Recognizing TechChannel’s 2023 IBM Champions
March 23, 2023
The IBM Champions program recognizes technology professionals worldwide who work with and advocate for IBM solutions. Since its formal launch (or relaunch) in 2015, the program has grown rapidly. In January when IBM announced the 2023 Champions, a total of 839 individuals representing 60 countries were recognized. At TechChannel, we have the good fortune of […]
ArticlesTeaching Enterprise Technology Skills With a Bootcamp Model
March 23, 2021
John Thompson, CEO, Mobile Collaborative Education Consulting (MCEC), and Cameron Seay, Ph.D. adjunct instructor at East Carolina University, appear to have very different careers at first glance. Thompson is a retired IBM senior manager and Tennessee State University (TSU) brought his company on board to leverage his expertise in the technology sector and the continually […]
ArticlesWhy AIX Admins Should Know vi and ksh
February 1, 2021
People are pretty passionate about the tech that they use. That’s hardly a news flash. It can be argued that none of us is truly objective, but I’ve been through enough heated discussions over time to understand that strong feelings exist about computing. So we may as well cop to our biases. I’ll start. I […]
ArticlesPower Through Diversity
May 1, 2019
Addressing diversity on the mainframe and increasing the platform’s relevance is top of mind for many organizations, and VirtualZ Computing is no exception. VirtualZ is the first Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)-certified mainframe ISV. Jeanne Glass founded the company with the help of several co-founders, including Lisa Wood. Both Glass and Wood are dedicated […]
ArticlesMQ for z/OS or z/OS Connect EE?
May 1, 2019
When should I use MQ for z/OS or z/OS Connect EE to interact with my mainframe assets? For the last 25 years, MQ for z/OS* has been the communication mechanism of choice for clients who want to reliably and securely interact with their mainframe applications. More recently, z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition (zCEE) was introduced to […]
Retired IBMer Josh Knight Is Captivated by Astronomy
March 1, 2019
Science has always been important in Josh Knight’s family. His father taught him science in eighth grade, his aunt taught him biology in ninth grade and his mother taught him chemistry in 10th grade. Knight grew up on a farm in northern Missouri, where he observed the constellations often with his father. Knight’s family background […]
ArticlesMusic, Meaning and the Mainframe
January 1, 2019
Since watching the Beatles debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Jeffrey Frey has been captivated by music. He paid his way through college as a drummer in various bands, where his musical interests expanded even further. “My interest in music was always expanding, not just in terms of playing the music and the artistry itself, […]
ArticlesRetired IBMer Carl Parris Studies How Societies Maximize the Use of Their Land
September 1, 2018
Carl Parris—a recently retired IBM Z* performance analyst—began traveling early with his family. “The first significant trip in my life was when my father was doing research for a dissertation, and we ended up living in England for a year. That gave us access to Europe, so we traveled through Europe whenever we had time […]
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 […]
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 […]