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…
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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 travelled round the country promoting what their company had to offer. And some had to connect to head office when…
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…
Porting an Enterprise App to System Z – My Experience Pt.4
Part 4 of 4: The Value and Future In Part 1 The Basics, Part 2 The Good and Part 3…
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…
Porting an Enterprise App to System Z – My Experience Pt.2
Part 2 of 4: The Good I provided a simplistic overview of what I intended to port to Linux for…