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Welcome to the CICS Hub


Welcome! We have provided CICS resources and links that would be helpful whether you write your CICS programs in COBOL, PL/I, java, EGL, or Assembler.
Please feel free to create documents and add content which would be informative to the community. If you have any suggestions, email us at cafe@us.ibm.com
What is CICS?
CICS (Customer Information Control System) is the worlds favorite online transaction processing platform (OLTP) from IBM that, together with the COBOL  programming language, has formed over the past several decades the most common set of tools for building customer transaction applications in the world of large enterprise mainframe computing. A large number of "legacy" applications still in use are COBOL/CICS applications, with customers having an enormous inventory of CICS programs (estimated to be trillions of dollars in value). Many of the world's largest enterprises continue to develop and enhance CICS applications.

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Murach's CICS Desk Reference Title: Murach's CICS Desk Reference

Description: This book is another bestseller providing you with information that will help you work faster and better as you develop CICS/COBOL applications.

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CICS TS V4.1 upgrade plans This year - 2009 (33%) Next year - 2010 (67%) 2011 or later (0%) Votes 3 - Full Results

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CICS News

CICS Configuration Manager V2.1 is now Generally Available. Read announcement letter or visit web page

CICS Performance Analyzer V3.1 is now Generally Available. Read announcement letter or visit web page

CICS Transaction Server V4.1 is now generally available. Read announcement letter or visit web site

Forthcoming Events

ibm system z expo. the world is getting smarter. october 5-9, 2009, orlando, florida

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