From Brazil's "six" to Italy's "chicks" and Britain's "kicks," one of the mainframe's most famous technologies has inspired decades of linguistic creativity.They Call It "Six" in Brazil The Portuguese word for "six" is seis in Brazil and Portugal. According to...
Running open source on z/OS allows it to better integrate with off-platform solutions. It also provides user interfaces familiar to engineering and computer science students, who, we hope, will become the next generation of z/OS programmers and sysadmins. Of course,...
An Agnostic Services Vendor Weighs In After Years of Intensive Migration Activity Summary GTSG’s thirty-seven years on the mainframe include hundreds of thousands of hours dedicated to ISV migrations. We've observed many paths taken by mainframe shops,...
In the world of mainframe operating systems, z/VSE is often overshadowed by better-known siblings such as z/OS. But z/VSE has an impressive story worth telling. Virtual Storage Extended (z/VSE) is an operating system designed specifically for IBM mainframes. It was...
On April 8, 2025, after much public anticipation, IBM announced the launch of its next-generation mainframe, the IBM z17, designed with integrated artificial intelligence(AI) capabilities across hardware, software, and system operations. The new system builds on the...
IBM just announced a new release of IBM Z JCL Expert, it is the version 1.2, see related announcement here. With this new release the product is enriched in order to better fit your environment with new checks available, new out-of-the-box integration and a new...
