Connect me to the mainframe
People have always worked away from the office. Some have worked at home. Some were the so-called road warriors, who…
IBM z16 Day SE – For Everyone and Anyone!
When I first stepped into the world of IBM community last month, I was a neophyte to enterprise computing but keen to learn about the technology sector and innovation. What I learned was pretty unexpected, to say the least. Aside…
From Bluemix to IBM Cloud, from Cloud Foundry to Code Engine
"Bring Your Own Community"About seven years ago, I started to work with, then blog about Bluemix and Cloud Foundry. Not my first, but one of the first posts is titled "Some fun with Bluemix, Cloud Foundry, Python, JSON and the Weather". Reading that ar...
IBM Z Virtual Test Platform introduces the VTP Server Extension with an improved user experience
With the release of IBM Z Virtual Test Platform (ZVTP) 2.0.1, IBM's innovative integrated test solution significantly improves the user experience…
Scaling Up Credit Card Authorizations Volume with CICS API
Large banks and global payments processing companies specializing in commercial transactions processing need to substantially scale the volume of credit…
How to prevent job failures through advanced JCL checking and more
A new IBM offering IBM Z JCL Expert was just announced, learn more here. In this blog you will learn about the client…
Mainframe News Out There
Once a month (or so) we like to pick blog articles from other sources that we feel are interesting enough…
Real-time runtime metrics collection multiprocessor JVM monitoring (APAR PJ46608)
PJ46275 provided the ability for the tpfrtmc offline utility to monitor JVM data from a single z/TPF processor. PJ46608 provides the ability for the…
When Catastrophe Strikes, Recover Data With Ease
This blog focuses on the dire circumstances of a catastrophic recovery involving the entire system. There is a companion blog, Recover…
Db2 User-Defined Functions (UDFs)
A user-defined function, or UDF for short, enables you to customize Db2 to your shop's requirements. It is a very powerful feature that can be used to add procedural functionality, coded by the user, to Db2. The UDF, once coded and...
Recover Quickly With Surgical Precision
Resiliency is an integral part of the IBM Z platform. The IBM Z Cyber Vault solution is a concept for addressing…