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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
    1294 Topics
    7939 Posts
    Last post by WillLamers View the latest post
    Thu May 05, 2022 1:57 am
  • CLIST & REXX
    IBM's Command List programming language & Restructured Extended Executor
    747 Topics
    5031 Posts
    Last post by Pedro View the latest post
    Sat Apr 23, 2022 10:39 pm
  • PL/I
    IBM's cross-platform compiler PL/I for MVS, VM & VSE, OS/390 and Enterprise PL/I for z/OS
    114 Topics
    579 Posts
    Last post by prino View the latest post
    Mon Mar 21, 2022 8:18 pm
  • Assembler
    High Level Assembler(HLASM) for MVS & VM & VSE
    241 Topics
    2002 Posts
    Last post by JimStout View the latest post
    Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:46 pm
  • Natural
    Software AG's platform-independent programming language with full support for open-source and Internet applications
    83 Topics
    345 Posts
    Last post by sergeyken View the latest post
    Sun May 01, 2022 11:26 pm
  • 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
    196 Topics
    1029 Posts
    Last post by pavan426 View the latest post
    Thu Sep 09, 2021 12:17 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...
    1469 Topics
    8899 Posts
    Last post by willy jensen View the latest post
    Wed May 18, 2022 10:42 pm
  • CICS
    Support for CICS/ESA, CICS/TS & Transaction Gateway, CICS Configuration Manager and CICS Performance Analyzer
    513 Topics
    2194 Posts
    Last post by socker_dad View the latest post
    Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:10 pm
  • TSO & ISPF
    TSO Programming, ISPF, SDF, SDSF and PDF, FTP, TCP/IP Concepts, SNA & SNA/IP etc...
    554 Topics
    3185 Posts
    Last post by David2k8 View the latest post
    Thu Apr 07, 2022 11:01 am
  • 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
    923 Topics
    3743 Posts
    Last post by minosubb View the latest post
    Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:23 pm
  • VSAM/SMS
    Help for IBM's record-oriented filesystem VSAM, ESDS, KSDS, RRDS, LDS and Storage management Subsystems
    287 Topics
    1672 Posts
    Last post by enrico-sorichetti View the latest post
    Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:23 pm
  • IMS DB/DC
    IBM's hierarchical database management system with a Database Manager (IMS DB) and a Transaction Manager(IMS DC)
    162 Topics
    716 Posts
    Last post by Isakshields View the latest post
    Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:05 am
  • 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
    1305 Topics
    7458 Posts
    Last post by ssbylzh View the latest post
    Sat May 21, 2022 5:10 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...
    179 Topics
    854 Posts
    Last post by enrico-sorichetti View the latest post
    Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:00 pm
  • File-AID
    Compuware's data management products: File-AID for IMS, File-AID/MVS, File-AID for DB2 and DBA-XPERT for DB2
    76 Topics
    329 Posts
    Last post by socker_dad View the latest post
    Wed May 04, 2022 12:59 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.
    165 Topics
    631 Posts
    Last post by Supernuvo View the latest post
    Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:51 pm
  • Syncsort/Synctool
    Support for NetApp SyncSort for z/OS, Visual SyncSort, SYNCINIT, SYNCLIST and SYNCTOOL
    640 Topics
    4086 Posts
    Last post by sergeyken View the latest post
    Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:12 pm
  • 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...
    141 Topics
    662 Posts
    Last post by JIMDOOEY View the latest post
    Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:48 am
  • Mainframe Security
    All about SAF, RACF, encryption, Firewall, Risk assessment and integrity concepts
    124 Topics
    578 Posts
    Last post by Blackthorn View the latest post
    Fri Feb 11, 2022 9:49 pm
  • System programming
    Ask about System customization & performance, Workload management, I/O device configuration etc.
    158 Topics
    728 Posts
    Last post by danik56 View the latest post
    Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:59 am
  • All other Mainframe Topics
    Post anything related to mainframes (IBM & UNISYS) if not fit in any of the above categories
    330 Topics
    1633 Posts
    Last post by mehi1353 View the latest post
    Wed May 11, 2022 2:04 pm
  • Simulators & Emulators
    Discuss about all tools related to Mainframes but usable in a PC/Computer like Mainframe Simulators, Emulators, Abend Assist etc...
    72 Topics
    286 Posts
    Last post by suriPCOMM View the latest post
    Tue Aug 31, 2021 5:33 am
  • 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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