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E-BooksMainframe Master Innovations: Automation and Mainframe Compliance
July 20, 2026
Articles
Solving a Six-Decade-Old Problem
August 7, 2026
Many of the world’s most critical business applications run as CICS transactions against VSAM files. Banks depend on that combination for ATMs and teller systems, insurers for claims, airlines for reservations, manufacturers for inventory control, and governments for tax filings. These applications work. They are fast, proven, and full of business rules nobody wants to […]
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SYSB-II: Turning Nightly Downtime into a Competitive Advantage
November 10, 2025
If you run on IBM Z, you may still stop CICS overnight so batch jobs can update VSAM files. That pause is a habit, not a requirement. SYSB-II removes the trade-off between fresh data and uninterrupted access: batch updates VSAM while CICS remains open, preserving integrity and predictable response times. The Value in One Paragraph […]
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