by Craig Mullins | Sep 8, 2023 | DB2
Last time we covered Db2 12 for z/OS Function Levels and how that was the basis for Db2v13. Another synergy with the z Systems hardware is that Db2 13 for z/OS takes advantage of the new IBM Z Telum processor for AI workloads. And AI capabilities are one of the big...
by Sonja Soderlund | Sep 6, 2023 | News
Hot Topics at 68-year old Mainframe Conference: SHARE 2023 This year’s SHARE conference took place in New Orleans between August 13-18. Created in 1955 as a means of learning about and networking within the mainframe space, the conference continues to draw mainframers...
by Alessandro Bruno | Sep 1, 2023 | DB2
It’s the 40th anniversary of Db2, IBM’s family of data management products, which was first released in 1983 as DB/2 (Database 2). IBM Db2 was a successor to IBM’s first relational database IMS, and as a response to competition from Oracle’s database,...
by Trevor Eddolls | Aug 31, 2023 | Mainframe
Mainframes are renowned for their ability to store large amounts of data and being able to access that data. IMS, for example, has, for many years, been able to store huge amounts of data and access the records in that data very quickly. It’s what made IMS so popular...
by Paul D Brown, Brian W Goad and Austin Cheney | Aug 29, 2023 | Education
Bridging the Gap Pundits have been ringing mainframe technology’s death knell since the early 1990’s, but industry needs for information security and big data computing power have kept mainframes very much alive. Mainframes continue to be the workhorse for...
by Sonja Soderlund | Aug 28, 2023 | 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...
by Lynda Kershaw | Aug 15, 2023 | Mainframe
Why should we care about sustainable computing? I’d always considered the IT sector to be pretty sustainable until I discovered some alarming facts. The IT systems that run our world are now responsible for around 4 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas...
by Sonja Soderlund | Aug 11, 2023 | News
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...
by Linda McGrath | Aug 9, 2023 | Modernization
Once upon a time, senior management believed the mainframe was a dying platform, and far too expensive to run. So investments in the platform (and the people running it) slowed and stalled. Today, we see the impact of those decisions. In an era of mainframe...
by Amanda Hendley | Jul 26, 2023 | Mainframe
Mainframes have stood as the bedrock of critical business applications for decades, boasting unmatched reliability and security. However, technological progress compels organizations to modernize their IT infrastructure without moving away from the mainframe. Legacy...
by Sonja Soderlund | Jul 26, 2023 | News
Open Mainframe Project Announces Schedule for Open Mainframe Summit Las Vegas on September 11 Registration is now open for the Open Mainframe Summit, an open source initiative that enables collaboration across the mainframe community. The goal of the conference, which...
by Sonja Soderlund | Jul 14, 2023 | News
Rocket Software Study Reveals 93% of IT Leaders Believe Hybrid Cloud Solutions are the Future of IT Rocket Software, a global technology leader that develops enterprise software for some of the world’s largest companies, has released its 2023 Survey Report: “What...
by Alessandro Bruno | Jul 12, 2023 | Technology
The current computer infrastructure is based primarily on semiconductors. This class of electronic devices emerged around the mid-20th century and has seen capacity improvements at an almost exponential rate ever since. For decades, silicon has been the material used...
by Planet Mainframe | Jul 11, 2023
Db2 User Group | July 2023 Db2 12+/13 for z/OS Database Design and Application Performance: Features and Usage Read the Transcription [00:00:00] – Amanda Hendley – HostThanks so much for joining us for today’s user group session. This is the virtual Db2 user group...
by Sonja Soderlund | Jun 28, 2023 | News
Breaking into the Mainframe: 50 Years of (Mostly Stupid) Computer Scenes in Movies It’s not too often that the mainframe is explored in an entertainment publication. This week, though, Movieweb features an article that takes a look at how the mainframe shows up in the...
