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Easy access to IBM Z information with IBM Doc Buddy
IBM Doc Buddy enables you to search error messages of IBM Z software products in both the online or offline environment on your mobile device – it can be a perfect replacement for LookAt, a z/OS message tool for which support is no longer available. Doc Buddy is...
LinuxONE Emperor II- the Linux Mainframe
The latest in the LinuxOne lineup is the LinuxONE Emperor II, introduced this past summer. It is built on the z14 and it runs a dedicated, optimized version of open Linux. It can do everything you can do with a native (x86) Linux system and more. You can run Docker...
If it isn’t broken…
(Legacy systems – their role – their future.) I used to run a company which specialized in providing so-called Direct Market Access (DMA) to suitably authorized Buy-Side firms – as well as to many firms on the Sell-Side. Many of these firms (particularly the High...
8 Mainframe Mobile Apps that every mainframe professional should know
Yes, we have smartphone apps related to the mainframe. Don’t be surprised. Mainframes are not the old dusty computers that some folks go on about – you know; the ages-old dinosaurs that occupy entire rooms, use card punch input, and require bits and bytes...
GDPR and what it means to you
(What will be the impact in the mainframe datacenter?) GDPR changes the rules The EU will be introducing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May of this year – it is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. GDPR replaces the...
Getting the basics right
Mainframes are expensive – no-one disagrees with that. But what they can do is run industrial strength workloads for less than it would cost on other platforms with much less likelihood of any kind of system malfunction. Having said that, it makes sense to understand...
Retraction
An article, “Meltdown and Spectre and the Mainframe”, was posted here January 5th by Keith Allingham, stating some information regarding the Meltdown and Spectre flaws and their relevance to the mainframe. The article contained information could not be guaranteed 100%...
Blockchain: Challenges, opportunities, and a car in every driveway
When the automobile replaced the horse and carriage, it was just considered to be a faster horse. What you might ask, does this have to do with blockchain and its challenges and opportunities? Let’s begin by considering the challenges and opportunities presented by...
Bringing Machine Learning to Big Iron
In today’s data driven economies there is evermore pressure to drive financial returns and payback for IT investments, increasing the need for IT organizations to deliver both analytics and digital transformation with practical and meaningful business outcomes. The...
Don’t Believe the Myth-information about the Mainframe: Part 3
In this series, Janet Sun explores and dispels numerous myths around the mainframe. Continued from Part 1 and Part 2. What Do You Lose by Moving Off the Mainframe? Efficiency Typically, distributed servers support a single application workload. How many business...
