Toronto CICS Association

Toronto CICS Association Toronto CICS Association is a non-profit user group that allows CICS Professionals to share their understanding and experiences in CICS

The only forum in the greater Toronto area available to Technical Managers, Analysts, Programmers, Systems Programmers, Consultants and Educators on effective utilization of IBM's CICS teleprocessing system. Learn how to improve response time, develop design standards, simplify system expansion and reduce processing delays. At every meeting, expert speakers help users explore common interests, eva

luate the newest software and offer timely guidance and tips. Open to all current and prospective CICS users. The Toronto CICS Association (TCA) helps you implement On-Line Systems Faster. Our objective is to promote the exchange of information among the members on the management, implementation and use of CICS (an IBM program product) and related software.

Interesting!
10/07/2025

Interesting!

Is your mainframe stuck in the past?

Modern languages like Python, Java, and Go are breathing new life into legacy systems. Join us for a webcast where we explore how these tools are transforming mainframe modernization — and how Kyndryl is using them to deliver top-tier service.

Don’t miss this insightful session: https://smithbucklin.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wQuuO0DtTiijvD1lSd0q_A #/registration

03/09/2024
04/14/2023

Bring back memories. eh!

SHARE was my favourite conference.  I think I attended over 10 SHARE in my career.
03/10/2023

SHARE was my favourite conference. I think I attended over 10 SHARE in my career.

Anyone remember?
02/27/2023

Anyone remember?

A 5MB IBM hard drive being loaded onto an airplane in 1956

05/25/2022

I always enjoyed attending SHARE conference in the past.

04/14/2022

Time is running out to get a chance to present at ! The call for presentations deadline to submit is Friday, April 29th.

03/29/2021

MAINFRAME HISTORY
COBOL was designed by CODASYL in 1959. The very first COBOL program ran on August 17, 1960 on an RCA 501. By 1970, COBOL had become the most popular and widely used programming language in the world

According to Reuters, there are still more than 220 billion lines of COBOL, or about 80% of the world’s actively used code. There are more than a million COBOL programmers in the world today.

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