A Global Blackout Plunges the World into Darkness. Then what?
Picture this: a global blackout plunges the world into darkness, and with it, down go financial institutions, healthcare systems, government…
Legacy IT, COBOL, and the Art of Aircraft Maintenance
Inspired by Robert Pirsig’s book, “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” Airlines use a specific approach to aircraft maintenance…
Information Technology: IT’s Key Ingredients
As COBOL reaches 65 years of loyal service to the IT world, our four-part homage attempts to answer how this…
Moore’s the Pity: How the Mainframe can help us Adapt to a Post-Moore’s-Law Reality
Law Brakers According to Wikipedia (Moore’s law), Intel co-founder Gordon Moore introduced his eponymous law in a 1965 paper that…
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…
7 Mainframe Taboos We Should Break
Having worked ‘on The Mainframe’ for almost 20 years at a variety of clients and sites I’ve come about a…