9 ways to Master the Z
So you are now working on the mainframe platform. You wanted to keep up with the latest and greatest or…
Do I need real-time, continuous, mainframe security monitoring and auditing?
To be honest, mainframes are pretty secure, aren’t they? We’ve had RACF and other External Security Managers (ESMs) for years.…
A Lack Of Expertise Does Not Force You To Abandon The Mainframe
“Quick! Abandon the mainframe. …Oh, and by the way, buy a bunch of our platforms and services for millions of…
Sub-capacity Pricing and Capping 101
Soft capping, using IBM’s Defined Capacity (DC) or Group Capacity (GC) options, is an effective method to help control software…
Mainframes and the Cloud: Made for Each Other
April 2018 marked the 54th anniversary of IBM’s mainframes. It is uncertain if anyone could have ever predicted such a…
IT Infrastructure Transparency Vital to the Modern Enterprise
Today’s modern data centers are composed of many different systems that works both independently and in conjunction with one another…
I welcome our new machine overlords
It’s been a while since my last overly alarmist IT security rant, and with the holiday season just past—when millions…
Monitoring your service providers
Outsourcing has been the rage for years now, and the outsourcing of computing resources to the cloud leads the way.…