The Virtual IMS user group is an independently-operated vendor-neutral site run by and for the IMS user community.
The Virtual IMS user group was established as a way for individuals using IBM's IMS hierarchical database and transactional processing system 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 IMS practitioners. Anyone with an interest in IMS is welcome to join the Virtual IMS user group and share in the knowledge exchange.
The Virtual IMS user group is free to its members.
Much like BMC sponsors the IMS Listserv, so our user group needs support. We are pleased that Fundi Software is able to help us maintain the independence and existence of this group.
12 June 2012, 10:30 Central Daylight Time
At the next virtual user group meeting, GT Software's Dusty Rivers will discuss "Modernizing IMS".
Click here to register for this webinar.
The meetings take place at 10:30 CST (which 16:30 GMT), and 10:30 CDT (which is 15:30 GMT) during Daylight Saving Time. Because Summer Time and Daylight Saving Time start and end dates differ in different countries, take care to get online for the meeting at the correct local time!
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The latest User Group newsletter is available for download. The contents include information about future meetings and dates, a round-up of the latest IMS-related news, and recent IMS articles.
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The newsletter is also available in flipbook format here.
Earlier issues are available here.
We've formed an open user group on LinkedIn, where you can keep up-to-date with all the latest IMS and user group news, and also start your own discussion. Click on the icon to find the group and join.
And you can now find out what's going on in the IMS world and with this user group by following us on Twitter or finding us on Facebook. Just click on the icons and follow the links.
If you're an IMS user then the Tools page on this Web site contains a list of all the software that runs alongside IMS.
If you're a vendor, then please make sure that the information about your software is complete and up-to-date.
A complete list of Tools available to IMS professionals can be found here.
GT Software has announced Version 4.4 of Ivory Service Architect, which includes a new IMS/TM Application Wizard that speeds up the delivery of Web services.
CA Technologies announced a new release of its CA Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management (CA CE APM). Included in the display are over 90 metrics for DB2 for z/OS, end-to-end IMS for z/OS, and the mainframe network.
The March/April of z/Journal contains an article entitled "Cutting Costs on z/OS With WebSphere MQ and IMS" by Ben Johnson, Pete Siddall, & Jack Yuan.
The March/April of z/Journal contains an article entitled "Piloting IMS Through the 21st Century" by John McKenny.
The 2012 edition of the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook was published in January. Click here to visit the download page. The Yearbook is available in PDF format and is completely FREE.
Do you have a hot topic in mind that you think other IMS users would like to hear about? Know of a dynamic speaker who can educate and entertain? Send us a note!
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