Crossing the IBM Z Skills Gap
May 1, 2019
Hundreds of people from more than 35 cities in a dozen countries around the world came together in the biggest annual celebration of coding for IBM’s mainframe platform—Legends of Z. The event, held the week of Oct. 5, drew participants from Kathmandu, Nepal, to Sacramento, California, and challenged young developers to be creative as they […]
ArticlesUnlocking New Doors
May 1, 2019
Three years after its launch, the Open Mainframe Project has achieved success by: Helping increase collaboration throughout the mainframe community Proving the platform’s significance Attracting future mainframers to IBM Z The most notable announcement made by the Open Mainframe Project so far at SHARE in August 2018: Zowe, the first open-source project based on z/OS. […]
ArticlesMartin Packer on His Mainframe Performance Journey
April 1, 2019
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and I’m here today with Martin Packer who is a mainframer based in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and among many other things works on performance, works with Marna Walle in a mainframe performance podcast and has been quite active in mainframe in a lot of different ways. Well […]
ArticlesJim Erdahl on Connecting at SHARE
March 1, 2019
Reg Harbeck: My name is Reg Harbeck and I'm here today with Jim Erdahl who is a person who has been very involved with the mainframe and with SHARE, and in fact somebody that I've known for a number of years and worked with at SHARE. Jim, tell us about yourself. How did you end […]
ArticlesMartha McConaghy on SHARE and Women in Technology
February 1, 2019
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and I'm here today with Martha McConaghy who is a vice president at SHARE and has been a very active mainframer for quite some time and is involved in some really new exciting initiatives as well. Martha, welcome. Maybe if you can tell us, how did you end […]
Opening up the Mainframe
January 1, 2019
Zowe, a new open-source framework, enables development and operations teams to securely manage, control, script and develop on the mainframe like any other cloud platform. The project was first announced Aug. 14 during SHARE in St. Louis by executives from IBM, CA Technologies, Rocket Software and the Open Mainframe Project. As the first open-source project […]
ArticlesGlenn Anderson on Why Mainframe Professional Development Skills Are Important
January 1, 2019
Reg Harbeck: Hi, I’m Reg Harbeck and today I’m here with Glenn Anderson who is a really well known IBM mainframer. He has been involved in education, various conferences and all kinds of other really neat stuff. Rather than telling you about him myself, Glenn, maybe you can tell us, how did you end up […]
ArticlesMichael Stack on SHARE, Assembler and the Mainframe’s Future
December 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi. I'm Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Michael Stack who is a mainframer of some significant contribution through SHARE and other things; I'm really excited to have him here. He has talked about Assembler and all kinds of other neat stuff at SHARE. Michael, before I start trying to tell everybody […]
ArticlesJustin Bastin on His SHARE Journey and What’s Next for the Mainframe
September 1, 2018
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Justin Bastin whom I've known for quite a long time, basically since he first started coming to SHARE. He's active in SHARE and all kinds of cool stuff and so Justin maybe I can get you to start by just telling us your […]
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 […]