SHARE CICS Project Openingand

Product UpdateSteve Ware, UF, Kathy Tyrrell, IBM Session 1022, SHARE 112March 2, 2009 (Mon.), 9:30amHilton Third Floor Salon C

http://nersp.cns.ufl.edu/~sfware/share112/s1022sfw.pdf (Updated: 02-11-2009)

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Abstract

If you want the inside information on what is happening this week in the CICS Project, this is the session for you. During the first half of the session, the CICS Project Manager will give a brief description of the project and its organization. The schedule for the week will be discussed and other items of interest highlighted. Please join us in kicking off another information-packed week at SHARE.

During the last half of this session, an IBM representative from the Hursley Laboratory will discuss recent announcements in the CICS family of products and provide a brief review of the CICS Product family.

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Steve's Disclaimer

Standard disclaimers apply. Any opinions expressed are the opinion of the author only. Any mentioned brand names, trademarks, registered trademarks, service marks, etc., are the exclusive property of their owners. No warranties are either expressed or implied, your mileage may vary, etc.

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Steve's Agenda/Topics

• Introduction

• SHARE Session Administrivia

• About the SHARE CICS Project

• CICS Celebrations

• Follow the Yelavich Road

• Q-Box, Prizes and Giveaways, CICS Grid, Surveys, SCIDS

• SHARE CICS Project Top 5 Survey

• CICS Sessions Notes

• Future SHARE Conferences

• CICS Product Family Update - Kathy Tyrrell, IBM

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Introduction

Welcome to SHARE 112 in Austin, TX, "The Live Music Capital of the World®".

The CICS Project is chartered to provide an exchange forum for users of the IBM CICS family of products and their ancillary services. The goals of this project include providing the membership with technical education, keeping them informed of new developments within the CICS family of products, promoting dialogue between members and IBM and among the membership itself, and submitting requirements and papers to IBM on technical needs and business directions in the CICS product line.

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SHARE Session Administrivia

• No Smoking

• Wear your SHARE badge during all SHARE sessions

• Silence all phones, pagers, watches, computers, etc.

• Return completed forms and surveys (except session evaluation forms) to FORMS box in the front of the CICS sessions room

• Please fill out the SHARE session evaluation form for each session, and turn in to a SHARE CICS Project ribbon wearer as you exit

• If you are interested in actively participating in the SHARE CICS Project, please discuss with project ribbon wearers

• Visit the SHARE CICS Project site at http://www.share.org/cics

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SHARE CICS Project Organization

• Project Co-Managers: - Barry Brooks (Barry is retiring after this SHARE) - Steve Ware

• Deputy Project Managers: - Larry Trollope (Administration) - Tom Harper (Futures) - Lisa Fellows (Requirements)

• IBM CICS Representatives: - Kathy Tyrrell, Hursley Development - Leigh Compton, Dallas Advanced Technical Support - Ed Addison, Raleigh Level 2

• Project Officers: Susanne Branson, Russ Evans, Henry Fogwill, Ivan Gelb, Gene Hudders, Gene Linefsky, Geoffe Payne, Dennis Pherigo, Glenn Schneck

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CICS Celebrations

• At this SHARE, we're celebrating the 35th anniversary of the SHARE CICS Project

• Be sure to attend session 1030 at 4:30pm, when Barry Brooks presents "SHARE CICS Project - 35 Years and Still Going Strong"

• At the next SHARE (SHARE 113 in Denver), we're celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the IBM CICS Product

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Follow the Yelavich Road

• Bob Yelavich, the "Godfather of CICS", passed away on January 18, 2009 - a moment of silence, please

• We miss you Bob, but we'll still "Follow the Yelavich Road"

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Q-Box, Prizes and Giveaways, CICS Grid, Surveys, SCIDS, Oh my!

• Don't miss the CICS Question Box (Q-Box) and Pot Luck session #1072 Thur. @ 4:30pm - IBMers on the "hot seat", prizes (drawings from "Top 5" survey forms - must be present to win!), giveaways?, fun and educational for all!

• Put Q-Box questions in the Q-Box box at the front of the room

• You should have a SHARE CICS Project Attendee grid handout and Top 5 survey form

• SCIDS - Evening Receptions - look for the CICS Road Runner (our mascot)

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SHARE CICS Project Top 5 Survey

• Please fill out early this week and place in FORMS box at front of CICS sessions room, or give to any project ribbon wearer

• Used in planning our future agendas

• SHARE 112 in Austin (current) survey results presented at the CICS Q-Box this Thur. @ 4:30pm, session 1072

• SHARE 111 in San Jose (prior) survey results presented at this session (any moment now) - 46 surveys were tallied - thanks to all that participated (41 surveys @ SHARE 110 in Orlando)

• Special thanks to Larry Trollope for all the work involved in tabulating and processing the surveys

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Presentation Topics

PRESENTATION SHARE 111

SHARE 110

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Performance and Tuning 23 20 50% 49%

New Release Information 22 24 48% 59%

Release Upgrade User Experience 14 11 30% 27%

CICSplex SM 12 10 26% 24%

CICS Web Services (HTTP/XML/SOAP)

11 10 24% 24%

User Testing / Experiences 11 10 24% 24%

Threadsafe Coding Techniques 11 5 24% 12%

Installation and Customization 10 12 22% 29%

CICS TCP/IP Services Interface 9 9 20% 22%

Monitoring and Statistics 9 8 20% 20%

Problem Determination (IPCS, VSAM Web Ser )

8 10 17% 24%

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Presentation Topics (cont.)

CICS DB2 Interface 7 10 15% 24%

Dynamic Transaction Routing (DTR)

7 8 15% 20%

24 Hour / Extended Operations 7 6 15% 15%

CICS Coding Techniques 7 6 15% 15%

CICS VSAM Interface 7 4 15% 10%

VSAM Record Level Sharing (RLS) 7 1 15% 2%

CICS Support for Parallel Processing

6 3 13% 7%

CICS MQ Series API 5 3 11% 7%

CICS Web Support (CWS/HTTP) 4 6 9% 15%

CICS WEB/TCP API 4 5 9% 12%

CICS Channels and Containers 4 5 9% 12%

User Exits - GLUES / TRUES 4 3 9% 7%

Intro To CICS 4 1 9% 2%

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CICS Platforms

CICS Platforms SHARE 111

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CTS 3.1 28 32 61% 78%

CTS 3.2 26 18 57% 44%

CTS 2.3 11 16 24% 39%

CTS 2.2 4 7 9% 17%

ESA 4.1 3 4 7% 10%

VSE 3 4 7% 10%

CTS 1.x 2 3 4% 7%

CLIENTS 0 3 0% 7%

CTS-VSE 5 3 11% 7%

TxSeries 2 3 4% 7%

Tx Linux 0 0 0% 0%

CICS for NT 0 0 0% 0%

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Web Enabling Software

Web Software SHARE 111

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CICS Web Support-CWS/HTTP 16 19 35% 46%

Web Services-SOAP/XML 16 16 35% 39%

CICS Sockets Native z/OS 15 21 33% 51%

3270 Bridge 4 7 9% 17%

HOD/HATS 4 2 9% 5%

EJB 1 5 2% 12%

IIOP 0 0 0% 0%

TOTAL SURVEYS RETURNED 46 41 46 41

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Development Tools

Development Tools SHARE 111

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TSO/SPF 37 38 80% 93%

Rational Application Developer

10 1 22% 2%

WebSphere Developer for Z 9 6 20% 15%

Eclipse SDK 7 2 15% 5%

Other (XDB) 3 0 7% 0%

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Development Languages

Languages SHARE 111

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COBOL 39 36 85% 88%

ASSEMBLER 30 25 65% 61%

JAVA 11 9 24% 22%

PL1 11 7 24% 17%

C++ 8 5 17% 12%

REXX 7 7 15% 17%

C 7 4 15% 10%

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CICSPlex/SM Components

CICSPLEX SHARE 111

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WLM 15 10 33% 24%

WUI 13 9 28% 22%

RTA 9 3 20% 7%

API 7 5 15% 12%

BAS 5 7 11% 17%

MON 5 3 11% 7%

SSI 2 1 4% 2%

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CTG Usage

CTG SHARE 111

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CTG- S390 V6 9 8 20% 20%

CTG- S390 V7 5 7 11% 17%

CTG-NON-S390 V6 4 5 9% 12%

CTG-NON-S390 V7 3 2 7% 5%

CTG- S390 V5 1 0 2% 0%

CTG-NON-S390 V5 0 2 0% 5%

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MQ/WebSphere Usage

MQ Websphere SHARE 111

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MQSeries S/390 25 28 54% 68%

WebSphere Non-S/390 12 6 26% 15%

MQSeries Non-S/390 11 13 24% 32%

WebSphere S/390 9 17 20% 41%

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Specialty Processors

Specialty Processors SHARE 111

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ICF - Coupling Facility 20 16 43% 39%

zIIP - DB2 16 14 35% 34%

zAAP - Java 13 9 28% 22%

IFL- Linux 11 7 24% 17%

ICSF - Crypto 10 9 22% 22%

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SHARE CICS Sessions Notes

• We think we've put together a great agenda, and hope you can make it to all of the CICS sessions - but if that's not the case, here are some thoughts to help you plan your week - with some previously mentioned

• Interested in CICS futures? Don't miss sessions 1026 and 1028 this afternoon starting at 1:30pm

• Be sure to add session 1060, Wed. @ 6pm, "Debugging CICS Storage Violations in CICS TS" presented by Gene Hudders - this session is missing from your grid handout, but is in the SHARE pocket guide

• Don't forget that our grid handout is 2-sided - we have 3 CICS labs this week - all Wed. afternoon

• We hope you can stay through Fri. with 3 great sessions

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Future SHARE Conferences

• SHARE 113 in Denver Conference & Technology Exchange Expo August 23-28, 2009 Denver Convention Center Denver,CO

• SHARE 114 in Seattle, WA February, 2010

• SHARE 115 in Boston, MA August, 2010