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Kelly Mason

Claire O'Leary

August 1, 2017

Name: Kelly Mason Title: Software engineer Company Name: Smalley Steel Ring Company’s Function: Manufacturing HQ: Lake Zurich, Illinois Years in IT: 2 The biggest challenge our data center is facing today is finding young talented RPG programmers.    The next big thing for our business will be the integration of cognitive thinking.   My favorite […]

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IT Operational Analytics Tools Can Provide a View of Management Data

Allan Zander

August 1, 2017

IT and business management are increasingly concerned with the rising costs associated with their highly complex and ever-growing mainframe and distributed systems data centers. They are also concerned about controlling outages and mitigating the lack of transparency they have—including in their outsourced environments. Wide View Needed CIOs, IT managers and line-of-business managers don’t have unhindered […]

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Archivist Assists ‘Hidden Figures’ Movie Production with IBM Artifacts

Keelia Estrada Moeller

August 1, 2017

It’s easy to stow old belongings in an attic or on a shelf, leave them to collect dust and forget about them. But thanks to Jamie Martin, IBM Corporate Archives manager in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., this doesn’t happen. She and her team track IBM’s history and heritage through the countless paper records, photographs and items the […]

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New Technology: B2B Innovations

Joseph Gulla

July 31, 2017

This is the second post in this series where I write about the drive for new technology. Is need driving innovation or is innovation driving demand? In this post, I explore an area of innovation focused on business-to-business (B2B) innovation through collaboration involving sales and information sharing. According to B2B Marketing, “It is expected that […]

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Roots of New Technology

Joseph Gulla

July 24, 2017

In this post, I am writing about the drive for new technology. Is need driving innovation or is innovation driving demand? I plan to explore this perspective in the coming weeks. This first post in the series introduces the two main ideas. Need Driving Innovation People that focus on innovation tell would-be innovators that marketplace […]

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Java on z Systems Delivers Portability, Security and Other Benefits

Valerie Dennis Craven

July 24, 2017

As people expect quick, secure transactions available any time, anywhere, modernization and innovation on the mainframe are necessary to meet these needs. Java* is at the heart of such transformation. An IDC study, “The Business Value of the Connected Mainframe for Digital Transformation” (ibm.co/2pf8asQ), places Java at the center of both modernization and innovation on […]

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IBM Z Pervasive Encryption Marks a Paradigm Shift for Security

Evelyn Hoover

July 17, 2017

Trust is the currency that drives the new economy. It’s the foundation of digital relationships and demands security, transparency and greater value in every interaction and transaction. That’s among the reasons IBM equipped the new z14 system with pervasive encryption. Transitioning away from selective encryption to end-to-end protection helps organizations secure all of their enterprise […]

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9th Annual Enterprise Computing Community Conference: Day 2

Joseph Gulla

July 17, 2017

In June, I attended the 9th annual Enterprise Computing Community (ECC) conference hosted by Marist College with collaboration and support from academic and industry partners and sponsors. This year’s conference was June 11 to 13, 2017. I gave an overview of the conference in a previous post and I covered in detail the sessions from […]

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Mary Anne Matyaz Defies Systems Programming Stereotypes

Reg Harbeck

July 17, 2017

Reg Harbeck talks with Mary Anne Matyaz about her unique journey as an extroverted systems programmer. Listen to the interview via the orange play button or read the transcript below. Reg Harbeck: Hi, I'm Reg Harbeck and I'm here today with Mary Anne Matyaz, a well-known SHARE volunteer and a systems programmer who has worked […]

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Lynell Cabilangan Constantine

Claire O'Leary

July 17, 2017

  Name: Lynell Cabilangan Constantine Title: Applications developer Company Name: Credentials Solutions Company’s Function: Higher education transcript processing and degree verification HQ: Northfield, Illinois Years in IT: Three The biggest challenge our data center is facing today is migrating to a newer and more powerful server and moving from IBM i 7.1 to 7.3 because our […]