Bridging JCL and APIs in Mainframe Modernization Mainframe development sits between two realities. On one side, there is the traditional world of JCL, structured batch processes, and deterministic workflows. On the other, we see the rise of API-driven automation,...
Purpose beats panic. Don’t let FOMO define your AI roadmap. Artificial Intelligence (AI) conversations are happening throughout the industry right now. With that momentum comes something less helpful: the fear of missing out, or FOMO. You may hear it in side...
Mainframes have always had a bit of a superhero reputation: rock-solid, ultra-secure, and always up. They’ve powered banks, airlines, and governments for decades without so much as blinking. But I want to share an uncomfortable truth: even the most secure systems in...
For decades, the mainframe has been viewed as one of the most secure computing platforms on Earth. With tightly controlled access, centralized data management, and unmatched reliability, it earned its reputation as the “fortress” of enterprise IT. But, as evidenced in...
As enterprises continue to run mission-critical applications on IBM Z, storage management challenges are becoming more pressing. Your teams are expected to keep systems running flawlessly, even as workloads grow, costs rise, and environments become more complex....
Mainframers who thought the mainframe was too difficult a platform to hack are few and far between these days. However, mainframes can be hacked, and they are being hacked.In terms of security, what spells, incantations, and practices should organizations employ to...
Written by: Greg Lotko If you really think about it, the best way to handle an issue is to prevent it from occurring to begin with. However, when things do go wrong, the next step is to minimize overall business impact, and accelerate time to recovery and resolution....
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...
Three ways to make mainframe applications, the proven engines of business, more adaptable to a changing, AI-infused world For leaders running mission-critical mainframe applications, the lifeblood of their businesses, the platform’s unmatched reliability and security...
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...
