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Twentieth-Century Mainframe Icon—Fred Brooks

Twentieth-Century Mainframe Icon—Fred Brooks

At Planet Mainframe, we’ve been marking the 60th anniversary of the mainframe by celebrating the lives of influential mainframes of the past and present. This week, we’re turning our attention to a twentieth-century mainframe icon—Fred Brooks. Brooks was a luminary in...

Building cyber resilience: get ready for DORA

Building cyber resilience: get ready for DORA

The Digital Operations Resilience Act (DORA), which applies from 17th January 2025, is an EU regulation relevant to financial institutions. It seeks to establish a universal framework for incident response, risk management and mitigation, and governance regarding the...

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Understanding SMF 98 Address Space Consumption Measurements ..... September 17th ..... Sign up using this link As we have previously discussed, the SMF 98 records are still a fairly new record, […]

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Join Scott Chapman in this 4-day z/OS Performance Tuning Essentials Workshop that focuses on the foundational terminology, metrics, and practices necessary to measure, understand, and improve z/OS system performance. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the factors driving performance and […]

Mainframe Trailblazers – Part 4

Mainframe Trailblazers – Part 4

Here at Planet Mainframe, January is the month to focus on talent and training, and this week’s Trivia quiz follows suit with a quiz on some of the big talents that blazed the trail of the mainframe. These innovators have left an indelible mark on mainframe computing,...

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History of Unix Trivia

History of Unix Trivia

It’s an understatement to say that the mainframe has come a long way since its inception in the mid-20th century. And while some of the mainframe’s evolution took place incrementally, other developments were more revolutionary. The introduction of UNIX falls into the...

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Mainframe Lingo Trivia

Mainframe Lingo Trivia

MIPS, CPUs, CRT, VTAM….the world of mainframes is absolutely notorious for the obscure lingo. A conversation between two mainframers talking mainframe-speak is sure to be entirely impenetrable to an outsider. It could be seen as a barrier (it probably is a barrier for...

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Pioneering Mainframer – Erich Bloch

Pioneering Mainframer – Erich Bloch

There’s just something about the autumnal season that makes us want to look back. This week’s Trivia Challenge is going to do just that, paying tribute to a pioneering mainframer who passed away eight years ago at the age of 91. The only child of a German-Jewish...

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