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Hide your privates
My mac had turned into a bit of a mess. I had ssh private keys (that use Passphrases of course!) in a variety of places and I wasn’t very happy about it. I have several different servers that I connect to. There are a few GitHub systems, a Linux system, and of course...
Db2 for z/OS: Answering Some Questions About DBATs (i.e., DDF Threads)
Sometimes, a DBA will email me a question about Db2 for z/OS, and I’ll respond in a pretty comprehensive way, and I’ll look at that outbound message and think to myself, “Hmm. I may have written most of a blog entry there.” This is one of those ca…
Open Source, Mainframe and Mentorship
Looking to start your open-source contribution journey? The Open Mainframe Project's Mentorship Program is announcing it's 2022 Summer Mentorship, which will start in June until August of 2022. So far, they have 11 mentorships for projects ranging from COBOL...
Moving from IMS to Db2?
As a Db2 consultant and regular blogger I often receive questions about technical things, but also on strategy and industry trends. I try to help but I always make it clear when answering that I cannot predict the future, only make educated guesses… …
z/OS Containers – Understanding z/OS Automation
In my last blog, I gave an overview about Kubernetes and highlighted how Kubernetes orchestrates application deployments. There are certainly much more capabilities and concepts to discuss but I don't want to overwhelm you with the details at this point. Rather,...
IBM z16 Day SE – For Everyone and Anyone!
When I first stepped into the world of IBM community last month, I was a neophyte to enterprise computing but keen to learn about the technology sector and innovation. What I learned was pretty unexpected, to say the least. Aside from finding out that IBM is the...
Connect me to the mainframe
People have always worked away from the office. Some have worked at home. Some were the so-called road warriors, who travelled round the country promoting what their company had to offer. And some had to connect to head office when away on business trips. However, the...
IBM Z Virtual Test Platform introduces the VTP Server Extension with an improved user experience
With the release of IBM Z Virtual Test Platform (ZVTP) 2.0.1, IBM's innovative integrated test solution significantly improves the user experience with the Virtual Test Platform Server Extension (VTP Server Extension). VTP Server Extension complements...
Scaling Up Credit Card Authorizations Volume with CICS API
Large banks and global payments processing companies specializing in commercial transactions processing need to substantially scale the volume of credit card authorizations for mobile and web point of service applications. Typically, their core transaction systems are...
How to prevent job failures through advanced JCL checking and more
A new IBM offering IBM Z JCL Expert was just announced, learn more here. In this blog you will learn about the client challenges that this new offering aims to mitigate, what’s changing, why should you act now, how IBM and this offering can help,...
