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Share Your Thoughts — What Does a Global Blackout Mean for Mainframe Companies?

Share Your Thoughts — What Does a Global Blackout Mean for Mainframe Companies?

by Penney Berryman | Jul 22, 2024

Calling Crowdstrike’s global technology outage “inconvenient” is the understatement of the year. From airlines to banking, 9-1-1 emergency services to grocery stores, and hospitals to telecommunications, millions are maddeningly stuck. The technology blackout began...

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Q: Meltdown, Spectre (and new variants) – how best to cope?

Q: Meltdown, Spectre (and new variants) – how best to cope?

by Neil Cattermull | Apr 19, 2018

A: Become a Grandmaster at Whack-a-mole! “…used with reference to a situation in which attempts to solve a problem are piecemeal or superficial, resulting only in temporary or minor improvement…” Much (very much!) has been written regarding the security threats posed...

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