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Legacy IT, COBOL, and the Art of Aircraft Maintenance

Legacy IT, COBOL, and the Art of Aircraft Maintenance

by Donald Fitzgerald | Sep 9, 2024

Inspired by Robert Pirsig's book, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." Airlines use a specific approach to aircraft maintenance that can serve as a blueprint for legacy application management and budgeting.In this article, I explain why Pirsig’s book is...

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The Mainframe Manager’s Essential Guide to Hiring Millennials

The Mainframe Manager’s Essential Guide to Hiring Millennials

by Gil Peleg | Feb 7, 2019

The numbers are clear and compelling: Mainframe usage is on the rise: By this year, 64% of mainframe-powered organizations (up from 57% last year) will be running more than half of their business-critical workloads (analytics, blockchain, web, mobile) on the...

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