Steve Ware

Contact me at either sfw@cns.ufl.edu or 352-392-4601 (SUNCOM 622-4601). My apologies for the excessive graphics and ancient style of this document - look for a "new and improved" version "real soon now".

Here's a link to an anchor near the end of this hypertext document where there's some interesting/favorite links (which is "somewhat" out of date).

To hear me, try .au version (28K) or .wav version (150K) .

Employment

Currently employed at the NERDC (Northeast Regional Data Center) on the UF (University of Florida) campus as a Systems Programmer with an "official" title of Coordinator, Computer Systems Control. Previous employment has included application programming at Student Financial Affairs (at UF) and Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Co. (beginning in 1979). At NERDC, I install, maintain, and support the IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System) OLTP (On-Line Transaction Processing) system software and other ancillary software which run under the control of CICS. I've been at NERDC since February, 1986 and at UF since October, 1983.

Education

BSBA from UF in June, 1979 with a major in Quantitative Management through the College of Business Administration with an unofficial minor in CIS (Computer and Information Sciences).

Teaching

Service

Interests/Diversions

Frisbee = fun. Waterskiing - enjoy slalom, barefoot, tricks, kneeboard, and skiboard. Snow skiing - enjoy downhill, snowboard, nordic, and snow skates. Guitar - play mostly blues and rock with influences like Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers, The Outlaws, Molly Hatchet, Dave Mason, Al Dimeola, Tinsley Ellis, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Wishbone Ash, etc. Computer related - Linux, OS/2, REXX, WWW, and enjoy surfing the net!

Interesting/Favorite Links

• Presentations, etc.:
  • SHARE 111 session: CICS TS V3.2 - User Experience Panel (PDF)
  • SHARE 111 session: REXX for CICS - "Get More CICS With REXX" (PDF)
  • IBM Impact 2008 session: CICS TS V3.2: Benefits of Implementing Web Services (PDF)
  • SHARE 110 session: Mining Gold From IBM Supplied CICS Samples (PDF)
  • SHARE 110 session: REXX for CICS - "Get More CICS With REXX" (PDF)
  • SHARE 110 session: CICS Nuts & Bolts and Gotchas (PDF)
  • SHARE 109 session: CICS TS V3.2 - User Experience Panel (PDF)
  • SHARE 109 session: Mining Gold From IBM Supplied CICS Samples (PDF)
  • SHARE 109 session: REXX for CICS - "Get More CICS With REXX" (PDF)
  • SHARE 109 session: CICS Nuts & Bolts and Gotchas (PDF)
  • IBM Impact 2007 session: The Benefits of Implementing Web Services with the SOA Enabled CICS TS V3.1 at the University of Florida (PDF)
  • SHARE 108 session: Why CICS? Why the Mainframe? Why Now? (PDF)
  • SHARE 108 session: REXX for CICS - "Get More CICS With REXX" (PDF)
  • SHARE 107 session: CICS TS 3.1 User Experience Panel (PDF)
  • SHARE 107 session: Why CICS? Why the Mainframe? Why Now? (PDF)
  • SHARE 107 session: REXX for CICS - "Get More CICS With REXX" (PDF)
  • UF KnowIT Summit session: Enterprise Server Technologies (PDF)
  • SHARE 106 session: Why CICS? Why the Mainframe? Why Now? (PDF)
  • SHARE 106 session: User Experience: CICS Sockets - A Strategic Solution. (PDF)
  • CICS Training at UF.
  • SHARE 105 session: User Experience: CICS Sockets - A Strategic Solution. (PDF)
  • AITP Presentation: "Linux for Suits - But Polo and Tee Shirts Too!" (PDF)
  • SHARE 104 session: User Experience: CICS Sockets - A Strategic Solution. (PDF)
  • SHARE 103 session: CICS TS 2.3 Early User Experiences. (PDF)
  • CICS TS 2.3 Early User Experiences. Session C85 for IBM Transaction and Messaging Technical Conference (PDF)
  • SHARE 102 session: CICS TS 2.3 Early User Experiences. (PDF)
  • SHARE 101 session: A CICS View of IBM Debug Tool: User Experience. (PDF)
  • SHARE 100 session: Migrating to CICS Transaction Server 2.2: User Experience.
  • SHARE 99 session: Migrating to CICS Transaction Server 2.2: User Experience.
  • "CICS at NERDC - Where we are and where we're headed." presentation for FACTS.
  • AITP Presentation: "What's New With Linux?"
  • SHARE 97 session: Exploiting the CICS Socket Interface.
  • SHARE 96 session: Exploiting the CICS Socket Interface.
  • SHARE 93 session: CICS Socket Interface - Tips and Techniques.
  • SHARE 92 session: CICS Socket Interface - Tips and Techniques.
  • SHARE 91 session: CICS TCP/IP Sockets - User Experience.
  • SHARE 90 session: CICS with Language Environment - User Panel.
  • SHARE 88 session: CICS/ESA 4.1 Migration - User Panel.
  • SHARE 84 session: REXX Under CICS User Experience.
  • SHARE 83 session: REXX Under CICS User Experience.
  • Linux - Free, Open and Valuable (AITP Presentation)
  • Introduction to Client/Server Applications @ NERDC for ISM 4220.
  • Introduction to CICS for COP 3121.
• Some Guitar links.
• UF Fall/Spring Semester Class Period Meeting Times.
• UF Summer Semester Class Period Meeting Times.
• Some Search engines.
• TN3270 to NERMVS.
• Telnet to NERSP. (AIX on SP2)
• NERDC's Home Page.
• UF Gopher.
• UF WWW Home Page.
• Santa Fe Community College Home Page.
• WWW Ph gateway.
• A nice WWW demo/intro put together by Bradley C. Spatz (bcs@cis.ufl.edu).
• Telnet to Alachua Free-Net.
• Alachua Free-Net Home Page.
• Tallahassee Free-Net Home Page.
• OS/2 Home Page.
• Linux Home Page.
• Linux Documentation Project.
• SHARE WWW Home Page.
• IBM Internet Connection Home Page.
• IBM Hursley CICS WWW Home Page.
• IBM WWW Home Page.
• IBM Almaden Home Page.
• IBM Gopher.
• The Scott A. Yanoff Internet Services List.
• The WWW Worm.
• The Jump Station.
• The Typing Injury Home Page.
• Secure Wall Street Journal Interactive.
• Stock Quotes (15 min. delay).
• Mutual Funds.
• StockMaster.
• The Beer Page.
• Testing Page.

Sites I've Created, Administer, Help out with, etc.

• Er, uh, this site.
• "Steve Ware - Acoustic Guitar - No Vocals".
• "Jamgazm - We Like to Rock!".
• "Steve Ware Web Site" (under extreme construcion).
• Hamhock and Slide - Delta Style Cracker Blues.
• NERDC CICS Web site.
• AITP North Central Florida Chapter Web site.
• CICS Worldwide User Forum Web site.

• USENET News:
  • comp.infosystems.announce
  • comp.infosystems.www
  • comp.lang.rexx
  • comp.os.linux
  • comp.os.linux.announce

• More to follow RSN...

Copyright © 1994-2008, Steve Ware.