Punk’s not dead and neither is the mainframe
Admittedly, I’m as much a music fan as I’m a technophile—perhaps it’s this combination that makes it easy for me…
Don’t get fooled by the Mainframe FUD
I’ve been seeing FUD (Fear! Uncertainty! Doubt!) articles like this one for years now and while it’s pretty easy to…
Why the Mainframe is more relevant than ever in the “Hybrid” World
If you’ve earned your living in the IT field for any length of time, you know that words and phrases…
3 ways VMware has succeeded – Distributed Computing’s Failure in Masquerading as a Mainframe
With $6 billion in revenue, VMware is heralded as a great success in the enterprise tech sector. However, VMware’s success…
Four ways Mainframe shops can embrace Mobile
Part 5: Create New Interfaces for Existing Assets This is the final installment of a five-part series about how mainframe…
The New Era of Mainframe and Mobility
How proven technology is the only technology for the global mobile paradigm It’s no secret—the disparaging things we hear behind…
FICON CUP and Advanced Diagnostics
The FICON Control Unit Port (CUP) provides an in-band management interface defined by IBM that defines the channel command words…
Four ways Mainframe shops can Embrace Mobile
Part 4: New Online Processing and Data Storage This is Part 4 of a 5-part series about how mainframe shops…