Mainframe apps
While a large chunk of the world seems to think that mainframes are out of date and barely hanging on…
Help! Lost on Z!
Is it a misconception that mainframe professionals find it hard to get help? When we talk about non-mainframe technology, there…
Demystifying Cloud for Mainframe Managers
The IBM 360 mainframe made its debut in April 1964. With the unprecedented ability to perform 229,000 calculations per second,…
The Great Disconnect
Do CICS programmers / JavaScript programmers know what it is they’re working on? Sure they know how their programs work…
Does McKinsey Hate Betty White?
Betty White rocks. I mean, she hosted Saturday Night Live—and won an Emmy for it—at the age of 88. At…
Mainframe batch challenges – and solutions
The ancient datacenter game of tug-of-war between the need for more computing power, and the need to more closely control…
Mainframing in the 2020’s
There are a countless number of articles on the subject of mainframe computing, and whether or not you should stay…
The Modern and Mobile Mainframe
Without revealing my age, I got my first mainframe job back when terminal emulators were a new idea. They were…