A Breakthrough in Mainframe Storage Efficiency

A Breakthrough in Mainframe Storage Efficiency

Broadcom has delivered a first in mainframe storage with the Virtual Storage Adapter (VSA) enhancement to CA 1™ Flexible Storage™. This new feature lets you have your cake and eat it too – achieve high-performance virtual tape storage without the traditionally higher...

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Time to Rethink Db2 Disaster Recovery

Time to Rethink Db2 Disaster Recovery

For a long time, disaster recovery (DR) in Db2 z/OS environments was mostly about getting systems back online after a major outage. Whether it was a hardware failure, a data center problem, or a natural disaster, the focus was on full system recovery, bringing the...

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The Mainframe is Not Secure

The Mainframe is Not Secure

October is cybersecurity awareness month, and Planet Mainframe is kicking it off with interview insights from Mark Wilson, Technical Director at mainframe services company Vertali and Conference Manager for GSE UK.  "Is the mainframe secure? No. But it is...

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Get ready for DORA

Get ready for DORA

In my last article about ransomware, I mentioned how important it was for chief financial officers (CFOs) to ensure that the IT in their organizations was as secure as possible—particularly now that attacks can come from artificial intelligence (AI) bots that could be...

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