The Value of Choice in FICON Storage Area Networking
Having a choice means having options to select from. Most of us like to have a choice when it comes…
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Security complacency: is your mainframe at risk?
This has been a fine summer. And I’m not talking about the weather: I mean the whopping fines proposed for infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by Marriott Hotels and British Airways, followed by an even bigger fine…
Summer – the season for cyber attacks
Keeping your mainframe secure is probably one of your top priorities. You’re looking at cryptography and introducing multi-factor authentication (MFA).…
COBOL: Still the Best for New High-Volume Applications After All These Years
It’s not “cobalt” – though it is often blue. It’s not out-of-date – though programs written in it 60 years…
What is the value of mainframe logs?
Mainframe logs offer essential insight into how to manage and adapt your z/OS environment. So why aren’t mainframe managers leveraging…
50 Years ago in Mainframe Computing
How many computer platforms could justify a headline like that!? Well, it has been almost 50 years since NASA landed…
Mainframe Pricing: Endgame
IBM Simplifying Mainframe Software Pricing When you hear the words mainframe software pricing, what do you think of? A common…
Breach recovery – the fast and the furious!
Your organization has had a data breach. You’ve managed to confirm that it’s not a false alarm, it really is…
Lost in translation? Why mainframers and non-mainframers need to communicate
In today’s connected world and with security high on the agenda, IT people across the enterprise have to understand each…
Getting a Client in Trouble Out of Trouble
Recently, we helped one of our clients – a large investment bank of America – to “find” 30 million dollars…
Securing data in transit
One way of looking at mainframe data is that it is either at rest or in transit. Data at rest…