It’s high time we acknowledged that mainframe data loss is far more than a security problem. It’s fundamentally a business problem. As the old saying goes, prevention is better than cure. This applies to data loss and cyber attacks as much as anything else in life. If...
We look forward to attending IDUG EMEA & GSE this month and the first week of November. Both events offer attendees an opportunity to connect, collaborate and share insights with people within the industry. Planet Mainframe looks forward to connecting with you. We...
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...
Since the publication of Zowe gets Chatty a few months ago, the Zowe open community has made great progress. Watch for a technical preview of the new capabilities in 4Q 2022. Key to any software’s success is listening to our consumers and unlocking the...
In the Db2 for z/OS module called DSNZPARM (ZPARM, for short), which provides the configuration settings for a Db2 subsystem, there is a parameter named SEPARATE_SECURITY. This ZPARM was introduced with Db2 10, and its purpose is to enable a Db2 for z/OS-using...
Did you know that Db2 provides a method to change the way a program or SQL statement acquires locks? That way is known as the isolation level and it can be set to specify the locking behavior for a transaction or statement. Standard SQL defines four isolation levels...
Cybersecurity is always in a state of change. There are new security features and new attack methods - or was it the other way? Over the past months, several new security features were added to IBM Cloud. In this blog post, I want to quickly describe them and point...
The tide is definitely turning: organizations are replacing the outdated narrative that the mainframe is ‘old’ tech with a more objective view focusing on how IBM Z can support their business over the long term, while also contributing to digital transformation. At...
Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a joint mainframe study between IBM and a large financial services company in Europe. As part of that study also the customer's service management processes were explored and the goal was to figure out where and how...
"Data fabric" is an increasingly hot topic in IT circles, and with good reason—an effectively implemented data fabric can deliver significant dividends by enabling an organization to get more value from its data assets. Db2 for z/OS people should have some familiarity...
