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The CCR2 Interview: IMS 10 experts Rich Lewis and Suzie Wendler talk integration, manageability and scalability
IMS was released nearly 40 years ago, but with continuous evolution it remains state-of-the-art technology today. The progression continues with the most recent enhancements in IMS integration, manageability and scalability, shared in this interview with experts Rich Lewis and Suzie Wendler.

A practical guide to implementing OMEGAMON XE for IMS on z/OS
IBM's Carol So presents best practices for IMS monitoring based on an informal survey of OMEGAMON XE for IMS users. Read her recommendations for using the Tivoli® Enterprise Portal versus the Classic Interface in the context of the most common user scenarios for realtime monitoring, problem diagnosis and resolution, historical data collection, and reporting. She also takes a look at product tuning considerations.

Making IMS backup and recovery more efficient
Generations of database administrators have used change accumulation for IMS database recovery. But it doesn't offer the fastest recovery, and as databases and enterprises grow, change accumulation becomes resource intensive. Bob Magid, IMS Tools Lead Architect, shares recent IBM test data that reveals compelling reasons to reconsider your recovery strategy.

Ready for reuse: IMS applications and data in SOA
IMS technology eases integration, making IMS participation in Service Oriented Architecture environments easy as well. Barbara Klein explains how IMS’s readiness for SOA can help you reuse valuable business assets – again and again.

Smart, fast online reorganization keeps your IMS databases running 24x7
Do your IMS databases need to run 24x7? That doesn't leave much time for the reorganization required for top performance. Learn from Janet Leblanc how IMS Online Reorganization Facility for z/OS® V1.2 can shrink your outage window to just a minute or two – on your schedule.

Speed Tivoli OMEGAMON deployment with IBM QuickStart Services
IBM Software Services for Tivoli can help you plan, and quickly install and configure, IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON solutions using best practices. Urs Schwarzenbach discusses new and updated QuickStart Services for Tivoli OMEGAMON solutions.

New tutorial: Create COBOL programs and Web services without writing code
Join Reginaldo Barosa, Executive IT Specialist, as he takes you through a 45 minute tutorial on how to generate COBOL from UML, create a z/OS DB2 table, and deploy CICS® services. Also learn how wizards can help you generate COBOL and JCL assets without writing any code.

Banca March gains flexibility, boosts system performance, expands business
To optimize the performance and stability of its DB2® data server, Banca March implemented a suite of IBM DB2 tools and Tivoli and Rational software. The benefits were many: it increased the capacity and performance of the bank’s database system; boosted IT efficiency with database management tools; and enabled the company to compete effectively with larger banks.

The evolution of DB2 application development
In this white paper, expert Jim Wankowski explores the progression of DB2 application development over the last three decades. This paper covers DB2 programming trends and solutions for maximum application performance in today's development environment.

Service management for CICS with System z tools
It’s a common IT scenario: Fewer resources, higher expectations and seemingly impossible goals. If you’re charged with improving CICS efficiency and availability while planning for Web services implementation, don’t let the challenge overwhelm you. With the right tools, you and your team can not only reach but exceed your goals.

WebSphere Portal: An on-ramp to a Service Oriented Architecture
Merging onto the SOA superhighway may seem more daunting than navigating the LA freeway system, but the value SOA delivers – flexibility, responsiveness and a simplified, standardized IT infrastructure – is undeniable. Here are best practices for getting up to speed faster than your competitors, and executing business processes with composite applications.

Enhance business resilience with IBM Data Continuity
An enterprise is only as successful as its data management. According to Forrester Research, today's enterprises make ongoing use of an average of 59 terabytes of data, and that number is expected to grow 20% to 30% each year over the next five years. Will the technologies and processes you have in place today meet tomorrow's data continuity requirements?

IBM Tivoli empowers growing mid-market businesses with best-in-class solutions
Those in the growing mid-market face the same basic challenges as their peers in larger enterprises. That's because core IT issues – security, systems management, data backup/recovery – affect any size business. But you don’t have to be a large enterprise to enjoy enterprise-grade functionality with the reliable, scalable and secure IBM Tivoli solution portfolio.

IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files is easiest to use, says PC World
With IBM Tivoli CDP for Files, you can continuously back up crucial corporate data on file servers and transiently connected machines. On top of that, PC World recently called its interface the slickest and the easiest to use in its recent roundup of CDP programs. Read the review and download it now.

IBM Rational Jazz to bring new levels of collaboration, innovation and productivity to software delivery
CEOs are calling for innovation. But how? In software delivery, innovations in collaboration and visibility are changing the way commercial software is developed. Learn how the new IBM Rational® Jazz project and other collaborative efforts and offerings are helping development teams improve agility, productivity and efficiency as they create more innovative software.

Read the IMS Newsletter – because the world depends on IT
Check this site to read the latest issue of the IMS Newsletter, or browse through past issues. Subscribe to the IMS Newsletter and receive hardcopy mailings three times a year, at no charge. Send an e-mail requesting a subscription to imsmkt@us.ibm.com.

“Understanding Table Spaces and Locking Levels” – Download the e-book today
Does every programmer working with DB2 for z/OS know about table-space and table locks? In this new e-book from DB2 Magazine, Bonnie Baker cracks open the mysteries surrounding different locking levels. This printable, downloadable e-book explains the ins and outs of the DSNZPARMs that control locking, and covers timeouts, lock escalation, lock upgrades, deadlocks, index-only locking contention, and more.

IBM unveils IBM Information Server for System z
At last month’s Information on Demand Conference in Las Vegas, IBM announced that its Information Server software platform has been extended to bring new scalability, information consistency and performance to IBM System z™ customers, providing new flexibility to perform information integration directly on the mainframe.

z/VSE evolving to support modern mainframe applications
IBM announced that the z/VSE™ mainframe operating system is being updated to help address customer needs for scalability, security and integration. z/VSE V4.2 is designed to support growing mainframe applications and drive stronger investment protection. The announcement came at a special international meeting of the GUIDE SHARE EUROPE (GSE) mainframe user group.

Unleash the power of mainframe assets with Smart SOA – November 14
Attend this Webinar with Scott Hebner, VP of IBM Rational Marketing and Strategy, for an overview of Enterprise Modernization. Accompanying Scott is Charles Chu, Director of IBM Rational Enterprise Tools, who will discuss how to extend core business processes to modern architectures such as SOA and Web technologies – and deliver business improvements that stand the test of time.

The power of IMS SOA solutions
This Webcast is one in a series on the latest technology in IMS 10. Gain a better understanding of how IMS solutions for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) can help you efficiently leverage technologies.

Migrating to IMS 10
In this session, you’ll learn how IBM streamlined the migration process from IMS V8 and V9 systems to IMS 10.

z/OS Version 1 Release 9 for your demanding data serving
IBM System z has long been the premier data server and with the new release of z/OS, it just got better. z/OS Version 1 Release 9 offers enhancements to a wide range of functionality including security, networking, scalability, availability.

Kick your FTP habit: Making z/OS file transfer more reliable and secure
IBM’s file transfer solution, a combination of IBM WebSphere® MQ for z/OS and MetaStorm PM4Data, can help you manage, secure and audit z/OS file transfers, and even adapt your batch processes to the real-time world. This Webcast is based on a recent CCR2 article.

"Did you say mainframe?!" podcasts – IBM experts discuss important mainframe-related hardware and software issues
Listen to IBM's Paul Kettley as he talks to the experts and discovers how IBM, with the help of a great product range, is revitalizing the mainframe as the platform of choice for modern, secure, services-based infrastructures, such as SOA.

Save the date for Pulse 2008 – The Premier Service Management Event
IBM has announced its first ever global conference. IBM Pulse 2008 will bring together IBM’s rich heritage, valued Tivoli customers and business partners, leading industry experts and thought leaders, and more. Hear more in a special invitation from Al Zollar, and mark your calendar now for Pulse 2008 – May 18-22, Orlando, Florida.