Featured Blog Posts

The IBM Mainframe: The most powerful and cost-effective computing platform for business

September 7th, 2021

By:Allan Zander

Under:Featured,Mainframe

Many of we mainframe pundits have written about the robustness, power, perseverance, capacity and more importantly, the cost-effectiveness of the mainframe (Allingham, Sun, Peleg), including myself. But what about showing the superiority of the mainframe using real numbers, comparing it[...]

A DevOps Approach to Building Batch Workflow Automation

June 29th, 2021

By:Georges Deschamps

Under:Dev Ops,Featured

Treating Artifacts as Code in DevOps “...there are still manual processes that take time and are error prone.” The DevOps process relies heavily on automation of the software development lifecycle stages to achieve maximum agility while drastically shortening the time to market[...]

More On IMS Usage

March 27th, 2021

By:Subhasish Sarkar

Under:Featured,Mainframe

Understanding how an Input Message sent by an IMS Connect Client to IMS Connect works when OTMA NAKs the Input Message  IMS Connect (ICON) is the TCP/IP gateway for IMS. So, besides running the traditional IMS transactions on z/OS, an IMS[...]

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Three ways to make zSystems more attractive to women

March 23rd, 2023

By: Lynda Kershaw

Under:Mainframe

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[...]

Hot Off the Press Mainframe News

March 22nd, 2023

By: Sonja Soderlund

Under:News

IBM Announces z/OS 3.1 Will Embrace AI IBM has released a teaser for its much anticipated Quarter 3 2023 z/OS upgrade.  “IBM® z/OS® 3.1 marks a new era in operating system intelligence,” begins the announcement which heralds a new AI-infused, hybrid-cloud operating[...]

Updates to ODP Dashboards, improved Instana Integration and Machine Learning direction

March 15th, 2023

By: James Porell

Under:OMEGAMON

OMEGAMON Tech Summit – live in Milan, Rome and Madrid Before I get into the product update details, there are a collection of live events coming up to talk about OMEGAMON futures. These events are targeting Italian and Spanish customers with[...]

Test Your Mainframe Knowledge

March 14th, 2023

By: Sonja Soderlund

Under:Trivia

The rise of cloud computing in recent decades has probably led some to believe that on-premise mainframe computing has become obsolete. Not so! In fact, argues Tamal Das, in a recent article outlining the similarities and differences (♧ HINT) between the two[...]

All You Need To Know About Mainframes

March 8th, 2023

By: Trevor Eddolls

Under:Mainframe

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[...]

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