By Tim Leader With its unrivalled stability, security and power the mainframe has long offered enormous benefits to the global business community. But as well as this, resilience and business continuation are other major benefits the platform provides. The...
On this episode of The Main Scoop, co-hosts Greg Lotko (SVP and GM, Broadcom Mainframe Software) and Daniel Newman (CEO and Founder, Futurum Research) are joined by Meral Temel, Mainframe Platform Leader at JFORCE, to discuss the opportunities and risks when pursuing...
IT is still a male-dominated industry, and nowhere more so than in the zSystems environment. That’s something we need to change. So I was very pleased to hear my colleague Michelle Harris discussing this very subject on IBM’s z/Action! podcast with Lee...
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...
