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…
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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, various studies show that in the coming years the digital revolution entails the energy consumption produced from IT being multiplied…
Find Defending the Mainframe Difficult? Go on the Offensive Instead!
A Guide to Debunking Mainframe Myths, Criticisms, and More Why is defending the mainframe so difficult? One reason is that…
Moving mission-critical mainframe workloads to the cloud
I know that there are some sites where the cost and the virus have pretty much stopped any kind of…
An overview of the Parallel Sysplex and Coupling Facility on the IBM Z Mainframes
Parallel Sysplex - a type of Clustering Technique Parallel Sysplex on the IBM Z Mainframes is nothing but a type…
The next frontier: when the mainframe becomes the default for new world-class workloads
Part 1 of Reg’s article was published last week. Nothing Exceeds Like Success That’s right: last week’s article brought you…
The next frontier: when the mainframe becomes the default for new world-class workloads
Innovation in Our Genes “Thank you, Gene!” My fellow-nerd and I were just passing through an automatically-opening door, and he…
Tell me about COBOL
Let me start by telling you a story… Once there was a big town and everyone went to school and…
Understanding how a ‘CM0 SL1 – ACK’ Input Message sent to IMS Connect works
IMS Connect (ICON) is the TCP/IP gateway for IMS. So, besides running the traditional IMS transactions on z/OS, an IMS…
Mainframe systems help to keep things going in a pandemic
While many of us are in pandemic mode—hopefully most people who CAN work remotely ARE working remotely. Unfortunately, some folks…
Streaming z/OS IT Operational Data with IBM Z Common Data Provider
In today’s business world, the pressure to deliver faster to be "in the business", the importance to reduce outages and…