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Mainframe Trailblazer Trivia

Mainframe Trailblazer Trivia

This month at Planet Mainframe the focus is on Talent and Training, so here at Trivia Challenge we’re going to test your knowledge of a few mainframe trailblazers. The first person we’re looking at is the formidable Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. Born in 1906, Hopper’s...

No Money Should Be Harmed

No Money Should Be Harmed

IT Infrastructure Transparency & the Modern Enterprise Today’s modern data centers are composed of many different systems. They work both independently and in conjunction with one another to deliver business services— an ecosystem of hardware, software, network...

Mainframe News to Close Out the Year

Mainframe News to Close Out the Year

Broadcom Completes Acquisition of VMware, Moves to Subscription Model Having completed its acquisition of VMware, Inc, Broadcom Inc., a provider of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, is moving forward with plans to enable enterprise customers to...

Evolution of the Mainframe

Evolution of the Mainframe

In 2023, the mainframe is the central technology of the  biggest businesses on earth, but they also have a long and storied history. They’ve been around long enough, in fact,  to have had a cameo appearance in the show Mad Men (shout out to the IBM/360). But...

IBM Z JCL Expert fits better in your environment

IBM Z JCL Expert fits better in your environment

IBM just announced a new release of IBM Z JCL Expert, it is the version 1.2, see related announcement here. With this new release the product is enriched in order to better fit your environment with new checks available, new out-of-the-box integration and a new...

Mainframe News to Close Out the Year

Mainframe News This Month

VirtualZ Computing Raises $4.9 Million to Enable Enterprise Innovation With Mainframe Data  VirtualZ Computing, the only woman-founded mainframe company, has announced $2.2 million in seed financing, bringing the total capital raised to $4.9 million. The capital...