Tell them about mainframes
One of the greatest problems many mainframe-using organizations face is finding young staff who understand the mainframe and can take…
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…
Are mainframers too negative?
Self-help gurus have become the equivalent to pop stars and TV idols. They are well-known and have thousands of followers…
Getting the most from mainframes and the cloud
Much has been written about cloud computing, and, for a long time, it was very much an either/or situation. People…
Cyber security and cyber resiliency for financial institutions (and everyone else)
For everyone with a mainframe, cyber security and cyber resiliency are important. For financial institutions, a major breach could, potentially,…
Don’t Tell the CFO!
The general view that mainframers have of senior financial staff in an organization is that they are people who want…
Moving mission-critical mainframe workloads to the cloud
I know that there are some sites where the cost and the virus have pretty much stopped any kind of…
Tell me about COBOL
Let me start by telling you a story… Once there was a big town and everyone went to school and…