List articles (University of Georgia)
		CICS Newsletters	An archive of CICS newsletters, at Bob Yelavich's web site
		CICS-to-Net	Notes on CICS Internet Connectivity (Crossland Consulting)
		WebSphere MQ	News, case studies, whitepapers, etc., about MQSeries.  Also Using MQ

 

  DB2

 

		DB Management	A jump-off point for info on DB2, Java/JDBC for DB2, Tech Library, Net.Data, ...
		DB2 for z/OS	Now shipping: DB2 Universal DB for z/OS Ver 8. See Availability and Service
		Data Mining	Intelligent Miner for Data for OS/390
		DB2 OLAP Server	OnLine Analytical Processing with DB2 OLAP Server for OS/390
		DB2 Manuals	IBM bookshelves for DB2, for various platforms. Also:  Library
		DB2 Magazine	Online issue, 1st Quarter 2006
		German language Site	A German language DB2 site (Gernot Ruban)

 

  Operating Systems

		OS/390	V2.9, focus on E-business, better UNIX support. See Xephon Industry News
		z/OS	The 64-bit OS, "the next generation of the OS/390", for zSeries 900 machines
		OS/390 Library	Web accessible Library of OS/390 material.   See also V2.9 publications
		Abend Codes	Common MVS System Abends, and brief explanation of each (Lightning Solutions, UK)
		ISVs Compatibility	Info about compatibility of vendor products with z/OS. Also: OS/390
		UNIX System Services	OS/390 UNIX System Services, part of standard OS/390. See also:  Library
		TPF Home Page	Transaction Processing Facility and the The Airline Control System (ALCS)
		TPF Docs	Manuals for Transaction Processing Facility V4R1. See also TPF Library
		VM/ESA, z/VM	Home page of VM operating system
		VSE/ESA	Home page of VSE/ESA.  See also: WAVV, World Alliance of VSE and VM
		VSE	Mailing/Discussion List and Resources for VSE - VSE-L (Wayne Mery)
		IBM HTTP Server	HTTP Server for OS/390 V1.3, "Pwered by Apache; Tivoli ready"

   System/390

		zSeries Servers	Home page of  "the Integrated Platform for e-business on zSeries". Also: Library
		eServer Magazine	Mainframe edition subscription.  See also:  The Mainstream e-newsletter
		G5/G6 Servers	Feb 2000 announcement of new features & functions. See Xephon's news report
		Parallel Sysplex	Configuration assistant, CF structure sizer, etc.
		Mainframe Skills	Looming scarcity of mainframe skills (Computerworld, August 1)
		zNextGen	Developing young talent in mainframe computing (Computerworld, August 25)
		Cobol Veterans	About Legacy Reserves, a resource for retired COBOL programmers (Computerworld)
		z9 Mainframe	A revitalized mainframe environment? (The Register, Jul 26)

   Users Groups

		SHARE	Next conference: August 13 - 18, 2006, in Baltimore, Maryland
		DB2 Users Groups	List of UGs at International DB2 Users Group, IDUG
		CICS Users Groups	List of UGs at Pacific CICS Users Group, PCICSUG
		VM User Groups	VM User Groups around the world
		VM and VSE	WAVV, World Alliance of VSE and VM