CICS and MQ Seminar Coming to a City Near You

An Up-Close Look at CICS TS 3.1 and WebSphere MQ V6

GlassHouse Systems and IBM are teaming up to bring you a technical introduction to the latest releases of CICS TS and WebSphere MQ.  We are very pleased to have two recognized experts to share their knowledge and experience with you:  Steve Zemblowski from IBM and Tony Skinner from GlassHouse Systems.  The relaxed setting will give you the opportunity to meet Steve and Tony and ask questions or discuss the issues that are important to you.

The day has been scheduled with CICS in the morning and MQ in the afternoon. You are welcome to attend both sessions or just come for one.  Either way you will be getting the highest standard of technical education FOR FREE!

Agenda

09:00 - 09:05                             Welcome and Introductions
09:05 - 09:30                             CICS Products Status
09:30 - 10:30                             CICS Transaction Server V3.1 Overview
10:30 - 10:45                             Break
10:45 - 12:00                             CICS Transaction Server V3.1 Technical Overview

12:00 – 12:30                            Lunch

12:30 – 01:45                            Introduction to WebSphere MQ V6
01:45 – 02:00                            Break
02:00 – 03:00                            WebSphere MQ V6 Technical Overview

Dates and Locations

July 11              Seattle                          1200 Fifth Avenue
July 12              San Francisco               425 Market Street
July 13              Glendale                       400 North Brand Boulevard
July 14              Costa Mesa                   600 Anton Boulevard
July 15              Phoenix                        2929 North Central Avenue

July 18              Indianapolis                   9229 Delegates Row
July 19              Chicago                        330 North Wabash Avenue
July 20              Oakbrook Terrace          Two Lincoln Centre
July 21              Milwaukee                     411 East Wisconsin Avenue
July 22              Minneapolis                   650 Third Avenue South

 Registration

To register for this free seminar, please visit www.lightyr.com/cicsmqevent  to enroll; you will receive a confirmation once you have submitted your registration.  

Unable to attend?  If you can’t make it to one of these seminars, we would be pleased to discuss some other ways we might be able to help you.  For example, we could arrange to provide a copy of the presentation materials or schedule a teleconference call with you and your team to cover the specific topics that are of most interest to you.  Simply complete the registration form, and we will contact you to make the arrangements.  GlassHouse is compensated by IBM so this valuable service is available to you at absolutely no cost!

Abstracts

CICS Transaction Server V3.1

CICS----the most successful software product in the information systems industry----is new, improved and enhanced.

Come and hear the very latest news!  CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3 delivers major enhancements in the area of on-demand access to CICS applications, application transformation and enterprise management.  Support for Web Services, new HTTP functionality including outbound support, more OTE exploitation, improved inter-program data transfer, CPSM WUI usability and security enhancements are just a few of the significant new functions in this version.

 WebSphere MQ V6

WebSphere MQ, the de-facto industry standard for reliable, cross-platform messaging that underlies IBM’s Business Integration Broker and Workflow products, recently celebrated its 10^th anniversary.  In June, version 6 becomes available on z/OS, Windows, iSeries, and a range of UNIX variants including AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux, with support for more platform types to follow later in the year.

Come to this session to hear about all the new functions and enhanced features, including:  cross-platform administration using the new Eclipse-based GUI tools on Windows and Linux; monitoring enhancements and statistics gathering; IPV6 support and SSL enhancements; data compression for increased channel capacity; integrated JMS, Publish/Subscribe, and FTP support…

Bios

We are proud to inform you that Steve Zemblowski will be conducting the CICS session. Steve is from IBM’s Advanced Technical Support organization and provides technical support for CICS Transaction Server and the CICS Tools.  Recently Steve has supported the early introduction of CICS TS V3.1 by developing and delivering worldwide education to beta customers and business partners.

Tony Skinner will present the MQ session. Tony provided technical marketing and early installation support for MQSeries across Canada in the 90s, when he worked for IBM.  He has worked with many IBM customers on system design and implementations involving MQ and related products.  Most recently he has been helping clients implement high availability MQ solutions, and plan for migration to V6 from earlier versions of WebSphere MQ.