OMEGAMON Data Provider Update: Now streaming CICS and Db2
It’s a pleasure to work with something new. It’s even better when customers are begging for faster delivery. That’s just…
Why IBM Z Is Fit for Business Purpose
Some people say that IBM Z is “fit for purpose” but I believe a better description is that it’s fit for business purpose. The purpose of Z is business—because it’s reliable, efficient, and secure. This is an important distinction to make because at one…
Provision On Demand Part 3: The Future of Automated Provisioning on z/OS
The Future of Automated Provisioning on z/OS Welcome back for part three of this provisioning automation blog series. In this…
Provision on Demand Part 2: IBM and Red Hat Ansible
Check out part one: What is Provisioning? to get caught up. Welcome back for part two of this provisioning automation blog series.…
Provision On Demand
Part One: What is Provisioning? It's no secret that in this age of digital transformation businesses are looking to build…
Mainframe News Out There
Once a month (or so) we like to pick blog articles from other sources that we feel are interesting enough…
Seamless VSAM data transfer between Host & PC
VSAM files are widely used in CICS applications and it contains critical information with a huge data set. It is…
Four Essential Features for a Database Security Strategy to Take on a Growing Threat Landscape
For a considerable time, many organizations have used three to five on-premise databases to manage their workloads, and many teams…
CICS Security – ADCD and Dallas Z ISV RDP
In RACF security terminology, CICS is a resource manager. Resource manager security can be enabled or disabled. Dallas Z ISV…
zEDC and IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS
Long before zEDC, IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for z/OS (CDzOS), a managed file transfer product specializing in sending z/OS datasets from…
The sleek new IBM Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS Trial Cloud Service is live
IBM Automatic Binary Optimizer for z/OS (ABO) is a unique offering that applies cutting-edge optimization technology to improve the performance…