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Xephon's monthly technical journal covering z/OS, OS/390 and MVS. Older issues, including published code, are available for free download.
www.xephon.com
Help Boards and Interview Q&A provide moderated technical questions and answers in forums divided along subject lines.
www.mvshelp.com
Books, education, technical reports, freeware and links of interest to those who support z/OS.
www.rizzuto.it
The next IBM z/OS and OS/390 annual technical conference. Focusing first and foremost on performance issues, 4.5 days.
www.ibm.com
Provides z/OS-based mainframe application concepts, techniques and examples, with special emphasis on integration with the Internet. Hosted by a California consulting firm.
www.simotime.com
On August 9, 1972, D.A. Jardine wrote this humorous obituary for Operating System/360 (OS/360), the original ancestor of z/OS.
ldworen.net
Both links and original material covering common programming problems in the z/OS environment. By Canadian Bill Lalonde.
www.members.tripod.com
Vanguard Enterprise Security Expo
Annual security conference intended for organizations using RACF, but covering non-mainframe-specific topics, such as smart cards and digital certificates.
www.go2vanguard.com
Cheryl Watson specializes in z/OS tuning. This site offers access to some of her free reports and details on how to acquire her chargeable materials, including her Tuning Newsletter, CPU chart, classes on video, and BoxScore and GoalTender software.
www.watsonwalker.com
ASU IT FYI: Arizona State University On-line Mainframe MVS/TSO Help
Detailed usage information on a broad range of commonly-used z/OS software. Some is specific to ASU's academic mainframe.
www.asu.edu
Xephon's monthly technical journal covering DB2, predominantly in z/OS, but also other platforms. Older issues, including published code, are available for free download.
www.xephon.com
North Carolina State University: z/OS
The NCSU Administrative Computing Services mainframe overview, with detailed ISPF, IOF and ftp usage instructions.
www.acs.ncsu.edu
SDSF and ISPF Quick Reference Guides
Introductory information on using SDSF and ISPF, showing the actual screens you will see. In Adobe Acrobat .pdf format from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Safe Drinking Water Information System/Federal Version (SDWIS/FED).
www.epa.gov
GSU: Georgia State University IS&T Help Center Services
Includes step-by-step instructions to create and compile COBOL and FORTRAN programs on the z/OS mainframe.
www.gsu.edu
University of Georgia Mainframe
Detailed usage information for z/OS JCL, TSO, ISPF and z/OS Abend codes.
www.eits.uga.edu