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…
Scaling Up Credit Card Authorizations Volume with CICS API
Large banks and global payments processing companies specializing in commercial transactions processing need to substantially scale the volume of credit…
OMEGAMON Data Provider Update: Now streaming CICS and Db2
It’s a pleasure to work with something new. It’s even better when customers are begging for faster delivery. That’s just…
CICS Security – ADCD and Dallas Z ISV RDP
In RACF security terminology, CICS is a resource manager. Resource manager security can be enabled or disabled. Dallas Z ISV…
The Mainframe Lives and Thrives – Part 3
The first two parts of this article: The Mainframe Lives and Thrives – Part 1 The Mainframe Lives and Thrives…
Application Architecture: an Evolutionary View
The Mainframe Era In 1970 I joined a company, Databank Systems Ltd, that operated a national network of 6 computer…
Is the Mainframe Dead?
No. But it has been a victim of friendly-fire. I’m not sure that there is a headline relating to IT…
Always On: Achieving continuous availability for non-data sharing workloads in a z/OS Parallel Sysplex
Introduction The z/OS Parallel Sysplex® technology provides a highly reliable, redundant, and robust environment by clustering together multiple z/OS systems…