A few more ideas: 1. IBM provides a little bit of free "hands on" access to CICS and IMS through the IBM Z Trials Program, available here:
https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/resources/trial These hands on exercises are for specific functional areas of the two products. 2. If you are a qualified student then you can sign up for the free Master the Mainframe Learning System. The Learning System is kept online almost year round, and I believe it offers CICS and IMS installations for self-study exploration. Students can also optionally compete in the Master the Mainframe Contest which uses the same system. https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/education/master-the-mainframe 3. Education is one of the authorized uses in the IBM Z Development and Test Environment's license, so that's another choice -- get a proper IBM Z DTE license (or licenses) then self-study in groups or individually. https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/z-systems-development-test-environment 4. Have you checked the IBM Training Web site? There are plenty of course listings, including upcoming classroom courses in several countries. Here's the main landing page: https://www.ibm.com/training -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
