Getting the basics right
Mainframes are expensive – no-one disagrees with that. But what they can do is run industrial strength workloads for less…
What’s next for green screens?
The great thing about green screens is that they are so easy and so quick to use. Basically, a screen…
What’s waiting round the mainframe corner?
Anyone who has been working on mainframes for any length of time knows that things are always changing. Many people…
2020 vision
I was working recently with a mixed bag of people from a company, who were trying to predict the future…
Bringing DevOps to your mainframe
The days of waterfall software development on a mainframe are coming to an end. It’s no longer tolerable for end…
No pain, no gain?
The way you learned about mainframes was probably a mixture of courses, working with a more experienced colleague, and trial…
The Majority of Mainframers Are Above Average!
Imagine what you’d think if the latest IT survey—perhaps even the Arcati Mainframe User Survey—said that the majority of mainframers…
Big data – big opportunity
You’ve heard people talking about it and finally your organization has decided that there is a business case for going…