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Mainframe Modernization Isn’t About Mainframe Migration
Mainframes have been with us for decades, and despite advances in cloud computing and enterprise architectures, mainframes will be with us for some time to come. Most of today’s mainframes still run business-critical applications written in COBOL or Fortran that have...
The Mainframe is Not Secure
October is cybersecurity awareness month, and Planet Mainframe is kicking it off with interview insights from Mark Wilson, Technical Director at mainframe services company Vertali and Conference Manager for GSE UK. "Is the mainframe secure? No. But it is...
PART 4: COBOL—The Road Ahead
The Ailments of Age We’ve come to the final installment of our homage to COBOL. Let’s look at the challenges it faces in the future. You do not reach 65 years without having endured some difficult experiences. COBOL bears those scars just as anything else would at...
COBOL, My Saving Grace
Early 2025 will mark 45 years of my IBM mainframe-centric career that began as a COBOL applications programmer. As a language, COBOL differs from the terse, mathematical programming languages and Assembler languages. COBOL is perfect for people who don’t have a...
The Art of the Possible with BMC Software
If you’re searching for a dynamic duo to offer real talk about the mainframe, look no further than Jeremy Hamilton, Field CTO, North America, and Anthony (Tony) Anter, DevOps Architect and Evangelists, both from BMC Software. Planet Mainframe sat down at SHARE...
Enhancing IMS Performance with Dataset-Level Encryption
In a recent virtual user group session, Dennis Eichelberger, a veteran with over 45 years of mainframe and database systems experience, presented an insightful discussion on implementing dataset-level encryption for IMS (Information Management System). Hosted by...
Microsoft and Mainframe: Combining Platform Strengths in Hybrid IT
Watch the latest episode of the Main Scoop, as Greg Lotko SVP and GM, Broadcom Mainframe Software and Daniel Newman CEO and Founder, Futurum Research sit down with Barry Wordell, Global GTM Sales and Strategy at Microsoft, as they discuss the importance of leveraging...
COBOL PART 3: The Experts’ View
As COBOL reaches 65 years of loyal service in the IT world, this third piece in a four-part homage how a veteran IT technology has remained successful for so long. We previously introduced some of the reasons behind COBOL’s enduring success as a business language. Yet...
Thoughts, experiences, and insights about COBOL
Looking back, I can still vividly remember the year when I graduated from college with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. It was 2008. Coming from university, I was quite confident in the skills and exposure that I acquired. PHP with...
COBOL has the Staying Power of a Keith Richards Guitar Riff
The most recent wave of media articles predicting the death of COBOL happened just before the pandemic. In 2019, COBOL supporters were celebrating the 60th birthday of this venerable computer programming language. Now COBOL is 65, and it’s still around. COBOL is...
