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  • IBM Cobol
    Support for OS/VS COBOL, VS COBOL II, COBOL for OS/390 & VM and Enterprise COBOL for z/OS
    1265 Topics
    7798 Posts
    Last post by RalphEagle View the latest post
    Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:03 pm
  • CLIST & REXX
    IBM's Command List programming language & Restructured Extended Executor
    722 Topics
    4827 Posts
    Last post by enrico-sorichetti View the latest post
    Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:10 pm
  • PL/I
    IBM's cross-platform compiler PL/I for MVS, VM & VSE, OS/390 and Enterprise PL/I for z/OS
    106 Topics
    545 Posts
    Last post by gokulNmf View the latest post
    Thu Jul 04, 2019 7:34 pm
  • Assembler
    High Level Assembler(HLASM) for MVS & VM & VSE
    227 Topics
    1907 Posts
    Last post by steve-myers View the latest post
    Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:06 am
  • Natural
    Software AG's platform-independent programming language with full support for open-source and Internet applications
    82 Topics
    341 Posts
    Last post by Angeltor View the latest post
    Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:22 am
  • C, C++
    Help for C/C++ for MVS, OS/390 C/C++, z/OS C/C++ and C/C++ Productivity Tools for OS/390
    88 Topics
    440 Posts
    Last post by enrico-sorichetti View the latest post
    Fri Aug 30, 2019 5:15 pm
  • CA-Easytrieve
    Unicenter CA-Easytrieve Plus Report Generator: CA's information retrieval and data management tool
    192 Topics
    1021 Posts
    Last post by HarryBoy View the latest post
    Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:40 pm
  • Mainframe Java
    Support for Java SE, EE & ME, JVM, JNI, JDBC, EJB, JFC, JPDA, JAAS,JCE, JAXP, XML and Java API.
    43 Topics
    192 Posts
    Last post by pavandeeps View the latest post
    Mon May 06, 2019 9:53 pm
  • JCL
    JES, JES2, JCL utilities, IDCAMS, Compile & Run JCLs, PROCs etc...
    1413 Topics
    8615 Posts
    Last post by samb01 View the latest post
    Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:18 pm
  • CICS
    Support for CICS/ESA, CICS/TS & Transaction Gateway, CICS Configuration Manager and CICS Performance Analyzer
    497 Topics
    2163 Posts
    Last post by Robert Sample View the latest post
    Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:05 am
  • TSO & ISPF
    TSO Programming, ISPF, SDF, SDSF and PDF, FTP, TCP/IP Concepts, SNA & SNA/IP etc...
    545 Topics
    3098 Posts
    Last post by Blackthorn View the latest post
    Fri Oct 04, 2019 7:17 pm
  • WebSphere MQ
    Support for MQSeries and Websphere Message Oriented Middleware communication systems for z/OS
    57 Topics
    210 Posts
    Last post by pranav283 View the latest post
    Fri Dec 07, 2018 9:41 am
  • DB2
    IBM's flagship relational database management system
    897 Topics
    3666 Posts
    Last post by samb01 View the latest post
    Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:15 pm
  • VSAM/SMS
    Help for IBM's record-oriented filesystem VSAM, ESDS, KSDS, RRDS, LDS and Storage management Subsystems
    276 Topics
    1630 Posts
    Last post by steve-myers View the latest post
    Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:20 am
  • IMS DB/DC
    IBM's hierarchical database management system with a Database Manager (IMS DB) and a Transaction Manager(IMS DC)
    158 Topics
    704 Posts
    Last post by Poha Eater View the latest post
    Thu Jul 11, 2019 5:21 pm
  • IDMS/ADSO
    Programming support for IDMS(Integrated Database Management System), IDD, IDMS-DC & ADS/Online
    24 Topics
    98 Posts
    Last post by chenna View the latest post
    Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:56 pm
  • Adabas
    Software AG's high-performance Real-time data base management system for mainframe
    3 Topics
    12 Posts
    Last post by Maxime B View the latest post
    Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:52 pm
  • DFSORT/ICETOOL/ICEGENER
    IBM's flagship sort product DFSORT for sorting, merging, copying, data manipulation and reporting. Includes ICETOOL and ICEGENER
    1270 Topics
    7276 Posts
    Last post by Robert Sample View the latest post
    Mon Sep 30, 2019 11:43 pm
  • Language Environment
    Support for C, C++, COBOL, PL/I, Fortran and assembler applications' runtime Environment LE.
    18 Topics
    86 Posts
    Last post by Dave View the latest post
    Thu Jan 28, 2016 8:42 pm
  • IBM Debug Tool
    Support for IBM Debug Tool, Utilities and Advanced Functions
    18 Topics
    55 Posts
    Last post by enrico-sorichetti View the latest post
    Sat Sep 15, 2018 6:06 pm
  • Other IBM Tools
    Ask queries about other IBM Tools like Tivoli, COBTEST, Fault Analyzer, z/OS File Manager, Workload Simulator, APA, SCLM, Merge & Migration Tools etc...
    174 Topics
    842 Posts
    Last post by NicC View the latest post
    Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:40 pm
  • File-AID
    Compuware's data management products: File-AID for IMS, File-AID/MVS, File-AID for DB2 and DBA-XPERT for DB2
    74 Topics
    322 Posts
    Last post by Robert Sample View the latest post
    Fri Oct 06, 2017 5:04 pm
  • Abend-AID
    Queries about Compuware’s Debugging Tools: Abend-AID for COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, CICS, DB2, IMS and IDMS
    14 Topics
    59 Posts
    Last post by Robert Sample View the latest post
    Thu Jan 14, 2016 6:26 pm
  • Xpediter
    Compuware's QA & Impact Analysis Tools: Xpediter/CICS , Xpediter/TSO, Xpediter/DB2, Xpediter/Xchange, Xpediter/IMS
    27 Topics
    103 Posts
    Last post by Robert Sample View the latest post
    Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:30 am
  • ChangeMan ZMF
    Serena's Software Change Management utility:Changeman ZMF: Application change, upgrade control and LifeCycle Management
    32 Topics
    125 Posts
    Last post by NicC View the latest post
    Sun Jul 28, 2019 1:12 pm
  • Panvalet
    AllFusion CA-Panvalet for z/OS and OS/390: Centralized library management, Program management and security system
    7 Topics
    21 Posts
    Last post by chinatrain99 View the latest post
    Fri Aug 14, 2015 6:15 pm
  • CA-7
    Unicenter CA-7 Job Management: CA's workload automation tool for managing, visualizing, automating, optimizing applications
    130 Topics
    517 Posts
    Last post by atfubar View the latest post
    Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:30 pm
  • CA-11
    CA's Workload Automation Restart & Tracking tool to eliminate restart errors and speed up recovery times
    7 Topics
    16 Posts
    Last post by Robert Sample View the latest post
    Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:35 pm
  • All Other Tools
    All other tools like QACenter, Strobe, Endevor, Telon, APAS, Scheduler, Auditor, DATA-XPERT, CoolGen, Intertest, AdvantageGen, COBTEST etc.
    163 Topics
    627 Posts
    Last post by tra_hansen View the latest post
    Thu May 09, 2019 4:11 am
  • Syncsort/Synctool
    Support for NetApp SyncSort for z/OS, Visual SyncSort, SYNCINIT, SYNCLIST and SYNCTOOL
    625 Topics
    4008 Posts
    Last post by steve-myers View the latest post
    Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:54 am
  • Application Testing
    Discuss about QA in Mainframe, Back-End Test, Offline code testing and Testing Tools
    17 Topics
    77 Posts
    Last post by NicC View the latest post
    Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:18 am
  • ABENDS & SQL Codes
    Get solution for your ABEND Codes & System Error Messages, SQL Codes, File Status etc...
    52 Topics
    318 Posts
    Last post by expat View the latest post
    Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:00 pm
  • Operating Systems
    IBM OS/370, MVS, OS/390, Linux, TPF, VM/CMS, VM/ESA, VSE/ESA, z/VM, z/VSE, z/OS, z/OS.e etc...
    135 Topics
    636 Posts
    Last post by tchen40 View the latest post
    Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:05 pm
  • Mainframe Security
    All about SAF, RACF, encryption, Firewall, Risk assessment and integrity concepts
    117 Topics
    557 Posts
    Last post by Elakkiya View the latest post
    Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:35 pm
  • System programming
    Ask about System customization & performance, Workload management, I/O device configuration etc.
    150 Topics
    702 Posts
    Last post by kevinf2349 View the latest post
    Sun Aug 25, 2019 8:28 am
  • All other Mainframe Topics
    Post anything related to mainframes (IBM & UNISYS) if not fit in any of the above categories
    319 Topics
    1601 Posts
    Last post by Robert Sample View the latest post
    Fri Oct 18, 2019 6:27 pm
  • Simulators & Emulators
    Discuss about all tools related to Mainframes but usable in a PC/Computer like Mainframe Simulators, Emulators, Abend Assist etc...
    70 Topics
    283 Posts
    Last post by Garry F Carroll View the latest post
    Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:57 pm
  • Member Contributions
    Share latest IT News & Product Releases, Mainframe and Computer Industry watch...
    1 Topics
    1 Posts
    Last post by Anuj Dhawan View the latest post
    Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:00 am
  • PC Optimization & Downloads
    Tips & Tricks for PC Optimization and tweaks, Freeware and shareware downloads related to mainframes
    3 Topics
    23 Posts
    Last post by prino View the latest post
    Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:05 pm

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