Fast Mainframe Data Access – Apples and Oranges
In a growing economy, increases in expected business workloads are making their impacts felt in today's busiest data centers, through…
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Db2 12 In-Memory Feature: Fast Index Traversal
Db2 12 is classified as an in-memory data base by Gartner. It is not just a simple in-memory data base but a very smart one. In this paper, we explain one of the most innovative in memory optimizations in Db2…
Porting an Enterprise App to System Z – My Experience Pt.3
Part 3 of 4: The Bad As I’ve explained in Part 1 Basics and Part 2 Good, I did a…
Don’t Believe the Myth-information about the Mainframe: Part 1
When I heard about the HuffPost article highlighting a video debunking the myths that Hollywood has been repeating about the…
Optimize Your System z ROI with z Operational Insights (zOI)
Hopefully all System z users are aware of the Monthly Licence Charge (MLC) pricing mechanisms, where a recurring charge applies…
Punk’s not dead and neither is the mainframe
Admittedly, I’m as much a music fan as I’m a technophile—perhaps it’s this combination that makes it easy for me…