Understanding a Legend, From Pre-Z to the Present: Welcome to ‘The IBM Z Experience’
April 2, 2026
Joe Gulla follows up on 'z/OS and Friends' with a new series, setting out to understand the impact of the mainframe through a lens of innovation, realization and transformation
ArticlesHow the DBA’s Role Transforms in the Hybrid Cloud Era
November 6, 2025
Craig Mullins looks at the shifting environment facing DBAs, who are now tasked with navigating an increasingly interconnected digital landscape
Press Releasesrvs-Systems Launches Version 1.3.1 of zKafka Connector (RzK)
July 1, 2025
Version 1.3.1 introduces key features that enhance quality (transaction processing and idempotent producer support), performance/speed (message batching) and support for Kafka v4.0
ArticlesIMS Transaction Manager: From Its Moonshot Roots to More Recent Product Enhancements
June 2, 2025
In this installment of "z/OS and Friends," Joe Gulla examines IMS Transaction Manager's beginnings, then considers how modern enhancements continue to make it an important component of z/OS
Articlesz/OS and Friends: IMS Transaction Manager and Database Manager Support Tens of Thousands of Transactions a Second
May 12, 2025
This comprehensive overview highlights the exceptional performance and reliability of IMS, explains the hierarchical database model, details the various types of IMS databases and more
Understanding the Nuances of Database Systems on the IBM Z Mainframe
May 1, 2025
Craig Mullins looks at the characteristics that make mainframe databases unique, and how understanding them is key to database management
ArticlesNavigating the Skills Gap Means Navigating the Generation Gap, Part 2
November 22, 2024
IMS veteran Nick Griffin, of BMC Software, reflects on the importance of managing generational differences in the IT workplace
ArticlesNavigating the Skills Gap Means Navigating the Generation Gap, Part 1
November 14, 2024
IMS veteran Nick Griffin, of BMC Software, shares his advice on bridging generational differences in the IT workplace
ArticlesWhy Ansible Is Emerging as a Top Automation Tool for Mainframes
August 12, 2022
Mainframe sites used to be like small factories in terms of the number of people that were needed to keep the machine running. There were lots of operators who spent their time feeding in card decks and changing tapes on the tape drives. There were systems programmers and application programmers, and a whole host of […]
ArticlesCan IMS Connect to the Outside World?
April 21, 2022
Information Management System (IMS) was developed by IBM, with Rockwell and Caterpillar Inc., starting in 1966 as a bill of materials system for the Apollo space program. It went live in 1968, making it over 50 years old. Like everything else on the mainframe, it has been updated and extended since that time. As you […]