3 Important I/O Features Coming with the IBM z14
17 July 2017 marked the IBM announcement of the latest IBM mainframe: the IBM z14. Congratulations to the IBM Z…
Posts written by Stephen Guendert, Ph.D.
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A Brief History of (Mainframe) Time
Timing, timekeeping, time synchronization, more specifically accurate synchronization, is a key requirement for modern information technology systems. This is especially true for industries involved in transaction processing such as the financial industry. As such, the IBM Z sysplex needs highly…
The Value of Technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
Like many of my fellow Planet Mainframe readers, I belong to several LinkedIn professional groups. Recently, there was a vibrant…
FICON CUP and Advanced Diagnostics
The FICON Control Unit Port (CUP) provides an in-band management interface defined by IBM that defines the channel command words…