Once a month (or so) we like to pick blog articles from other sources that we feel are interesting enough to talk about on the Planet Mainframe blog. Here are this month’s picks: Planet Db2 The resurrected Planet Db2 blog is chugging along just fine, with new articles...
In Application Architecture: an Evolutionary View I wrote of the way that computers have evolved from the mainframe era of the 1970’s to today’s interconnected world, where mainframes and other servers communicate with PC’s and mobile devices to provide services that...
The footprint of IT has reached the same levels today as the global CO2 emissions of global air traffic. Furthermore, various studies show that in the coming years the digital revolution entails the energy consumption produced from IT being multiplied with an increase...
The speed of digital transformation is already impressive and will only increase. To put this in very concrete terms, consider the following: Suddenly, a large number of people jumped from a very provincial lifestyle directly into digital times - creating a massive...
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...
The EXPLAIN functionality of Db2 for z/OS, by which the query optimizer's access path determinations are externalized, has been around as long as I can remember, and Db2 people, by and large, are familiar with the concept. In recent weeks, however, I discovered that...
As strange as it may sound to many, but people need to get their fact straight - that IBM Mainframes were the first ever Cloud Computing platform built on planet earth. Cloud Computing is probably the most heard about 'Fancy Tech Term' in the modern era of Digital...
A Guide to Debunking Mainframe Myths, Criticisms, and More Why is defending the mainframe so difficult? One reason is that many people do not fully understand what is meant by the term “mainframe.” Ubiquitous computing leads many to believe that the mainframe is an...
The massive benefits that machine learning can provide are well documented by this point, yet many organizations are still failing to take advantage of the predictive technology while others are failing to derive the value that vendors have promised.1 This is...
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...
