Much ado has been made of the talent gap in the mainframe space. Enterprise mainframe clients have been metaphorically wringing their hands as the aging-out of their mainframe-savvy workforce metaphorically wrings their necks. A friend of mine, now an influential...
Exciting news for the mainframe community! Today marks the official launch of the Planet Mainframe Job Board, an online portal dedicated exclusively to employers and professionals in the mainframe industry. It's live now at Jobs.PlanetMainframe.com, and it's more than...
Last week, Planet Mainframe joined forces with Adaptigent to bring you a webinar session that stands out from the typical 'mainframe modernization' talks that often sound like sales pitches for cloud services. Titled Five Ways to Reduce Business Costs with Connected...
Skip to the Survey Hey Mainframe Enthusiast! Exciting news: Dive into the mainframe universe with the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook's annual survey. Your insights are the pulse of IBM Z users—hardware, software, and future plans. This year, we’re exploring mainframe's...
As of 2023, over 72% of businesses worldwide have been affected by ransomware attacks. With new attacks seemingly every day and the cost of these attacks on the rise, companies know they can’t afford to joke around about security. Because of this, many are opting to...
Preventing ransomware attacks has become one of the top cybersecurity priorities for organizations. Mainframes are not immune to ransomware or any other cyberattack. Yes, the most secure platform on the planet that runs mission-critical applications and holds...
Written by: Jose Arias, CISSP, ITILMainframe Security Specialist, Broadcom Continuous monitoring of activities has become an integral part of our daily lives, making it easier to track and manage various aspects, from our health to environmental concerns. ...
The year is 2033. We’re in the future, and it looks a lot like today. There are no flying cars or immortality pills. Behind the scenes, technology continues running, with the amount of data generated growing year-over-year. Here are a few predictions for what...
Written by: Jose Arias, CISSP, ITILMainframe Security Specialist Imagine the surprise when, as an occasional gym visitor, you return to your fitness center one day, eager to resume your workouts, only to find that the familiar wristband is no longer the key to access....
Quoting from the IBM z/OS ISPF Edit and Edit Macros (SC19-3621-50): A label is an alphabetic character string used to name lines or strings of data for easy reference. Because labels remain with the lines to which they are assigned, they are especially useful in...
