CICS Training in New York
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its introduction in the 1970’s, CICS has evolved from macro
level coding and legacy
COBOL,
PL/1,
Assembler Language,
Fortran,
and
RPG
programming languages to
CICS web enablement
inclusive of proprietary and open source APIs and integration with SOA: Service Oriented
Architecture. There are a hundred
million plus lines of CICS code which have to be maintained and retrofitted to
meet the competitive
requirements of 21st century information technology. There are few
software or consulting companies, which know CICS and
teach CICS courses better than SYS-ED. Our collective expertise in CICS application design, coding, debugging, and systems
programming spans the onset of the modern era of data processing and provides the
been there done that experience to teach the IBM mainframe systems software skillset to
a new generation of IT personnel. We worked on several sizable first
generation CICS projects, when the source code and program logic was
available; it no longer is. This knowledge provides us with a unique insight
to explain and draw diagrams which teach why the software works or in some
case doesn’t work as it should. That is why
IBM,
Fortune 1000
/ multinational
companies,
government municipalities, and
healthcare
providers have used SYS-ED instructors to teach their current generation of
software developers. Bottom line, our “educational consultancy” courses are
essential for maintaining an existing CICS system and
integrating CICS to web enablement technologies. Our CICS trainers include a unique collection of mainframe technologists and text book authors: Victoria Albanese, Robert Blumfeld, Michael Haupt, Pacifico Lim, Karen Schwartz, Linda Bliden, David Silverberg, and Jonathan Clarke. Their application design, sample programs, exercises, and application prototyping served as a foundation for quality CICS training. This courseware has been updated to include consultancy assignments and new releases of the software up to CICS Transaction Server. SYS-ED's CICS lesson plans, courseware, and training aids are highly regarded in information technology. They reflect the insights and examples that can only be created by experienced systems consultants who have a mastery of the CICS architecture and cross system skills with multiple operating systems: z/OS, z/VSE, z/VM, Linux, and Solaris. Educational Consultancy
in CICS
SYS-ED's hands-on CICS training provides the framework for learning how to code, debug, and web enable CICS programs. They explain how traditional CICS applications can utilize thread-safe file and journal commands and take advantage of the OTE: open transaction environment. With thread-safe programming a single region can do more things at once and achieve greater throughput and save CPU which may mean workload consolidation for systems programming staff. We also highlight the changes that have been made to CICS which support open standards. CICS Transaction Server supports WSDL: Web Services Description Language V2 and CICS will continue to interoperate with other SOA tools and environments. The course workshops demonstrate how web services support the SOAP MTOM: Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism and XML XOP: Optimized Packaging. These services streamline web message processing by including large binary objects as attachments, instead of being embedded in the stream itself. When IT professionals complete a SYS-ED CICS course, they have the documentation, training aids, skeleton programs, and supervised hands-on experience to code and debug CICS programs. A value added component to a SYS-ED CICS course is the educational consultancy we can provide. Case and point, if your organization outsourced its CICS coding and program maintenance to consulting companies in the 1980’s, it more than likely was SYS-ED which trained many of the consultants who did the actual design and coding! And due to popular demand, our CICS and mainframe courses are now available in a distance- and e-learning format. |
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Few consulting or training companies have been providing CICS training services longer or conducting better CICS courses and CICS training programs than SYS-ED. Our courseware library consists of student hand-outs, training aids, documented walkthroughs, and industry-specific exercises. Our long-term strategy is to have our courseware approved and recognized as a NRV: Nationally Recognized Vendor. The Computer Education Techniques knowledge base is a service for answering questions, inclusive of the research and validation of the accuracy of information in the public domain. Citation of source documentation and examples are used to provide answers to the questions. Content is selectively added to SYS-ED course hand-outs and training aids.
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Grow Your Own CICS Programmers Over the past year, we have had a number of inquiries regarding whether SYS-ED still offered CICS courses for IT professionals. The typical comments
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SYS-ED’s CICS courses and integrated training programs have been developed
in accordance with classic adult learning theory and the application of the standards of
the New York State Department of Education. Our CICS training provides analysis and hands-on experience which
extends the source vendor documentation and training aids.
Industry standard courses are conducted through our New York schedule and tailored CICS courses and educational consultancy is offered on a private basis. SYS-ED is source software company independent. If we can not warranty a superior training outcome, we will politely turn down an assignment. |
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Caveat Emptor Prior to scheduling a CICS course, compare the quality of the training service that SYS-ED offers with the alternatives:
SYS-ED has been conducting courses in the public domain since 1980; however, there have been changes in the laws and regulations governing computer training in the state of New York. The schedule on our websites reflects a projected time frame for licensure with the New York State Department of Education - Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision and submission and approval of curriculum. It will be updated quarterly. |
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News for Immediate Release Industry leading software and consulting companies utilize SYS-ED in conjunction with distance-learning for specialized z/OS mainframe training requiredments - CICS, programming languages, utilities and development tools and web enablement training. Indications are that application server space is not going to be exclusively J2EE or .NET. CICS Transaction Server 3.2 will account for a substantial share of overall application server market share. This CICS Transaction Server training program will identify and highlight the new features of IBM's evolutionary CICS:
IT personnel will need to learn new skills for the IBM mainframe environment in order to implement the next generation of system software; CICS Transaction Server in conjunction with IBM WebSphere MQ middleware and WebSphere technology and other proprietary software - BEA WebLogic, Oracle, and Microsoft .NET. In general, these skills will be both a new and better way of doing something that they knew how to do before. Training will cut across generations. Some very experienced people will be learning CICS and web enablement technologies; while the next generation of IT staff may well be using ISPF, JCL, and “tried and tested” mainframe programming languages, such as COBOL for the first time. Training plans based upon the utilization of different training techniques have been chosen for suitability to the subject matter and audience as well as scheduling and class size requirements. The following methods will be used for introductory material for IT personnel, most operator training, and programmer training on selected topics.
The plan is to have the entire IT staff, webmasters, operations, and programmers, attend the distance-learning and then have the project development teams take SYS-ED’s hands-on instructor-led courses. The WebSphere MQ courses and system programmer training will be attended by the project leaders and personnel who will required for managing these areas. The exact schedule will depend on the other workloads of staff members. Evolving IT: Interrelated Technologies It is clear that IBM is developing CICS in order for the mainframe to be the "SOA hub" in data centers for new and larger workloads. SYS-ED system consultants have first hand experience with the implementation of SOA and the expedient management of components in memory. As mainframe shops expand their channel capability, there clearly will be a greater incentive to develop and utilize SOA. |
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SYS-ED’s core mainframe courses/curriculum have been submitted to the New York State Department of Education - Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision for technical review and licensing. |
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