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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
    1286 Topics
    7900 Posts
    Last post by sergeyken View the latest post
    Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:29 am
  • CLIST & REXX
    IBM's Command List programming language & Restructured Extended Executor
    739 Topics
    4966 Posts
    Last post by golemis View the latest post
    Thu May 27, 2021 8:30 pm
  • PL/I
    IBM's cross-platform compiler PL/I for MVS, VM & VSE, OS/390 and Enterprise PL/I for z/OS
    110 Topics
    565 Posts
    Last post by grasshopper View the latest post
    Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:17 am
  • Assembler
    High Level Assembler(HLASM) for MVS & VM & VSE
    235 Topics
    1962 Posts
    Last post by OldProgrammer View the latest post
    Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:55 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
    195 Topics
    1028 Posts
    Last post by savitha_y View the latest post
    Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:02 am
  • Mainframe Java
    Support for Java SE, EE & ME, JVM, JNI, JDBC, EJB, JFC, JPDA, JAAS,JCE, JAXP, XML and Java API.
    44 Topics
    208 Posts
    Last post by Terry Heinze View the latest post
    Mon Jul 26, 2021 7:09 pm
  • JCL
    JES, JES2, JCL utilities, IDCAMS, Compile & Run JCLs, PROCs etc...
    1452 Topics
    8827 Posts
    Last post by sergeyken View the latest post
    Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:11 am
  • CICS
    Support for CICS/ESA, CICS/TS & Transaction Gateway, CICS Configuration Manager and CICS Performance Analyzer
    504 Topics
    2178 Posts
    Last post by enrico-sorichetti View the latest post
    Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:18 pm
  • TSO & ISPF
    TSO Programming, ISPF, SDF, SDSF and PDF, FTP, TCP/IP Concepts, SNA & SNA/IP etc...
    554 Topics
    3181 Posts
    Last post by Pedro View the latest post
    Sun Jul 25, 2021 8:56 pm
  • WebSphere MQ
    Support for MQSeries and Websphere Message Oriented Middleware communication systems for z/OS
    58 Topics
    211 Posts
    Last post by danik56 View the latest post
    Thu Sep 17, 2020 10:21 am
  • DB2
    IBM's flagship relational database management system
    916 Topics
    3725 Posts
    Last post by kaverimanoj View the latest post
    Wed May 26, 2021 4:37 pm
  • VSAM/SMS
    Help for IBM's record-oriented filesystem VSAM, ESDS, KSDS, RRDS, LDS and Storage management Subsystems
    284 Topics
    1668 Posts
    Last post by samb01 View the latest post
    Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:34 pm
  • IMS DB/DC
    IBM's hierarchical database management system with a Database Manager (IMS DB) and a Transaction Manager(IMS DC)
    161 Topics
    713 Posts
    Last post by RajaniSiddineni View the latest post
    Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:48 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
    1298 Topics
    7429 Posts
    Last post by Prasanna G View the latest post
    Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:07 am
  • 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...
    176 Topics
    850 Posts
    Last post by samb01 View the latest post
    Thu Jan 28, 2021 2:54 pm
  • File-AID
    Compuware's data management products: File-AID for IMS, File-AID/MVS, File-AID for DB2 and DBA-XPERT for DB2
    75 Topics
    325 Posts
    Last post by chaat View the latest post
    Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:09 am
  • 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
    132 Topics
    520 Posts
    Last post by socker_dad View the latest post
    Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:53 am
  • 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.
    164 Topics
    630 Posts
    Last post by jobschubse View the latest post
    Wed May 19, 2021 11:29 am
  • Syncsort/Synctool
    Support for NetApp SyncSort for z/OS, Visual SyncSort, SYNCINIT, SYNCLIST and SYNCTOOL
    637 Topics
    4062 Posts
    Last post by sergeyken View the latest post
    Tue Jun 29, 2021 1:18 am
  • Application Testing
    Discuss about QA in Mainframe, Back-End Test, Offline code testing and Testing Tools
    18 Topics
    79 Posts
    Last post by enrico-sorichetti View the latest post
    Sat Jun 06, 2020 3:43 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...
    139 Topics
    660 Posts
    Last post by enrico-sorichetti View the latest post
    Sun Apr 04, 2021 7:42 pm
  • Mainframe Security
    All about SAF, RACF, encryption, Firewall, Risk assessment and integrity concepts
    123 Topics
    576 Posts
    Last post by zosser View the latest post
    Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:25 am
  • System programming
    Ask about System customization & performance, Workload management, I/O device configuration etc.
    155 Topics
    710 Posts
    Last post by csakil View the latest post
    Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:58 pm
  • All other Mainframe Topics
    Post anything related to mainframes (IBM & UNISYS) if not fit in any of the above categories
    328 Topics
    1629 Posts
    Last post by socker_dad View the latest post
    Sat May 08, 2021 3:35 am
  • Simulators & Emulators
    Discuss about all tools related to Mainframes but usable in a PC/Computer like Mainframe Simulators, Emulators, Abend Assist etc...
    71 Topics
    285 Posts
    Last post by enrico-sorichetti View the latest post
    Sat May 29, 2021 11:57 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
    2 Topics
    20 Posts
    Last post by prino View the latest post
    Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:05 pm

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