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Greetings CICS users! This month sees the start of our first mainframe hackathon - agreat opportunity for both new and experienced mainframers to get hands-on withtechnology, create exciting new solutions, and win great prizes! We also have somefantastic product announcements and articles, so read on and find out more.

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Unchain the FrameThis virtual hackathon, run in association with AngelHack, is a great opportunity to exploretechnologies such as Blockchain and IBM Machine Learning, as well as seeing what'spossible when you expose core assets as APIs through z/OS Connect EE and APIConnect. Phase 1 begins August 14th, so make sure you register here.

z/OS Provisioning ToolkitIBM z/OS Provisioning Toolkit V1.0.2 is now available, and is full of exciting enhancements- including support for shared CSDs and compatibility with the latest versions of CICS TSand z/OS Connect EE. Find out more and download the latest version here.

Also for developersIBM Developer for z Systems V14.1 (IDz) and IBM Application Delivery FoundationV3.1 (ADF) have just been released. These offerings help you create applications in a richdevelopment environment, and provide tools to optimize and debug effectively. You canfind out more about these products here.

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Announcements

TXSeries V9.1 on AIX & Linux x86Extend the value in existing application assets through TX Series forMultiplatforms V9.1. This release includes enhancements for Java EEapplications and for creating bidirectional RESTful APIs through integration withCICS Transaction Gateway. Check out the video here and find announcementletter links here.

IBM Z ITSM NewsletterThis recently launched newsletter gives you the latest announcements, upcomingevents and educational material to help you make the most of your IBM Z ServiceManagement and IT Optimization solutions.

dwAnswers: CICS TS and IBM z14 compatibility and benefitsCan CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) run on the new IBM z14hardware? (Spoiler alert: yes) Find all the details here.

dwAnswers: CICS TS 5.4 downward compatibility with older releases ofCICS ToolsIs CICS Transaction Server for z/OS (CICS TS) V5.4 downward compatible witholder versions of CICS Tools? Get to grips with how upgrading will affect olderversions of the CICS Tools here.

End of Service dates for CICS products

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Keep up to date with the end of service dates for CICS products here. Thisdocument includes information concerning CICS Transaction Server for z/OS,CICS Transaction Server for VSE/ESA, CICS/VSE, and CICS Tools.

Blogs and articles

IBM Redbooks: CICS performance reportWe've just published the draft update to the performance report for CICS TS V5,which now includes V5.4. View the report here.

New event processing capabilities with CICS TS V5.4This article gives a detailed overview of CICS' evolving support for eventprocessing - allowing you to respond to events in real-time, including the latestcapabilities delivered in CICS TS V5.4.

Scripting with z/OS Provisioning Toolkit: Removing Old ContainersBring up CICS regions in minutes and purge them just as quickly. Chris Pooleshows you how z/OS Provisioning toolkit can remove old containers from yoursystem automatically in this short tutorial.

z/OS Connect EE open beta July 2017 refreshJohn Sherringham details the latest capabilities delivered in the z/OS Connect EE

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open beta, including the new CICS Service Provider which makes it easier thanever to expose CICS assets! Find out more here.

Events and conferences

IBM Z Technical UniversityGrow your skills with in-depth technical training from subject matter experts.Learn how you can harness the power of IBM Z solutions to help turn your ITchallenges into successes.

We have two upcoming Tech Uni session for IBM Z:9 - 13 October 2017 | Munich, Germany - Register here13 - 17 November 2017 | Washington, D.C., USA - Register here

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