Mainframe Security Trivia

Mainframe Security Trivia

For a long time, the perception that mainframes are inherently secure probably made life quite a bit easier for hackers than it really needed to be.  Back in the pre-internet world, corporations could probably afford to treat mainframe security as an...

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History of Cybercrime and Cybersecurity

History of Cybercrime and Cybersecurity

For a long time, mainframes seemed like a safe room where a company’s most precious data possessions would be secure. But while mainframes still present unique challenges to bad actors, the days of mainframe impenetrability are most definitely over. Ever since the...

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Mainframe News for You

Utah’s Office of Recovery Services Moves from COBOL to Cloud in 18 Months Utah’s Office of Recovery Services (ORS) is responsible for both collecting child support payments across the state and ensuring public funds are used appropriately. For 24 years it has relied...

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Mainframes by the Numbers

Mainframes by the Numbers

Since you’ve found your way to Planet Mainframe, you probably know that mainframes are the IT workhorses of big business. It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s hard to even imagine the past several decades of commerce without the mainframe doing its thing, mostly...

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Check out the most recent Mainframe News

Rocket Software Survey Reveals Only 27% of Organizations are Extremely Confident in Mainframe Security Compliance Rocket Software, a global technology leader that develops enterprise software for some of the world’s largest companies, has released the findings of its...

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Do you know your Linux Trivia?

Do you know your Linux Trivia?

As one of the most popular operating systems on the planet, we are all living in a Linux world. All of the world’s top 500 supercomputers run Linux, not to mention our cars, phones, and home appliances. This trusty OS has now been around for a few decades, which in...

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Navigating AI and More

IBM Unveils watsonx.governance to Help Businesses Navigate AI Enterprises use AI to solve problems, but businesses are also finding that AI has ushered in a whole new murky world of risks. IBM has announced that watsonx.governance will be released in early December to...

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Mainframe News This Month

VirtualZ Computing Raises $4.9 Million to Enable Enterprise Innovation With Mainframe Data  VirtualZ Computing, the only woman-founded mainframe company, has announced $2.2 million in seed financing, bringing the total capital raised to $4.9 million. The capital...

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Evolution of the Mainframe

Evolution of the Mainframe

In 2023, the mainframe is the central technology of the  biggest businesses on earth, but they also have a long and storied history. They’ve been around long enough, in fact,  to have had a cameo appearance in the show Mad Men (shout out to the IBM/360). But...

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