Black Friday – Black Balance Sheet
As Black Friday begins to emerge on the horizon it makes me think about how we are about to read…
Thanksgiving, Mom and IT Leadership
Next Thursday, we will sit around a table with people whose political opinions we find heartless or naïve, who don’t…
Stop Blaming the Mainframe for Healthcare IT Shortfalls
At TEDMED, Eric Dishman makes a bold argument: The US healthcare system is like computing circa 1959, tethered to big,…
The Majority of Mainframers Are Above Average!
Imagine what you’d think if the latest IT survey—perhaps even the Arcati Mainframe User Survey—said that the majority of mainframers…
Punk’s not dead and neither is the mainframe
Admittedly, I’m as much a music fan as I’m a technophile—perhaps it’s this combination that makes it easy for me…
3 ways VMware has succeeded – Distributed Computing’s Failure in Masquerading as a Mainframe
With $6 billion in revenue, VMware is heralded as a great success in the enterprise tech sector. However, VMware’s success…
Four ways Mainframe shops can embrace Mobile
Part 5: Create New Interfaces for Existing Assets This is the final installment of a five-part series about how mainframe…