Controlling Costs, or Leaving Money on the Table?
I am the CFO of one of the most long-lived mainframe software companies on the planet. The company has been…
Management
A view from the C-level
New mainframe technologies that will make a difference to your business Be honest: what do you really think of IT? Most C-level execs think of it, at best, as a cost center to be minimized. Others go even further, thinking…
The Mainframe Manager’s Essential Guide to Hiring Millennials
The numbers are clear and compelling: Mainframe usage is on the rise: By this year, 64% of mainframe-powered organizations (up…
Monitoring your service providers
Outsourcing has been the rage for years now, and the outsourcing of computing resources to the cloud leads the way.…
Death of the Traditional IT Department
I’m very lucky in my job. I love it actually. It literally gets me all over the world talking to…
Augmented Everything: How a CIO can make workers smarter, stronger, more aware
Much has been written recently about the emergence of Artificial Intelligence and robotics technology, and about how these technologies will…
Making a Modern Mainframer
It’s no secret that the dreaded “skills gap” is affecting the mainframe market. It’s getting harder and harder to find…
In the age of the customer, the CIO is between a rock and a hard place
Today, customers drive business and battle lines have been drawn. Organizations are now obsessed with their customers and are competing…
Money for Nothing
My wife loves shopping – even for food; I don’t, but we need to get it done. Because we’re both…
Ignoring reality
While it may be difficult to credit the sincerity of someone who self-critiques by saying, “I care too much,” there…
Six ways to improve IT Efficiency and Profitability for Healthcare Insurance Companies
If you’re a healthcare insurance company, you’ve probably felt the repercussions of the Affordable Care Act. Since its inception, it…