by Communications | Oct 13, 2022
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by Trevor Eddolls | Oct 13, 2022 | Mainframe
One of the greatest problems many mainframe-using organizations face is finding young staff who understand the mainframe and can take over from those experts who have been around for a while, seen it all, and now want to slip quietly into retirement. Too many colleges...
by Domenico D'Alterio | Oct 4, 2022 | Mainframe
Since the publication of Zowe gets Chatty a few months ago, the Zowe open community has made great progress. Watch for a technical preview of the new capabilities in 4Q 2022. Key to any software’s success is listening to our consumers and unlocking the...
by Robert Catterall | Aug 25, 2022 | DB2
“Data fabric” is an increasingly hot topic in IT circles, and with good reason—an effectively implemented data fabric can deliver significant dividends by enabling an organization to get more value from its data assets. Db2 for z/OS people should have some...
by Fabio Riva | Aug 4, 2022 | Mainframe
The evolution of IT environments Enterprise IT environments have evolved greatly over the past decades. IT environments have moved to a highly scalable, interconnected, and geographically dispersed model, increasing the complexity of IT environments. In...
by Planet Mainframe | Aug 4, 2022 | Mainframe News Out There
As you know, we like to pick blog articles from other sources that we feel are interesting enough to talk about on the Planet Mainframe blog. Here are this month’s picks: Quantum Secured Cryptography A great article worth spotlighting by Planet Mainframe friend Allan...
by Ed Peters | Jun 9, 2022 | Security
Quantum Safe Cryptography The Problem – Current Cryptography is Vulnerable to Quantum Computing Cryptography experts believe that by 2030 quantum computers will be advanced enough to cut the strength of symmetric key algorithms (such as AES, 3DES and RC4) by half, and...
by David Herlich | May 24, 2022 | Mainframe
I have spent my career in the mainframe computing space. It’s a strange and insular world. And it’s shrinking a little each day, as the global mainframe workforce sees skilled workers retiring, transitioning to other roles, sometimes even...
by Planet Mainframe | May 19, 2022 | Mainframe News Out There
Once a month (or so) we like to pick blog articles from other sources that we feel are interesting enough to talk about on the Planet Mainframe blog. Here are this month’s picks: Digitization and Modernization Heads Up: Start With Applications Interesting article by...
by Flora Gui | May 17, 2022 | Education
Have you been lost in the massive IBM Z learning materials and don’t know where to start? Are you struggling to find easy-to-consume IBM Z learning courses? Do you want simple but well-organized IBM Z learning plans? It’s time to start your IBM Z learning...
by Ming May Pang | Apr 1, 2022 | Announcements
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...
by Trevor Eddolls | Mar 23, 2022 | 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...
by Jerry Rackley | Mar 1, 2022 | CICS
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...
by Planet Mainframe | Feb 24, 2022 | Mainframe News Out There
Once a month (or so) we like to pick blog articles from other sources that we feel are interesting enough to talk about on the Planet Mainframe blog. Here are this month’s picks: Of Wildcards, Regular Expressions and Mainframe Security An interesting article the...
by Butch Rambish | Feb 10, 2022 | Storage
This blog focuses on the dire circumstances of a catastrophic recovery involving the entire system. There is a companion blog, Recover Quickly With Surgical Precision, that focuses on isolated recovery from the IBM Z Cyber Vault. The IBM Z Cyber Vault solution for...
