Ill winds: Why Mainframe Security Should be Heading Your 2021 Priorities List
It’s an ill wind that blows no good, and profits nobody. That old nautical phrase popped into my head when…
Strengthening your network cryptographic posture with zERT
Network security is not a new topic for IT practitioners, but always a hot one. Data breaches can be devastating to business both operationally and financially. However, the cybersecurity landscape never stands still. Each day attackers invent new ways to…
Your journey to AIOps includes IBM Z
The challenges of a digital business At the heart of today’s digital business is the quality of the experience it…
Accelerating Your Db2 Database
Your Db2 database The IBM mainframe and its Db2 database is the transaction processing workhorse for the world’s biggest banks,…
Zero Trust Architecture Mobilizes Organizations to Safeguard Mainframe
Tried and true, the mainframe is here to stay as the backbone of our digital economy. Even as we advance…
Mainframe News Out There
Once a month (or so) we like to pick blog articles from other sources that we feel are interesting enough…
Bridging Two Worlds: Mainframes and Clients
In Application Architecture: an Evolutionary View I wrote of the way that computers have evolved from the mainframe era of…
Avoid IT overconsumption and reduce your CO2 footprint
The footprint of IT has reached the same levels today as the global CO2 emissions of global air traffic. Furthermore,…
DevOps Places Software Testing as a Challenge
The speed of digital transformation is already impressive and will only increase. To put this in very concrete terms, consider…
Don’t Tell the CFO!
The general view that mainframers have of senior financial staff in an organization is that they are people who want…
IBM Mainframes: the enterprise computing platform that led to the evolution of the modern “Cloud Computing Technology”
As strange as it may sound to many, but people need to get their fact straight - that IBM Mainframes…