IBM WebSphere System z Software Podcasts

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Series: Did you say mainframe?!

ibm podcast. Welcome to the "Did you say Mainframe?!" Podcasts! Listen to your host from the WebSphere System z Software team talk to the experts to discover how IBM, with the help of a great product range, is revitalizing the mainframe as the platform of choice for modern services-based infrastructures, such as Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

WebSphere System z Software Podcasts series

CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V5.1 open beta

Hear all about the CICS TS V5.1 open beta from Fraser Bohm and Matt Whitbourne

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Developer Trial CICS TS V4.2

Hear Matt Whitbourne and Andy Bates talking about the new no-cost trial version of CICS TS 4.2.

Visit the Developer Trial pages

GenApp support pack

Andy Bates Hear from Stewart Smith and Matt Whitbourne about how the new GenApp support pack. What it is and how can it help you and your business.

System Events in CICS TS V4.2

Stewart Smith Hear from Andy Armstrong about the new event processing functionality in CICS TS V4.2 and how systems events can give you up to date information.

Smarter Banking with CICS Transaction Server

Nigel Williams Hear about how you can unlock business data in CICS core banking systems using the new Web 2.0 and business events support in CICS TS V4.1.

Download the IBM Redbooks publication Smarter Banking with CICS Transaction Server

CICS TS V4.1 WLM Sysplex Optimised Workloads

Hear Dave Williams, a Senior Developer in the CICSPlex SM development team, describe about how Sysplex Optimisation addresses dynamic routing problems across Parallel Sysplexes, and the performance gains that can result from it.

Maintaining Service Level Agreements with CICS dynamic workload management

Listen to Paul Johnson from CICS Worldwide Development at IBM Hursley in the UK explain how the CICSPlex SM component has been adapted to exploit the coupling facility in order to smooth and further improve application throughput, whilst maintaining a highly available application environment.

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Achieving Business Resilience with the new capabilities introduced with CICS TS 4.1

Listen to Paul Johnson from CICS Worldwide Development at IBM Hursley in the UK explain how we enhanced the CICS application development experience in collaboration with our colleagues at Rational.

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Integrated Event Processing with CICS 4.1

Listen to Catherine Moxey from the CICS Worldwide Development Team at IBM Hursley in the UK explain how easy it is to get business events out of your CICS applications with CICS TS Version 4.1.

CICS and ILOG Synergy

Listen to Daniel Donnelly from the WebSphere ILOG Synergies Team at IBM Hursley in the UK explain why business rules are important and how the ILOG BRMS capabilities can be readily applied to COBOL applications running in CICS.

Compete, Comply, and Control with CICS Transaction Server V4.1

In this podcast, Nick Garrod will explain the new functionality in CICS TS V4.1, and how this new version can provide value for your business. Learn how producing events out of CICS for consumption into Dashboard products can help Business Analysts monitor and react to business changes and fluctuations, how web 2.0 style development can take place using your existing and new CICS programs, and finally, the CICS Explorer and the new face of CICS.

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CICS Events Demo (WMV, 27.7MB, 00:06:49)
CICS Explorer demo: Debugging a CICS Web service
CICS Explorer demo: Installing a defining an application inside the CICS Explorer (MP4, 6.10MB, 00:03:05)

CICS Transaction Server Dynamic LIBRARY Support

In this podcast Catherine Moxey, technical leader based in the CICS development team at IBM Hursley, will explain the new support for dynamic program LIBRARY management in CICS Transaction Server V3.2, which allows you to introduce new WebSphere applications into CICS without restarting the CICS region.

CICS Events for WebSphere Business Events SupportPac

In this podcast, Catherine Moxey talks about how CICS events for WebSphere Business Events enables CICS Transaction Server to produce events for consumption by event processors such as WebSphere Business Events.

CICS Transaction Server and the technology drops that have occurred since the availability of V3.2

In this podcast, Nick Garrod talks about the latest technology drops for CICS V3.2

CICS and Web 2.0

In this podcast, Peter Havercan talks about the new way of using the World Wide Web that has come to be known as Web 2.0, and the new Web function in CICS.

Strategic options for extending CICS to an SOA

In this podcast, Mark Cocker talks about how CICS applications and the information they manage are critical to many businesses today. You will hear how CICS and System z continue to provide the most robust and efficient platform to meet businesses' most demanding needs.

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CICS and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository - Why is it important to your SOA deployment

CICS was the first product to issue support for WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (WSRR), indeed this support was from day one. In this Podcast you will hear about why CICS, web services and WSRR are important to your SOA deployment from a CICS Technical Specialist, Martin Cocks, and why you should download the free SupportPac, CA1N.

CICS Transaction Server, a Robust Platform for Java

CICS first foray into Java was way back in CICS TS v2.1 days, at the beginning of the Millennium and things have moved on since then. Hear about these changes and improvements from a senior CICS Technical Specialist, Scott Clee, and why CICS is now a Robust Platform for Java.