INSIDE THIS ISSUE Introduction from Bill McCracken...1 Message from International Chair ...2 Letter from the Editor...2 Realizing the Benefits of Server CA IDMS” R17...3 “CA World Corner”...4 IDMS User Association at CARE 2010...5 Database Segmentation...7 Remote Attendees at CMUG...10 Faulty CA Product 25 Years On:...11 CICS Threadsafe for IDMS Users...13 IDMS Release 17 Migration Challenges...14 IDMS Release 18 Status...17 CA IDMS™ R16 – New End of Service Date!...17 CA No Longer Distributing Some Source - Clarification...18 Explaining “Deadlocks” to the Layman...18 Space Management Locks...19 Agenda of the BIUA, Thursday October 28th...19 Is IDMS r17 z/IIP Exploitation Right for You?...20 Introduction to Relational Databases and SQL...21 FAQs About CA IDMS™ Indexing...23