At 40 years old, is Db2 still relevant?
It’s the 40th anniversary of Db2, IBM’s family of data management products, which was first released in 1983 as DB/2…
Diving into the Depths of Data: Announcing Db2 Month
IBM Db2 is 40 years old this year. In celebration, I want to welcome you to a month-long journey that…
The problem of orphaned data
Mainframes are renowned for their ability to store large amounts of data and being able to access that data. IMS,…
Recap from Empowering CICS Performance Analysis with Advanced Tools
Recently, the Virtual CICS User Group hosted Ezriel Gross, a Principal Solutions Advisor at Rocket Software, specializing in IBM CICS…
Eastern Illinois University—a Renewed Hotbed for Mainframe Education
Bridging the Gap Pundits have been ringing mainframe technology’s death knell since the early 1990’s, but industry needs for information…
Modernization in the News
IBM z/OS upgrade will deliver mainframe AI services and support IBM has revealed further details about its imminent launch of…
Operational Resilience Driven by AIOps and Automation
In today’s hyper-connected world, we expect apps to work flawlessly, ALWAYS be available, and respond in seconds. Behind the scenes…
CICS Programming Best Practices
ASRA Abend Code In discussing aspects of CICS Command level Programming, have you ever wondered why a Program Interrupt (S0C4,…