Readers' comments (4) 
Posted by Mr. Ganapathi Bhat on 25 August 2009 at 9:24 A must read for beginners.... |
Posted by Mr. Mark Regan on 23 September 2009 at 7:13 Can we have commenting 'turned on' in these Intro Redbooks? I'm taking the System Z courses at my local community college and they are using these Redbook series as the textbooks. So it would be nice to be able to add comments to the softcopy while I have it up on my laptop in class or at home. Thanks, Mark Regan |
Posted by Mr. Steve Conway on 9 October 2009 at 4:58 I'm working thru this text with a college hire. We get to Chapter 5 or so, and start running into references to data sets from which the student needs to copy or run compiles and links using these as source . These data sets are not included with the book or in 'Additional Materials'. Where can I find (and download) these data sets? Cheers,,,Steve Conway |
Posted by Mike Schwartz on 10 October 2009 at 7:15 Hi Steve, Mike provided the datasets and they are now online at: ftp://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG246366/ |
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Publish Date
09 August 2009
Last Update
24 August 2009
Rating:
(based on 4 reviews)
Author(s)
- Mike Ebbers
- John Kettner
- Wayne O'Brien
- Bill Ogden
- Rama Ayyar
- Myriam Duhamel
- Per Fremstad
- Luis Martinez Fuentes
- Miriam Gelinski
- Michael Grossmann
- Olegario Hernandez
- Roberto Yuiti Hiratzuka
- Georg MŸller
- Rod Neufeld
- Paul Newton
- Bill Seubert
- Henrik Thorsen
- Andy R. Wilkinson
Mike Ebbers has worked with mainframe systems at IBM for 32 years. For part of that time, he taught hands-on mainframe classes to new hires just out of college. Mike currently creates IBM Redbooks, a popular set of product documentation that can be found at http://www.ibm.com/redbooks
John Kettner revised the second edition of this text. He is a Consulting Software Architect in the WebSphere sales group. He has 35 years of mainframe experience and holds a BS in Computer Science from L.I.U. His specialties are System z internals, WebSphere product integration, and capacity planning. John has written several Redbooks and contributes to various education programs throughout IBM.
Wayne O'Brien is an Advisory Software Engineer at IBM Poughkeepsie. Since joining IBM in 1988, he has developed user assistance manuals and online help for a wide variety of software products. Wayne holds a Master of Science degree in Technical Communications from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) of Troy, New York.
Bill Ogden is a retired IBM Senior Technical Staff Member. He holds BSEE and MS (Computer Science) degrees and has worked with mainframes since 1962 and with z/OS since it was known as OS/360 Release 1/2. Since joining the ITSO in 1978, Bill has specialized in encouraging users new to the operating system and associated hardware.
Rama Ayyar is a Senior IT Specialist with the IBM Support Center in Sydney, Australia. He has 20 years of experience with the MVS operating system and has been in the IT field for over 30 years. His areas of expertise include TCP/IP, security, storage management, configuration management, and problem determination. Rama holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Myriam Duhamel is an IT Specialist in Belgium. She has 20 years of experience in application development and has worked at IBM for 12 years. Her areas of expertise include development in different areas of z/OS (such as COBOL, PL/I, CICS, DB2, and WebSphere MQ). Myriam currently teaches courses in DB2 and WebSphere MQ.
Per Fremstad is an IBM-certified I/T Specialist from the IBM Systems and Technology group in IBM Norway. He has worked for IBM since 1982 and has extensive experience with mainframes and z/OS. His areas of expertise include the Web, WebSphere for z/OS and Web enabling of the z/OS environment. He teaches frequently on z/OS, zSeries and WebSphere for z/OS topics. Per holds a BSc from the University of Oslo, Norway.
Luis Martinez Fuentes is a Certified Consulting IT Specialist (Data Integration discipline) with Systems and Technology Group, IBM Spain. He has 20 years of experience with IBM mainframes, mainly in the CICS and DB2 areas. He is currently working in technical sales support for new workloads on the mainframe. Luis is a member of the Iberia Technical Expert Council, which is affiliated with the IBM Academy of Technology. Luis teaches about mainframes at two universities in Madrid.
Miriam Gelinski is a staff member of Maffei Consulting Group in Brazil, where she is responsible for supporting customer planning and installing mainframe software. She has five years of experience in mainframes. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems from Universidade S‹o Marcos in Sao Paulo. Her areas of expertise include the z/OS operating system, its subsystems, and TSO and ISPF.
Michael Grossmann is an IT Education specialist in Germany with nine years of experience as a z/OS system programmer and instructor. His areas of expertise include z/OS education for beginners, z/OS operations, automation, mainframe hardware and Parallel Sysplex.
Olegario Hernandez is a former IBM Advisory Systems Engineer in Chile. He has more than 35 years of experience in application design and development projects for mainframe systems. He has written extensively on the CICS application interface, systems management, and grid computing. Olegario holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de Chile.
Roberto Yuiti Hiratzuka is an MVS system programmer in Brazil. He has 15 years of experience as a mainframe system programmer. Roberto holds a degree in Information Systems from Faculdade de Tecnologia Sao Paulo (FATEC-SP).
Georg MŸller is a student at the University of Leipzig in Germany. He has three years of experience with z/OS and mainframe hardware. He plans to complete his study with a Master's degree in Computer Science next year. For this textbook, Georg wrote topics on WebSphere MQ and HTTP Server, coded sample programs, and helped to verify the final sequence of learning modules.
Rod Neufeld is a Senior Technical Services Professional in Canada. He has 25 years of experience in MVS and z/OS system programming. His areas of expertise include z/OS systems software and support, Parallel Sysplex, and business continuance and recovery. Rod holds an Honors Bachelors degree in Science from the University of Manitoba.
Paul Newton is a Senior Software Engineer in the Dallas, Texas, IBM Developer Relations Technical Support Center. He has 25 years of experience with IBM mainframe operating systems, subsystems and data networks. Paul holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Arizona.
Bill Seubert is a zSeries Software Architect in the United States. He has over 20 years experience in mainframes and distributed computing. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Missouri, Columbia. His areas of expertise include z/OS, WebSphere integration software, and software architecture. Bill speaks frequently to IBM clients about integration architecture and enterprise modernization.
Henrik Thorsen is a Senior Consulting IT Specialist at IBM Denmark. He has 25 years of mainframe experience and holds an MS in Engineering from the Technical University in Copenhagen and a BS in Economics from Copenhagen Business School. His specialties are z/OS, Parallel Sysplex, high availability, performance and capacity planning. Henrik has written several IBM Redbooks and other documents and contributes to various education programs throughout IBM and the zSeries technical community.
Andy R. Wilkinson is an IT Specialist in the United Kingdom. He has 25 years of experience in reservation systems and z/OS system programming, and has worked at IBM for six years. His areas of expertise include hardware configuration and SMP/E. Andy holds a degree in Materials Science and Technology from the University of Sheffield and a degree in Computing from the Open University.
ISBN
0738433012
IBM Form Number
SG24-6366-01