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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: Free Webinar This Wednesday: Web Services for the Jurassic Age http://search390.com/r/0,,5096,00.htm?ClientSoft =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. FEATURED CICS TIP - Practice safe threads 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Tip: CICS' Open Transaction Environment - Best Web Links: System Software - Expert advice: How much memory is consumed by CICS? - Discussion: Forced to use e-business and WebSphere? - Poll: Should you have someone monitoring information security? ___________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: ClientSoft Free Webinar This Wednesday: Web Services for the Jurassic Age: Building Web services from CICS and IMS applications Join ClientSoft on August 21st at 2pm EDT for a 1-hour Webinar showcasing Web services and legacy systems. Provide direct integration to your mission-critical host based systems by creating Web services. Register today! http://search390.com/r/0,,5096,00.htm?ClientSoft ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PRACTICE SAFE THREADS | by Jim Keohane If you think "compare and swap" refers to activities of swinging, suburban semi-married couples, then you have read one too many of Jim's tips. Actually it's a technique, usually implemented in hardware, for safe concurrent updating of shared storage which is required to get the OTE performance boost. See suggested COBOL, C and S/390 assembler code examples. >> CLICK for the full tip: http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci845371,00.html Got a CICS tip of your own? We'll post it on our Web site, where all your friends and contemporaries can see it. And, as a bonus, we'll enter you in our tips contest. http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid10,00.html Love this tip? Send us an email to let us know: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS :::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CICS' Open Transaction Environment | by Jim Keohane OTE (Open Transaction Environment) usually corresponds with Java/JVM or DB2 performance. A CICS task can now be tagged "threadsafe" meaning it can run under a CICS open TCB. So why not have transactions running under open TCBs in CICS regions without JVM and without DB2 for a little performance boost? Check out this tip for more on open TCBs. >> CLICK for full tip: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci838561,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BEST WEB LINKS | System Software There are some programs that are crucial to running your system. They are more than applications, but not a complete operating system; we've classified them as "System Software." Check out "CICS/Transaction Monitors" in this Best Web Links section for the latest in transaction processing. >> CLICK for Best Web Links: http://search390.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid10_tax1451,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW MUCH MEMORY IS CONSUMED BY CICS? | by Robert Harris Dear Ask the Expert, I read your answer about CICS overhead. I have the same question in regards to combining regions. How can I tell how many MIPS and how much memory is consumed by just being a region? >> CLICK for Robert's answer: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid485468_tax289214,00.html >> CLICK for Robert's response on CPU burned by CICS as overhead: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid483929_tax289214,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM DISCUSSION FORUMS | Developer Are you being forced to use e-business and WebSphere? This question was recently posted in the Developer discussion forum: "Price for COBOL V3R1 is about 30% more compared with COBOL V2R2. I know the base price for COBOL is very low so it's not a big issue. But we've also seen such an increase for other products like CICS and DB2. We have seen better price-policies for OS systems like z/OS.e or Linux/390, but in terms of our main business applications, the price is growing very fast. Will IBM force us to use e-business and Websphere?" What are your thoughts? Click to post a response: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff7/581 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390.com Do you think your company should have someone dedicated to monitoring information security? >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::: SEARCH390.COM CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::::::::: BJ RAMA, Site Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your original articles and best practices. ROBYN LORUSSO, Assistant Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your tips and Best Web Links. DAVID GABEL, Executive Tech Editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send me your technical tips and tip ideas. 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