Virtual CICS User Group

The Virtual CICS user group is free to its members.

We are pleased that IntelliMagic, Broadcom, and Data Kinetics Ltd are able to help us maintain the independence and existence of this user group.

Sponsorship opportunity

If you would also like to co-sponsors the Virtual CICS user group, please contact us.

The user group has been in existence since 2007 and is well-respected among users of IMS. The user group gives its sponsors an opportunity to show that they are working with, and helping to build, the IMS user community.

Currently, the user group meets six times a year with a presentation filling most of the meeting. In the other months, members receive a newsletter. And there is a Facebook page, a Twitter feed, and a LinkedIn group keeping members up-to-date with information about new products or product updates, and articles about IMS.

Welcome to the Virtual CICS user group

The Virtual CICS user group is an independently-operated vendor-neutral site run by and for the CICS user community.

The Virtual CICS user group was established as a way for individuals using IBM's CICS TS systems to exchange information, learn new techniques, and advance their skills with the product.

This Web site provides a central point for coordinating periodic meetings (which contain technically-oriented topics presented in a webinar format), and provides articles, discussions, links, and other resources of interest to IBM CICS practitioners. Anyone with an interest in CICS is welcome to join the Virtual CICS user group and share in the knowledge exchange.

Next Virtual Meeting

November 14, 2023 | 10:30am CDT
CICS and recovery

CICS recovery provides the fundamental support for successful transaction processing. This presentation will discuss the concepts of recovery, and how they are applied within a CICS environment. It will talk about the relationships between transactions, units of work, logstream data and syncpoint processing. The various types of CICS restart will be considered, along with the actions CICS has to complete for both dynamic transaction backout and emergency restarts. We will discuss the different ideas within commit processing, and see how CICS manages its log data written to the z/OS Logger.

Andy Wright

IBM Master Inventor

Future Virtual Meetings

January 9, 2024
TBA

Todd Havekost
Intellimagic

February 12, 2024
TBA

Virtual CICS User Group

The Virtual CICS user group is free to its members.

We are pleased that IntelliMagic, Broadcom and DataKinetics are able to help us maintain the independence and existence of this group.

Sponsorship opportunity

If you would also like to co-sponsors the Virtual CICS user group, please contact us.

Currently, the user group meets six times a year with a presentation filling most of the meeting. In the other months, members receive a newsletter. And there is a Facebook page, a Twitter feed, and a LinkedIn group keeping members up-to-date with information about new products or product updates, and articles about CICS.