One bright spot for many mainframers, in what can be a very dull January, is the arrival of the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook. The 2023 edition of this well-respected publication is now available and completely free. Let’s take a look at some highlights from the new...
The life of a mainframer is not an easy one. After many years in this business, I have had an opportunity to literally fly around the world talking to customers, prospects, and luminaries on the challenges facing the mainframe and those that work for the companies...
“I ran to the mainframe,” Rocket Software CEO Milan Shetti says with a chuckle, recalling his journey to the IBM zSystems platform. “Mainframe is the backbone of so many industries, and it’s the greenest platform out there.” After decades pioneering IT innovations,...
When UNICOM's Michelle Harris started her career in the IBM zSystems world 30 years ago, women were a rarity. Today there are boundless opportunities for women on the zSystems platform, but nurturing them requires dedicated attention. Programs like IBM Z Xplore and...
If you drive around suburbia in the summer, you'll probably notice that some lawns are greener than others. It's not because the grass on those lawns is genetically superior, or because the soil on one side of the fence is richer than the other. Nor does one lawn get...
Mainframe systems are highly relevant even under the shadow of cloud computing. And, why not? Businesses need them to carry out millions of monetary or data transactions per minute to stay afloat. Mainly, people from Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, AWS, and other...
What even is a mainframe anyway? If you asked me a few months ago what a mainframe was, I don’t think my reply would have gone much further than “a big computer”. Now, as I approach the final stages of my IBM Z Xplore journey, I’m fully convinced of the importance of...
The IBM z16 became generally available (GA) in May 2022. It introduced yet another significant change to IBM Z time synchronization via the new “time direct to the CEC” functionality. This article will briefly review the z15 time synchronization change that served as...
One of the greatest problems many mainframe-using organizations face is finding young staff who understand the mainframe and can take over from those experts who have been around for a while, seen it all, and now want to slip quietly into retirement. Too many colleges...
Since the publication of Zowe gets Chatty a few months ago, the Zowe open community has made great progress. Watch for a technical preview of the new capabilities in 4Q 2022. Key to any software’s success is listening to our consumers and unlocking the...
