Hide your privates
My mac had turned into a bit of a mess. I had ssh private keys (that use Passphrases of course!)…
Monitors, Analytics, and AI … Oh My!
Delivering high quality service to end users is the primary mission of IT organizations. The importance of this imperative is steadily increasing as the world becomes ever more in entrenched in a technology driven digital economy. Thankfully, more tools than ever…
Db2 for z/OS: Answering Some Questions About DBATs (i.e., DDF Threads)
Sometimes, a DBA will email me a question about Db2 for z/OS, and I'll respond in a pretty comprehensive way, and I'll look at that outbound message and think to myself, "Hmm. I may have written most of a blog entry there." This is one of those ca...
Open Source, Mainframe and Mentorship
Looking to start your open-source contribution journey? The Open Mainframe Project's Mentorship Program is announcing it's 2022 Summer Mentorship, which will start…
Best practices for successful support cases
Successful support casesIn my day job, I work with latest technology and cloud services. In addition, I work with customers / users and help them succeed. And in my private life, I also use technical equipment. In all three of these scenarios, mostly i...
Moving from IMS to Db2?
As a Db2 consultant and regular blogger I often receive questions about technical things, but also on strategy and industry trends. I try to help but I always make it clear when answering that I cannot predict the future, only make educated guesses... ...
z/OS Containers – Understanding z/OS Automation
In my last blog, I gave an overview about Kubernetes and highlighted how Kubernetes orchestrates application deployments. There are certainly much…
IBM z16 Day SE – For Everyone and Anyone!
When I first stepped into the world of IBM community last month, I was a neophyte to enterprise computing but…
Connect me to the mainframe
People have always worked away from the office. Some have worked at home. Some were the so-called road warriors, who…
From Bluemix to IBM Cloud, from Cloud Foundry to Code Engine
"Bring Your Own Community"About seven years ago, I started to work with, then blog about Bluemix and Cloud Foundry. Not my first, but one of the first posts is titled "Some fun with Bluemix, Cloud Foundry, Python, JSON and the Weather". Reading that ar...
IBM Z Virtual Test Platform introduces the VTP Server Extension with an improved user experience
With the release of IBM Z Virtual Test Platform (ZVTP) 2.0.1, IBM's innovative integrated test solution significantly improves the user experience…