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Mainframes and the Cloud: Made for Each Other

by Gil Peleg | Sep 12, 2018

April 2018 marked the 54th anniversary of IBM’s mainframes. It is uncertain if anyone could have ever predicted such a long and successful life for them. A quick historical sketch: IBM launched the first modern mainframe, IBM 360, on April 7, 1964. With 229,000...

In the age of the customer, the CIO is between a rock and a hard place

by Paul Hogg | Jul 6, 2017

Today, customers drive business and battle lines have been drawn. Organizations are now obsessed with their customers and are competing as never before to win, serve, and retain them. According to Forrester, by 2020 every business will be either a digital predator or...