The early days of IDUG
Remembrance of IBM DB2 Events of the 1980’s which Led to the Creation of IDUG This article is a summary…
AI and IBM Watson Fuel Interest in App Dev among Mainframe Shops
BMC’s 2016 mainframe survey, covered by DancingDinosaur, both directly and indirectly pointed to increased activity in regard to data center…
Software Urbanism: A challenging but highly rewarding strategy
Information Technology (IT) is rather young in human history. If you compare this sector with industry, IT is just at…
Black Friday – Black Balance Sheet
As Black Friday begins to emerge on the horizon it makes me think about how we are about to read…
Linux on z Systems eBook
A special edition of IBM Systems Magazine focuses on Linux on z Systems. Some interesting articles: a foundation for blockchain…
Thanksgiving, Mom and IT Leadership
Next Thursday, we will sit around a table with people whose political opinions we find heartless or naïve, who don’t…
Stop Blaming the Mainframe for Healthcare IT Shortfalls
At TEDMED, Eric Dishman makes a bold argument: The US healthcare system is like computing circa 1959, tethered to big,…
