DOCKER, Containers and Containerization
With the advent of IBM z/OS Container Extensions (zCX), most of the applications that run on Linux at present will…
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An Approach – DevOps in Mainframe
As we know, Mainframes are not going away for the next 50 years at least and in growth, 8% of Australian respondents expect general purpose MIPs growth of more than 10% over the next two years, with 46% suggesting growth…
CIO Challenge: Dodging the Bimodal IT Bullet
There’s a bullet aimed at the heart of your business. That bullet is the lie of Bimodal IT, which asserts…
Controlling Costs, or Leaving Money on the Table?
I am the CFO of one of the most long-lived mainframe software companies on the planet. The company has been…
The Great Disconnect
Do CICS programmers / JavaScript programmers know what it is they're working on? Sure they know how their programs work…
Mainframing in the 2020’s
There are a countless number of articles on the subject of mainframe computing, and whether or not you should stay…
Why Can’t You Buy IBMz Mainframe Services from AWS?
The IBMz mainframe is the most powerful, scalable and secure platform on the planet. It’s also the most TCO-efficient. If…
Bringing DevOps to your mainframe
The days of waterfall software development on a mainframe are coming to an end. It’s no longer tolerable for end…
Will Mainframers adopt DevOps?
Mainframes are under siege. You might like to picture the mainframe department as some medieval castle surrounded by invading troops.…