April 21, 2004

New Operating System Coming to Titan This Summer—
Check Third-Party Software Compatibility

CIT will install a new operating system on Titan at the NIH Computer Center—version 1.4 of z/OS, which replaces OS/390. This latest level of the operating system has many new enhancements and supports the latest 64-bit IBM mainframe—or zSeries—processors. We expect to migrate to z/OS 1.4 on Titan in July.

Ensure That Third-Party Software Will Still Function

All Titan users who have installed third-party software on this system should contact their vendors to ensure that such software will be supported and still functions in this new operating system environment.

Updates on the status of z/OS will appear in future issues of Titan News. To be notified when new issues appear, subscribe to the e-mail list for Titan News.

If you have questions, please call TASC at 301-594-6248, and ask to speak to the OS/390 support staff.