Question { Winsol Solutions, 6404 }

What is difference between COBOL and VS COBOL II?.

Answer

COBOL is developed and deployed in 1985. It runs in 24 bit addressing mode. But VS COBOL - II runs in 31 bit addressing mode.

Question { 2934 }

which certifications r 4 cobol,jcl,db2,cics
what is format of xam n what is importance of these
certifications...

plz post answer only if u r sure...

thanks

Answer

you need to see this link below.

For CICS

http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/certs/cics_index.shtml

FOR JCL

https://www-03.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/zz-en?pageType=course_description&courseCode=ES07G

FOR DB2

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-0401fosdick/

I hope it is clear to you. These are very expensive stuff and but they worth doing...you will get a job any where in the world where there is mainframe there is a job to you...it is not easy to read mainframe manuals..i don't want to discourage you guys. It is worth doing it...