I know that there are some sites where the cost and the virus have pretty much stopped any kind of development. Also, too many execs view the mainframe as amazingly expensive and they are reluctant to agree to give any more money towards it. Plus, their mindsets still...
The general view that mainframers have of senior financial staff in an organization is that they are people who want to stop anything new happening. They are the people who want mainframers – who are happiest when keeping their mainframe working optimally and keeping...
For everyone with a mainframe, cyber security and cyber resiliency are important. For financial institutions, a major breach could, potentially, not only lead to the company going out of business, but, as we saw in 2008, could also lead to significant parts of the...
Much has been written about cloud computing, and, for a long time, it was very much an either/or situation. People highlighted how much better the mainframe was, and others focused on the things cloud computing was best at. It seems that now, the way forward is to...
Self-help gurus have become the equivalent to pop stars and TV idols. They are well-known and have thousands of followers on social media. And their message is always to be positive. We should always think about successful outcomes to anything that we want to achieve....
People have always worked away from the office. Some have worked at home. Some were the so-called road warriors, who travelled round the country promoting what their company had to offer. And some had to connect to head office when away on business trips. However, the...
One of the greatest problems many mainframe-using organizations face is finding young staff who understand the mainframe and can take over from those experts who have been around for a while, seen it all, and now want to slip quietly into retirement. Too many colleges...
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...
In these days of hybrid cloud working with some applications working best in a cloud environment and some that work best on the mainframe, there’s going to come a time when mainframers and cloud people are going to be sitting in the same room and the way computing is...
Mainframes are renowned for their ability to store large amounts of data and being able to access that data. IMS, for example, has, for many years, been able to store huge amounts of data and access the records in that data very quickly. It’s what made IMS so popular...
