If you want to use AI with VSEn, you do not have to replace your OLTP/CICS applications first. You have to make it accessible. That is exactly where VSEn Connectors become strategic: they connect proven host transactions with REST, SOAP, MQ, Java, database access, and...
Organizations increasingly want faster, more intelligent business decisions. For enterprises running critical workloads on CICS, artificial intelligence (AI) offers a practical way to improve transaction processing, automate decisions, and uncover patterns hidden...
IBM has an undocumented fix to the CICS WEB interface that can optimize throughput and response time while also saving CPU. This article explains how to make it work for you. In the course of my current project, I had the pleasure of working with Ole Olsen at JN Data...
IT environments are increasingly complex to manage, and overburdened administrators are tasked with refining them, keeping them secure, and preventing downtime.Mainframes are critical to that infrastructure, as they process and store billions of transactions worth of...
Globally, 1969 was a noteworthy year - socially, politically, and technologically. Significant moments included: First humans landed and walked on the Moon, catapulting space exploration forward Beatles released the Abbey Road album, a landmark and final album First...
IBM mainframe licenses a “value vector” for IBM: CFO Despite the murmurings about the end of the mainframe, IBM’s Q1 earnings made headlines last week by beating EPS expectations. And while Big Blue’s better-than-expected performance can’t be credited to one single...
Read an interesting article a while back on how to pull off a DevOps implementation successfully: 10 ways to win at devops that identified some important ideas requiring attention in any new DevOps implementation. Some are pretty obvious: get buy-in from the C-Suite,...
A few years ago, I invited a group of CIOs to become an Advisory Board for my company. Their role was to advise us on the direction the company should go, and how we should position our products and services most effectively from the perspective of the Fortune 500...
