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Subsystem Configuration for Prestart Jobs
August 3, 2018
Separating prestart jobs across multiple subsystems can offer several benefits.
ArticlesSubsystem Configuration for Prestart Jobs
August 1, 2018
Separating prestart jobs across multiple subsystems can offer several benefits
ArticlesThe Challenge of Making Technical Decisions
August 1, 2018
One of the largest clients I’ve worked with over the years was a paper producer that owned numerous paper mills in Wisconsin that had lost most of their IT staff. It continuously produced several paper types, and if IT operations stopped for more than eight hours, mills would shut down. When a mill shut down, […]
ArticlesPamela Taylor on Her SHARE Presidency and the Path to Authorship
August 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi, I'm Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Pam Taylor, a past president of SHARE and an author of historical fiction and really a whole lot of other things. She is going to tell us all about how she ended up at SHARE, on the mainframe and being an author. Pam, why […]
ArticlesDevelop a Cloud Strategy That Aligns With Business Goals
August 1, 2018
How you pursue a goal is as important to achieving it as identifying the goal in the first place. According to a study by Dominican University researchers, participants who wrote down their goals were significantly more likely to reach them. Moreover, study members who detailed the specific actions they would take and made regular progress […]
ArticlesJulia Programming Language Bridges the Machine-Learning Gap
August 1, 2018
Previously unsolvable computational problems are now within reach thanks to the convergence of a number of powerful forces. Recent tech advances in self-driving cars, machine translation and image and speech recognition wouldn’t be possible without corresponding advances in hardware and software. Deep learning, a programming approach where the computer learns from experience and concepts rather […]
ArticlesDisplay Active Prestart Jobs
July 24, 2018
The Display Active Prestart Jobs (DSPACTPJ) command can be very helpful to determine the values to use for those configuration parameters.
ArticlesThe Significance of Shared Services
July 23, 2018
This week, I am beginning a new series where I explore an important idea that has helped to shape IT in the modern era. What do we mean when we explore significance in an IT context? {^image|(width)400|(height)173|(mouseoverheight)174|(originalheight)267|(behavior)hover|(alt)ITTrendz1.jpg|(tooltip)ITTrendz1.jpg|(url)/wp-content/uploads/content-images/Blogs.jpg.aspx?width=400&height=173|(originalwidth)612|(mouseoverwidth)400|(sizetourl)True^} Shared services are one of those very powerful ideas. Let me explain. An Example of the Important Notion […]
ArticlesPrestart Job Configuration Settings
July 11, 2018
There are two main considerations for how prestart jobs are managed by the system.
ArticlesWriting Applications Means Knowing the Process and Its Users
July 1, 2018
A few years ago, I helped a client modify and enhance applications in key business processes like marketing, accounting, inventory management, order processing and customer service. I wasn’t an expert in application design or coding; my specialty was system software like CICS, Db2, VSAM and MVS, but I did know the COBOL, PLI and Assembler […]
ArticlesWhat’s New With AIX Certifications
July 1, 2018
I fondly remember one of my first certifications when I was certified as an AIX administrator, way back during the days of AIX 4.3. I carried the laminated card in my pocket—a pretty geeky act, when being a geek was far from popular. If you wanted training, you had to go to an on-site training […]
ArticlesUse Automated Document Management Solutions to go Digital
July 1, 2018
According to a McKinsey survey (bit.ly/2K1LDqw), 92 percent of organizations say that removing paper from business processes is a constant objective, but yet 20 percent of businesses claim that their paper consumption is actually increasing. Going paperless can increase productivity up to 50 percent, triple processing capacity and create quick access to vital documents while […]
ArticlesIBMer Karl Schmitz Bridges Art and Computer Security
July 1, 2018
Karl Schmitz balances his career in computer security with his passion for writing songs and painting.
ArticlesMeet 18 of the 2018 IBM Z Champions
July 1, 2018
Business leaders, IT professionals and university professors continue to find new, creative uses for the IBM Z* platform. For the first time this year, IBM named 46 of these innovators as Z Champions. The designation is based on the ways they’re using the platform within their industries or classrooms and how they’re using Z attributes […]
ArticlesHow DevOps and the IBM Z Digital Transformation Model Accelerate Innovation
July 1, 2018
As consumers’ demands and expectations of technology continue to change and advance, organizations must evolve to keep up. Those that aren’t innovating might be left behind with consumers moving on and competitors moving in. Staying ahead requires transformation. Organizations need a digital transformation strategy in place while providing value to customers. The developer community is […]
ArticlesRabobank Transforms Its Payments System With DevOps on IBM Z
July 1, 2018
When global financial services provider Rabobank decided to renovate its payments system four years ago, it took a broad view of the project. The bank assessed its hardware, its payments processing requirements and the need for end-to-end testing of its processes. The result was a payments system built on IBM Z* using DevOps to provide […]
ArticlesFRAIKIN Group Develops a Flexible Thin-Client Environment
July 1, 2018
UP CLOSE Customer: FRAIKIN Group Headquarters: Colombes, France Business: Fleet-vehicle provider Challenge: Lowering client-side costs while also improving user services Solution: Embracing Google hardware and cloud software to streamline its front-end computing environment, while also maintaining 3270 TE access to IBM Z Hardware: An IBM-owned and hosted IBM Z server; Google Chrome devices Software: SysperTec […]
ArticlesThe GDPR Is New, but the Requirements Aren’t
July 1, 2018
Data breach studies are revealing shocking statistics. In a 2017 study (ibm.co/2Bir60B), IBM and Ponemon Institute found that the average time it took to discover a data breach was 191 days. In addition, a recent Protenus study (bit.ly/2jUv7gI) found that it took one healthcare organization over four years to discover a data breach. With digital […]
ArticlesIBM i System Supplied Prestart Job Entries
June 29, 2018
Prestart job entries that ship with the system in the QSYSWRK, QUSRWRK and QSERVER subsystems.
ArticlesIntroduction to Prestart Jobs
June 18, 2018
Prestart jobs provide improved performance by allowing a job to be started prior to handling a work request and can be reused for multiple requests—but they can be difficult to manage.
ArticlesSebastian Wind on His 2017 Master the Mainframe Victory and His Personal z9 Mainframe
June 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi. I'm Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Sebastian Wind who is in Munich in Germany. Sebastian is a winner of the Master the Mainframe contest and he has his own personal mainframe. He is working for a financial company and he is basically an up and coming brand new mainframer. Well […]
ArticlesProject Planning for a Network
June 1, 2018
Just as in other aspects of an IT department, an information processing network’s complexity, security, function, performance and pervasiveness have evolved into a mushrooming flow of proliferating data types, protocols, disciplines, challenges and pitfalls that require constant attention and enhancement. It’s a moving target in a constant state of flux, exponentially different from the networks […]
ArticlesHemanth Rama on How IBM Champions and SHARE Have Shaped His Mainframe Career
June 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and I'm here today with Hemanth Rama who is an IBM Champion, a new mainframer, very active at SHARE and all kinds of other interesting stuff. In fact, why don't we let him tell you about himself? Hemanth, tell us. How did you end on the mainframe and […]
ArticlesIBM Cloud Private Helps Clients Tackle Consolidation, Modernization
June 1, 2018
IT consolidation is about more than server consolidation. The scope of these cost-saving and simplification projects can range from a small number of devices to consolidation projects involving multiple data centers. A well-documented example of a mega project is when IBM consolidated from 270 data centers in 1997 to just 12 in a project that […]
ArticlesTokenized Encryption Helps Merchants Tackle Security Challenges
May 1, 2018
As threats to data security proliferate, the actions taken by the governing bodies are evolving. The governing authority for credit card data is the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SSC), which was built by the card brands: Visa, MC, Discover, American Express and JCB. The PCI provides the best practices security standards for […]