IBM mainframe dominance is mixed opportunity

Submitted by pcs305 on Mon, 2010-05-10 12:18
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Let's face it, IBM is the mainframe market. The big question is to what extent the company can exploit its dominant market position to squeeze maximum revenue out of its customers for as long as possible.

Latest version of CICS Explorer and CICS Tools plug-ins for CICS TS V4.1 or V3

Submitted by pcs305 on Fri, 2010-04-30 07:46
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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. Corresponding updates to the CICS tools plug-ins for the CICS Explorer are also now available.

Redbooks - CICS Explorer

Submitted by pcs305 on Thu, 2010-04-29 23:00
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IBM® Customer Information Control System (CICS®) Explorer™ is the new face of CICS Integration point for CICS tooling with rich CICS views, data, and methods. Are you looking for new ways to accelerate the transfer of knowledge, skills, and best practices to the next generation of technical staff and experts? Do you need to maintain productivity and protect service-levels? CICS Explorer and System z® lead the way to platform simplification. IBM CICS Explorer™ has a common, intuitive, Eclipse-based environment for architects, developers, administrators, system programmers, and operators.

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 Comeback is too strong a word, but mainframes no longer look that outdated.
Read complete article at The Economist

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!

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