Ezriel Gross
Contributor
Ezriel Gross is a principal solutions advisor for Rocket Software, specializing in IBM CICS tools. He was formally the CEO of Circle Software (acquired by Rocket Software in 2018), where he specialized in hands-on classes and consulting in CICS, Db2 and MQSeries. Ezriel was a Gold Consultant for many years and is currently an IBM Champion. His specialties include web services, web support, performance/tuning, monitoring, internals, CICSPlex SM, DevOps and Liberty as they relate to CICS. He recently co-architected the Rocket CProf product, a tool that captures CICS trace without running in a CICS region.
Performance Implications for CICS Applications Using COBOL Version 6
August 2, 2023
Rocket Software’s Ezriel Gross highlights a methodology for CICS problem analysis and performance tuning—and shares how it led to a 92% savings in CPU for a heavily used transaction
ArticlesWhat Makes CICS, a Mixed Language Application Server, So Special?
August 10, 2020
CICS® has been around since 1969 and still continues to flourish as a mixed language application server today. Primarily running on mainframes, also known as an IBM Z®, CICS does run in limited forms on other platforms, as well. As an application server, it is used to host applications that can be written in several […]