Professional Mainframe Training Platform

Real Lab. Expert Credentials.
Professional Certificates.

Professional Mainframe & AI Training – from a browser, on any device.

Dedicated education lab, AI-assisted learning, and structured courses for corporate teams and individual developers worldwide.

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13Courses Live

200+Hands-on Exercises

35 yrsInstructor Expertise

PDF certOn Completion

Why imLearn

Training that works when you get back to your desk

🖥️

Real Lab

Not a Simulation

imLearn Lab is a dedicated mainframe education environment. You write the code, submit the job, read the output. Every student gets their own isolated session – no shared queues, no resets.

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Expert-Led

35 Years z/OS Expertise

Course content built by a mainframe practitioner with 35 years of z/OS experience. No theory without practice – every course is built from real production experience.

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Professional Certificate

Earned, Not Given

Complete the exercises, pass the exam. Receive a PDF certificate signed by Carmi Sternberg – recognised by employers as evidence of hands-on skill, not just course attendance.

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Unique

Built-in Debugger

IMDEBUG lets students step through COBOL programs line by line, set breakpoints, and watch variables — live in the browser. The only mainframe training environment with an interactive source debugger.

Curriculum

Courses – Live & Coming Soon

🚀 Getting Started

MF01Live

Mainframe for Beginners – Zero to z/OS

Your first 10 days on the mainframe. Zero to running real COBOL — no experience needed. Includes certificate of completion. Built for self-study learners worldwide who want to enter the highest-paying niche in enterprise IT.

↳ India / Africa / Global B2C

🚀 Getting Started

PRG01 Live

Introduction to Programming Concepts

Start here if you have never programmed before. From how computers work at the hardware level to writing good code, testing, and the development process. No prior experience required. 4 days. 20-question exam.

Recommended first course -- before INT01 and all technical courses

🚀 Getting Started

INT01Live

Introduction to the Mainframe World

The essential context before your first line of JCL or COBOL. History, architecture, subsystems, 3270 terminals, USS, and modern mainframe development. No prerequisites. No code. 2-3 hours. 15-question exam.

Recommended first course for all students

⚙️ Operations

TSO01Live

TSO/ISPF Fundamentals

Master the TSO/ISPF environment – the daily workspace of every mainframe professional.

⚙️ Operations

JCL01Live

Job Control Language

Write, debug, and optimise JCL. From simple jobs to complex multi-step procedures.

⚙️ Operations

JCL02Live

Advanced JCL

GDG, VSAM, advanced procedures, SORT, conditional JCL, and job scheduling patterns.

⚙️ Operations

UTL01Live

z/OS Utility Programs

IEBGENER, IEBCOPY, IEBUPDTE, IMSORT, IMCAMS, IEBCOMPR – the tools every production shop uses daily.

⚙️ Operations

ZOS01Coming Soon

z/OS Systems Programming

For systems programmers – IPL, SMF, JES2/JES3, SMP/E, and the internals of z/OS.

💻 Programming

COB01Live

COBOL Programming

Structured COBOL from fundamentals to working business programs. Hands-on compile and run.

💻 Programming

COB02Live

Advanced COBOL

Table handling, SORT verb, nested programs, error handling, and production patterns.

💻 Programming

REX01Live

REXX Programming

Write REXX scripts for automation, data processing, and TSO interface customisation.

💻 Programming

REX02Live

Advanced REXX

ISPF services, TSO/E ALLOCATE, error handling, job submission from REXX, production utility patterns.

💻 Programming

PL101Coming Soon

PL/I Programming

PL/I for legacy modernisation – reading, maintaining, and extending existing PL/I codebases.

🗄️ Database

DB201Live

DB2 Fundamentals

SQL and DB2 essentials on the mainframe. Queries, tables, and interactive SQL.

🗄️ Database

DB202Live

Embedded SQL for COBOL

Write COBOL programs using EXEC SQL – SELECT INTO, cursors, DML, null indicators, and SQLCODE handling.

🔄 Transactions

CIC01Live

CICS Programming

Online transaction programming – BMS maps, pseudo-conversational, VSAM file I/O, EXEC SQL in CICS, error handling.

🔄 Transactions

CIC02Live

Advanced CICS

LINK/XCTL, browse operations, TSQ, START/RETRIEVE, SYNCPOINT, ENQ/DEQ.

🔄 Transactions

CIC03Live

CICS/DB2 Programming

CICS programs that access DB2 – the pattern used in every production mainframe shop.

🔒 Security

SEC01Coming Soon

RACF Security Fundamentals

Mainframe security using RACF – user profiles, resource access, audit, and compliance basics.

↳ Security / compliance teams

🖥️ IBM i / AS400

RPG01Live

RPG Programming for IBM i / AS400

Modern RPG IV programming on IBM i. For teams migrating or maintaining AS400 applications.

🌿 Natural & Adabas

NAT01Live

Natural & Adabas Programming

Write real Natural syntax – executed via the IMNATURAL preprocessor. Concepts mapped to COBOL equivalents.

Methodology

DEV01Live

AI-Assisted Development

The rules and discipline of building software with AI. How to prompt, test, review, and stay in control. Demonstrated with COBOL and IMMFLAB. Applies to any language. Built from real experience running 6-9 parallel AI agents to build IMMFLAB itself. 3 days. 20-question exam.

For developers who want to use AI without losing control

🤖 AI & Modern Tools

AI01🔥 Hot

AI Development on the Mainframe

Integrating AI and machine learning workflows with mainframe data and batch processing.

↳ All markets

🤖 AI & Modern Tools

AI02🔥 Hot

Using AI Tools with z/OS

Practical use of GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Ollama to accelerate mainframe development.

↳ All markets

Who We Serve

Corporate Teams & Individual Developers

Corporate Teams – B2B

License imLearn Academy for your development team. Your developers train in imLearn Lab before they touch your production system.

Group licensing – per-seat or team packages
Progress tracking for managers
Customisable course paths per role
Hebrew-friendly interface available
International organisations across all industries

From $500 per seat

Individual Developers – B2C

Self-study from anywhere. Mobile-first design, AI-assisted trainer, and a professional certificate that proves what you know.

India, Africa, Eastern Europe focus
Mobile-first, low-bandwidth friendly
AI automatic trainer – hints & feedback
Flexible pricing – per course or monthly
Certificate signed by 35yr z/OS expert

From $29 per course

About

Who's Behind imLearn

Decades of mainframe experience. Built for the next generation.

Infomanta Ltd · imlearn.io

imLearn Academy is built by mainframe practitioners with decades of hands-on z/OS experience – people who have worked on real production systems, trained professional teams, and know what it actually takes to be productive on the mainframe.

imLearn Lab is a dedicated mainframe education environment developed by Infomanta Ltd, designed to make professional training accessible to developers anywhere in the world – from a browser, on any device.

z/OSCOBOLDB2 JCLCICSREXX IBM i / AS400Natural & Adabas 35+ years combined expertise

Contact

Get in Touch

For enterprise licensing, course enquiries, or partnership discussions.

carmi@infomanta.com

Phone / WhatsApp

+972-54-245-9550

Website

imlearn.io

Real Lab. Expert Credentials.Professional Certificates.

Training that works when you get back to your desk

Not a Simulation

35 Years z/OS Expertise

Earned, Not Given

Built-in Debugger

Courses – Live & Coming Soon

Corporate Teams & Individual Developers

Corporate Teams – B2B

Individual Developers – B2C

Who's Behind imLearn

Decades of mainframe experience. Built for the next generation.

Get in Touch

Real Lab. Expert Credentials.
Professional Certificates.