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Moore's Law

Moore’s the Pity: How the Mainframe can help us Adapt to a Post-Moore’s-Law Reality

Nov 14, 2018
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Law Brakers According to Wikipedia (Moore's law), Intel co-founder Gordon Moore introduced his eponymous law in a 1965 paper that described a doubling every year in the number of components per integrated circuit. By 1975, he had already adjusted that…

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Always On

Always On: Achieving continuous availability for non-data sharing workloads in a z/OS Parallel Sysplex

Nov 7, 2018
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Introduction The z/OS Parallel Sysplex® technology provides a highly reliable, redundant, and robust environment by clustering together multiple z/OS systems…

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Vote Mainframe

This November, Vote Yes on the Mainframe

Nov 2, 2018
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Working on a political campaign back in the day, I consistently found myself assigned to the phone banks. I would…

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Machine Learning

Analytics and Machine Learning in the Modern Datacenter

Oct 31, 2018
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are the latest exciting technologies and buzz in the business and tech worlds,…

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Mainframe Hacking

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

Oct 25, 2018
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Or: We need to talk about mainframe hacking There’s an elephant in the room says Mark Wilson. It’s mainframe-sized, at…

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mainframe modernization

So what Does ‘Mainframe Modernization’ Really Mean?

Oct 18, 2018
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What is mainframe modernization? Well, a lot of vendors will tell you that it is the replacement of some, or…

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Mainframe News

Mainframe News Out There

Mainframe news out there

Oct 12, 2018
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Once a month we like to pick blog articles from other sources that we feel are interesting enough to talk…

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Master Z

9 ways to Master the Z

Oct 10, 2018
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So you are now working on the mainframe platform. You wanted to keep up with the latest and greatest or…

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security monitoring

Do I need real-time, continuous, mainframe security monitoring and auditing?

Oct 4, 2018
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To be honest, mainframes are pretty secure, aren’t they? We’ve had RACF and other External Security Managers (ESMs) for years.…

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A Lack Of Expertise Does Not Force You To Abandon The Mainframe

Sep 26, 2018
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“Quick! Abandon the mainframe. …Oh, and by the way, buy a bunch of our platforms and services for millions of…

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Mainframe Capacity Pricing

Sub-capacity Pricing and Capping 101

Sep 19, 2018
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Soft capping, using IBM’s Defined Capacity (DC) or Group Capacity (GC) options, is an effective method to help control software…

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