World of Mainframe: Links Mainframe Sites

General Resources
Redbooks ITechnical FLASHes Combined site for WSC and Networking Systems Flashes, tech white papers, FAQs
Technical Support Problem solving Databases, Corrective Service, etc.
IBMLink WWW access point for IBMLink
CBT Tape Site Collection of freeware/open-source code for MVS and OS/390 developers
Applicat'n Development App development & data mgmt software: 　 ISPF, DFSORT, IMS, WebSphere MQ
Murphy's laws, etc.A French slant, by Thierry Falissard, an unrepentant mainframer in Paris MVSforums Help Boards and Technical FAQs on Programming Languages, CICS, JCL
Mainframe Upgrade Mainframe news, articles and papers on hardware/software strategy, etc
Other MVS Pages Bruce Gillispie's list of personal MVS pages: Mark Zelden, David Alcock(IBM)(On line catalog and select excerpts)
Mainframe Dictionary A dictionary of mainframe terms and acronyms (Software Diversified Services)

Programming Languages

Reference Material Links, tutorials,.. for mainframe and web languages (The American Programmer)

High Level Assembler High Level Assembler for MVS/VM/VSE and HLASM Toolkit; 　and the Library

SimoTime Library material:
Assembler Connection, COBOL Connection, VSAM

IBM COBOL Family About COBOL on various platforms 　See also the Library

COBOL manuals IBM bookshelves for COBOL. Also PDF files for COBOL for OS/390

The COBOL Center Well arranged set of pointers to COBOL-related information, also COBOL Books

COBOL User Groups COBUG - a full fledged portal for COBOL resources: forums, program examples

Language Environment LE Home Page, also the Library, and SHARE Presentations (require Acrobat Reader)Java 2 on z/OS Java 2 Technology Developer Kit for z/OS, now for V6

Java Discussions Java technology discussion forums and Newsgroups (IBM's developerWorks)

Perl for S/390 Archive of articles from perl-mvs@perl.org - at Max-Planck-Institut, Munich

PL/I Home Page of the PL/I product family

REXX REXX Language page at IBM

NetRexx Blend of REXX and Java to enable REXX programmers to create Java code

EGL Enterprise Generation Language - optimized code for target runtime platforms (IBM)

Solution Providers

Alchemy Solutions (recently carved out from Fujitsu Computer Systems)

Modernization Solutions for COBOL, CICS, Batch and VSAM

http://www.adtools.com

BluePhoenix"The Legacy Modernization Company" - automated migration tools, methodologies and expertise for legacy modernization.

http://www.bphx.com/en/Solutions/LegacyModernization/Pages/default.aspx

Compuware

Compuware's systems help businesses automate testing and debugging processes to more efficiently maintain service level agreements.

http://www.compuware.com/solutions/mainframe_solutions.asp

EDS

EDS, an HP company, provides Managed Mainframe Services that deliver the expertise, flexibility, stability and capacity you need to support positive business outcomes.

http://www.eds.com/services/managedmainframe/

HP’s Mainframe Migration site

http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/564549-0-0-225-121.html

Information Concepts

Legacy migration solutions and practices

http://infoconcepts.com/Content.aspx?SubPage=LegacyMigration

Mastek

Mastek helps its global partners become more agile and responsive through its legacy modernization and migration solutions. Our unique solutions include managed mainframes and field expansion.

http://www.mastek.com/legacy_modernization_and_migration.asp

Mainframe Market Information ServiceOffers a unique independent source of information for IBM mainframe users, providing the data they need to negotiate the best deals for their hardware and software.

http://www.arcati.com/mmis.html

Micro Focus

Micro Focus provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications.

http://www.microfocus.com

NEON Enterprise Software

NEON zPrime reduces the cost of mainframe ownership by fully leveraging the capacity of specialty processors.

http://www.neonesoft.com

Sonata Software

Legacy migration and modernization services.

http://www.sonata-software.com/html/enterprise_legacymana_overview.htm

TurboHercules

Commercial distribution of the Hercules open source mainframe emulator, specializing in mainframe disaster recovery.

http://www.turbohercules.com

Watson & WalkerPractical mainframe performance and measurement advice through their newsletter, videos, and software. They assist system programmers, capacity planners and performance analysts using the IBM z/OS, OS/390 and MVS operating systems.

http://www.watsonwalker.com/

News and Blogs

Enterprise Systems

http://esj.com/mainframes/index.aspx

Isham Research

Advice, Guidance and MIPS Tables for IBM Mainframes

http://www.isham-research.co.uk/ibm.html

Mainframe ExecutiveIT Management and the Modern Mainframe Magazine.

http://www.mainframe-exec.com/articles/

Mainframe UpgradeIndependent thinkers in the mighty world of Mainframe. We throw our two dimes worth in to the melting pot and hope that the common sense contained therein can add to the general profitability and successful evolution of the mainframe world.

http://www.mainframe-upgrade.com/latest-mainframe-news.php

Mainframe 2.0 CommunityThe Mainframe 2.0 Community is sponsored by CA and Information Week.

http://community.solutionscenter.techweb.com/community/mainframe/

Mainframe UpdateA well-respected mainframe blog.

http://mainframeupdate.blogspot.com/

Mainframe Propeller HeadA SearchDataCenter.com blog about the IBM mainframe and its alternatives.

http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/mainframe-blog/

Mainframes Will Never DieBlog by John Albee, the Director of Mainframe Solutions at BMC.

http://talk.bmc.com/blogs/blog-jalbee/john-albee/

Technology News of America

News and resources related to the IBM mainframe market

http://www.tech-news.com/

z/Journalz/Journal is dedicated to providing useful, reliable, and interesting information on a wide variety of topics directly relevant to IT professionals using IBM zSeries and S/390 systems.

http://www.zjournal.com/index.cfm?section=news&nid=446

Technology

CBT Tape

The CBT tape is a collection of freeware for the IBM mainframe MVS and OS/390 operating system environment.

http://www.cbttape.org

Fundamental Software

FLEX-ES is a z/Architecture mainframe computer implemented in software.

http://www.funsoft.com/

Hercules EmulatorHercules is an open source software implementation of the mainframe System/370 and ESA/390 architectures, in addition to the new 64-bit z/Architecture.

http://www.hercules-390.org/

MicrosoftMicrosoft’s Mainframe Modernization site

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/mainframe/default.mspx

Platform Solutions Inc. (archive)

A historical view of the Platform Solutions homepage before they were acquired by IBM (courtesy of the Wayback Machine)

http://web.archive.org/web/20070102074452/http://www.platform-solutions.com/

T3 Technologies

T3 Technologies offers hardware, software and service for all mainframe needs

http://www.t3t.com

z390 Portable MainframeJava J2SE open source macro assembler and emulator project

http://www.z390.org/

Mainframe Rehosting

CambexPartner with Sun Microsystems to deliver mainframe rehosting solutions and legacy application modernization services.

http://www.cambex.com/rehosting.shtm

TmaxSoftOpenFrame enables the applications, resources, and data residing within a mainframe legacy system to be extracted and moved to a more flexible, transparent, and cost-efficient open system platform.

http://us.tmaxsoft.com/jsp/product/detailcontents.jsp?psCd=00PD01&menuCd=00PDMROF

Miscellaneous

Thierry FALISSARD's OS/390-MVS Cyber Mall has a bunch of good MVS links and some discussions like MVS Systems Programmers... A Dying Breed?.
Eric Loriaux's System/390 home page has just about a link to everything MVS.
Mainframes.com has MANY web pages for Systems Programmers.
Register For Cheryl's List (an emailed newsletter with OS/390 information) at Cheryl Watson - Watson & Walker, Inc. She also has a some articles online there that you may find interesting.
Timothy Sipples' Mainframe Blog - [2005-08-04]
AMS offers automated conversion of IBM Mainframe applications
Charles Stansell's The CICS and MQSeries Programmer's Homepage
DB2USA : DB2 by a Frenchman in the United States
Arnold Trembley's STL Time Machine Reports
Button Man - emerges from a murky SHARE and Guide past.
All the way from "Down under" comes Mycroft Systems In-Flight Magazine
Johan van Arendonk's The mainframe lives To fully enjoy this site, you should speak Dutch!
Ping o' Death Page! How to crash your operating system!