Tell them about mainframes
One of the greatest problems many mainframe-using organizations face is finding young staff who understand the mainframe and can take…
Zowe™ Chat can make you more productive: user scenarios
Since the publication of Zowe gets Chatty a few months ago, the Zowe open community has made great progress. Watch…
Db2 for z/OS: SEPARATE_SECURITY and SECADM
In the Db2 for z/OS module called DSNZPARM (ZPARM, for short), which provides the configuration settings for a Db2 subsystem,…
Know Your Isolation Levels to Develop Correct and Efficient Db2 Programs
Did you know that Db2 provides a method to change the way a program or SQL statement acquires locks? That…
New IBM Cloud security features you should know
Cybersecurity is always in a state of change. There are new security features and new attack methods – or was…
Nurturing new mainframe talent: five key lessons
The tide is definitely turning: organizations are replacing the outdated narrative that the mainframe is ‘old’ tech with a more…
Handy AIOps on IBM zSystems Handbook – A user experience
Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a joint mainframe study between IBM and a large financial services company…
What Db2 for z/OS People Should Know About Data Fabric
“Data fabric” is an increasingly hot topic in IT circles, and with good reason—an effectively implemented data fabric can deliver…