Lost in translation? Why mainframers and non-mainframers need to communicate
In today’s connected world and with security high on the agenda, IT people across the enterprise have to understand each…
Mainframe News Out There
Once a month we like to pick blog articles from other sources that we feel are interesting enough to talk about on the Planet Mainframe blog. Here are this month’s picks: A wake-up call Another interesting article from Planet Mainframe…
Getting a Client in Trouble Out of Trouble
Recently, we helped one of our clients – a large investment bank of America – to “find” 30 million dollars…
If It Ain’t Broke…
It was Bert Lance, Jimmy Carter’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, who made the phrase “If it…
Securing data in transit
One way of looking at mainframe data is that it is either at rest or in transit. Data at rest…
Part II: Six ways to improve datacenter performance while saving on costs
Last week we looked at some of the most common reactions to the need for improved mainframe performance in the…
Typical Techniques for Improving Datacenter Mainframe Performance
One common sense, and three less-than great Business has been booming, for the most part, for large enterprises in the…
The Mainframe versus the Server Farm – A Comparison
Google, Facebook, and Twitter own giant data centers all over the planet, and they are built with racks of commodity…
5 Ways to bridge the Millennial – Baby Boomer gap
For the first time ever, we have five generations in the workplace at the same time. This is most profound…
Pervasive encryption concerns
In today’s treacherous world of constant hacking threats and corresponding data breaches, IT security and breach prevention has become a…
CIO Challenge: Dodging the Bimodal IT Bullet
There’s a bullet aimed at the heart of your business. That bullet is the lie of Bimodal IT, which asserts…