by Sonja Soderlund | Mar 28, 2023 | Trivia
It’s no secret that a mainframe system is a huge business investment. But when it comes to optimizing the ROI on that investment, many companies downplay the importance of what comes after the initial purchase. Mainframes, according to DataKinetics’ Larry...
by Sonja Soderlund | Mar 22, 2023 | News
IBM Announces z/OS 3.1 Will Embrace AI IBM has released a teaser for its much anticipated Quarter 3 2023 z/OS upgrade. “IBM® z/OS® 3.1 marks a new era in operating system intelligence,” begins the announcement which heralds a new AI-infused, hybrid-cloud...
by Sonja Soderlund | Mar 14, 2023 | Trivia
The rise of cloud computing in recent decades has probably led some to believe that on-premise mainframe computing has become obsolete. Not so! In fact, argues Tamal Das, in a recent article outlining the similarities and differences (♧ HINT) between the two...
by Sonja Soderlund | Mar 2, 2023 | Media, Video
In a recent YouTube post, Connor Pekovic a mainframe programmer at a large insurance company, addressed the question of whether pursuing a career in mainframe is a good idea in 2023. His answer is a fairly unequivocal “yes,” with multiple items on the “pros” side of...
by Communications | Mar 1, 2023
Do Young People and the Mainframe Mix? By: Sonja Soderlund In a recent YouTube post, Connor Pekovic a mainframe programmer at a large insurance company, addressed the question of whether pursuing a career in mainframe is a good idea in 2023. His answer is a fairly...
by Colin Pearce | Feb 17, 2023 | cyber security
Implementing CICS Security with RACF can be a complex and demanding process. In order to do it to a level that creates a good balance can take time and requires good knowledge and understanding of both CICS and RACF. So I will explain the various steps in securing...
by Mark Wilson | Feb 1, 2023 | Education
Vertali launches New to Mainframes (NTM) program The results of a survey by RSH Consulting, Inc. made sobering reading this January. Far from being a wake-up call concerning the worrying lack of trained mainframers, particularly in security, it appears the industry...
by Planet Mainframe | Jan 20, 2023 | Events
This February 21 through 23, Computer Measurement Group, known as CMG, will offer its 48th annual conference, IMPACT. For almost half of a decade, the non-profit organization has brought together enterprise technology professionals for sessions and networking with an...
by Communications | Jan 12, 2023
The Next Generation of Db2 By: Amanda Hendley Listen here AI Has Entered the Chat and It’s Shaking Up Cybersecurity By: Lee Sullivan Listen here The Importance of Advocacy in Building a zSystems Career By: Lee Sullivan Listen here Do Young People and the Mainframe...
by Planet Mainframe | Jan 11, 2023
Db2 User Group | January 2023 Understanding Your Rolling 4 Hour Average to Tune Db2 and Lower Mainframe Costs Read the Transcription [00:00:00] – Amanda Hendley, Host Again, as people are getting settled, thank you for coming to our virtual user group. My name is...
by Tamal Das | Dec 20, 2022 | Mainframe
Mainframe systems are highly relevant even under the shadow of cloud computing. And, why not? Businesses need them to carry out millions of monetary or data transactions per minute to stay afloat. Mainly, people from Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, AWS, and other...
by Tamal Das | Dec 13, 2022 | Education
High computing power and computing resources in a centralized architecture and distributed computing resources in the cloud are the two major variations that today’s IT businesses use. But concerning selecting one, should you choose between mainframe systems and cloud...
by Matthew Wyatt | Dec 7, 2022 | Mainframe
What even is a mainframe anyway? If you asked me a few months ago what a mainframe was, I don’t think my reply would have gone much further than “a big computer”. Now, as I approach the final stages of my IBM Z Xplore journey, I’m fully convinced of the importance of...
by Guest Author | Nov 15, 2022 | Automation
Wouldn’t it be great if you could take legacy mainframe apps and convert them to a modern language with the click of a button? Good news: You can – although there are some important caveats that come with using automated tools to convert code written in...
by Mark Wilson | Oct 26, 2022 | cyber security
It’s high time we acknowledged that mainframe data loss is far more than a security problem. It’s fundamentally a business problem. As the old saying goes, prevention is better than cure. This applies to data loss and cyber attacks as much as anything else in life. If...
