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Mainframe batch challenges – and solutions
The ancient datacenter game of tug-of-war between the need for more computing power, and the need to more closely control ongoing IT costs is never-ending, and continues, as intensely as ever, in today’s large business datacenters. And with the mainframe enclosed...
Mainframing in the 2020’s
There are a countless number of articles on the subject of mainframe computing, and whether or not you should stay with it or replace it with a “more modern” technology. As you can probably well imagine, most vendors that are mainframe-specific will recommend that...
Mainframers are starting to ask questions about security – and that’s a good thing
IT security crises are forever making business headlines. In 2017 it was the high profile ransomware attacks and huge data breaches such as Equifax. Barely a week into 2018 and we had the revelations surrounding the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities affecting...
The Modern and Mobile Mainframe
Without revealing my age, I got my first mainframe job back when terminal emulators were a new idea. They were rudimentary with only basic features like copy and paste available, but the number of licensed seats we had for those PC-based emulators was limited, so we...
The mainframe strikes back
With the mainframe’s star in the ascendancy yet again, we need to seize the opportunities presented while recognizing the risks, writes Mark Wilson, RSM Partners I was just sixteen when I started working with mainframes. That was in May 1980, a month that also saw the...
Capping is Good.
Or, Capping is no longer a bad word Okay, yes it is - nobody in their right mind is going to cap their business-critical workloads. Yes you want to save on operational spend - in fact you need to - but not at the expense of completing business-critical workloads on...
Mainframe News Out There – February
Once a month we like to pick articles from other blogs that we feel are interesting enough to talk about on the Planet Mainframe blog. Here are this week’s picks: GDPR deadline approaching The deadline for GDPR compliance is approaching fast – just months away – May...
Analytics – now – and in the future
It has been going on for decades on the mainframe The future is about doing it better in multi-platform environments And - in real time Given the meteoric rise in the use of smartphones, the increasing inter-connectivity between what were previously non-connected...
Latest
Mainframe batch challenges – and solutions
The ancient datacenter game of tug-of-war between the need for more computing power, and the need to more closely control ongoing IT costs is never-ending, and continues, as intensely as ever, in today’s large business datacenters. And with the mainframe enclosed...
Mainframing in the 2020’s
There are a countless number of articles on the subject of mainframe computing, and whether or not you should stay with it or replace it with a “more modern” technology. As you can probably well imagine, most vendors that are mainframe-specific will recommend that...
Mainframers are starting to ask questions about security – and that’s a good thing
IT security crises are forever making business headlines. In 2017 it was the high profile ransomware attacks and huge data breaches such as Equifax. Barely a week into 2018 and we had the revelations surrounding the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities affecting...
The Modern and Mobile Mainframe
Without revealing my age, I got my first mainframe job back when terminal emulators were a new idea. They were rudimentary with only basic features like copy and paste available, but the number of licensed seats we had for those PC-based emulators was limited, so we...
The mainframe strikes back
With the mainframe’s star in the ascendancy yet again, we need to seize the opportunities presented while recognizing the risks, writes Mark Wilson, RSM Partners I was just sixteen when I started working with mainframes. That was in May 1980, a month that also saw the...
Capping is Good.
Or, Capping is no longer a bad word Okay, yes it is - nobody in their right mind is going to cap their business-critical workloads. Yes you want to save on operational spend - in fact you need to - but not at the expense of completing business-critical workloads on...
Mainframe News Out There – February
Once a month we like to pick articles from other blogs that we feel are interesting enough to talk about on the Planet Mainframe blog. Here are this week’s picks: GDPR deadline approaching The deadline for GDPR compliance is approaching fast – just months away – May...
Analytics – now – and in the future
It has been going on for decades on the mainframe The future is about doing it better in multi-platform environments And - in real time Given the meteoric rise in the use of smartphones, the increasing inter-connectivity between what were previously non-connected...
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BMC Survey Shows Enterprises Still Value Mainframe BMC released its 18th annual Mainframe Survey this week, highlighting the continued value of Big Iron as a critical core technology platform for many organizations. This year’s survey involved more than 800 executive...
Do you know your mainframe lingo?
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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 a major z/OS upgrade, which will feature an infusion of AI. The operating system upgrade introduces AI support via a feature package called...
Test your SMF knowledge and more with trivia this week!
As usual, this week’s trivia challenge will look back at two Planet Mainframe articles with different themes. This week, our first article will be most relevant for companies that outsource their mainframes to specialist outsourcers. The second should be highly...
Mandates and Talent Shortages are Driving Big Spending on Modernization
IBM Awarded $1B IRS Contract for Modernization of Aging IT Systems IBM announced this week that it is one of four organizations chosen to support the Internal Revenue Service’s massive, seven-year, technology modernization program. The IRS’ aging and...