Sabre is Getting Off the Mainframe—One Way or Another
Sabre Inc. is the biggest provider of air booking in the US. Their real-time computing technology initially used in 1960…
The Mainframe: A Look Back at 2022 & What is on the Horizon in 2023
Why focus on the mainframe for a look forward? If you’ve read the rest of the IT-based rhetoric about 2022…
A Quick Look Back – The (NOT) Demise of the IBM Mainframe
Just a few months ago, we passed a mainframe anniversary, of sorts. Sometime in March 1996, the IBM mainframe was…
Mainframe systems help to keep things going in a pandemic
While many of us are in pandemic mode—hopefully most people who CAN work remotely ARE working remotely. Unfortunately, some folks…
New Year, Old Stuff; And New…
What can I say? I’m an old guy and I like old stuff. The best example of this is my…
IT Security is Business-Critical: And I Hate it…
Okay, that’s it – I hate IT security. And I really think that many folks in IT are actually like…
50 Years ago in Mainframe Computing
How many computer platforms could justify a headline like that!? Well, it has been almost 50 years since NASA landed…
Part II: Six ways to improve datacenter performance while saving on costs
Last week we looked at some of the most common reactions to the need for improved mainframe performance in the…