| Region: | UK | Division: B | DB/DC |
| Name of Group: | IMS | Code: | IMSU |
| Number of members/installations: | 40+ Active installations | ||
| Number of meetings within 12 months: | 3 or 4 | ||
| Average number of participants per meeting: | 30 | ||
| Web Site: | web.ukonline.co.uk/dougie.lawson/gse/ | ||
| Name of Chairman: | Frank Fleming | ||
| Company: | Barclays Bank plc | ||
| Address: | Radbroke Hall, | Tel: | 01565-613581 |
| Knutsford, | Fax: | 01565-613582 | |
| WA16 9EU | e-mail: | Frank.Fleming@barclays.co.uk | |
The IMS working group is an active group that meets roughly quarterly to discuss the latest developments in IMS and related products, be they IBM or third party vendor, and other items of interest to users of these products.
We welcome all users of IMS, including those using CICS/DBCTL or batch DL/I as well as IMS DB/DC users.
A typical meeting will consist of
The main audience consists of IMS Systems Programmers and Database Administrators, although there are sometimes topics of interest to IMS application developers.
We also have a Christmas quiz, generally with an IMS theme.
| Friday April 9th | IBM South Bank |
| Thursday July 1st | Manchester University Joint with DBCTL Subgroup |
| Thursday October 28th | IBM South Bank |
| Thursday March 4th | Bournville, Birmingham Cancelled |
| Chairman: | Frank Fleming | Phone: 01565-613581 email: Frank.Fleming@barclays.co.uk |
| Meeting Organiser: | Ian Tyson | Phone: 01403-232329 email: Ian_Tyson@uk.ibm.com |
| Treasurer: | Dougie Lawson | Phone: 01256-341061 email: Dougie.Lawson@uk.ibm.com |
| Minutes Secretary: | Peter Armstrong | Phone: 01276-419835 email: Peter_Armstrong@bmc.com |
| Membership Secretary: | Andrew Jack | Phone: 0131-245-7783 email: andrew_a_jack@standardlife.com |
| Requirements: | Neil Price | Phone: 01827 710702 email: Neil.Price@notes.tntew.com |
| IBM Representative: | Alan Cooper | Phone: 0161-905-6134 email: alan_cooper@uk.ibm.com |
| IBM Rep (DBCTL): | Pete Sadler | Phone: 0171-202-5635 email: pete_sadler@uk.ibm.com |
We decided to hold three meetings of the full IMS Working Group this year (April, July & October) and one separate meeting of the DBCTL subgroup (March - unfortunately this was cancelled due to illness). The April meeting (9th in London) was timed in conjunction with the IBM IMS & DB2 Technical conference to be held in Paris in the hope that we may once again have attracted an IBM speaker from either Santa Teresa Labs or the Dallas Systems Center. The July meeting (1st in Manchester) will be joint with the DBCTL subgroup (i.e. we will focus on DB & DBCTL issues). At the final meeting of the year (28th October in London) we plan to focus on issues relating to connecting IMS to the Internet etc. If any IMS users have any experiences in this area we would dearly love to hear from them.
At the 1998/9 Steering Committee Meeting we decided to reduce our mailing workload and in future the minutes of our meetings will be posted on our web site. Paper copies will be available on request. Presentation handouts will also be posted on the web if possible - they will only be available after the meeting on specific request.
We have been once again fortunate to have a full complement of volunteers on the Steering Committee with no changes from 1998. Unfortunately our secretary, Peter Armstrong of BMC Software, is moving to the BMC office in France and will therefore be unable to continue his duties. A volunteer is required.
The DBCTL subgroup had mixed fortunes through the year as far as attendance is concerned but will continue into the next year. The current organiser of the DBCTL group is Ian Tyson. Ian no longer works with DBCTL so would like to be replaced in this role. Any volunteer will be heartily welcomed.