IBM TechU Talks Deliver Free, Technical Training Webcasts
April 9, 2020
During this unprecedented challenge, our dependency on IT professionals and technology is higher than ever. As face-to-face events continue to be postponed, IBM TechU is offering a free 12-week training series, IBM TechU Talks, to accelerate essential recovery and transformation of global businesses. The series provides technical insight on key topics ranging from cloud, security […]
ArticlesJoin UNESCO’s CodeTheCurve Hackathon: Apply by April 15
April 8, 2020
The learning and working processes have both changed irrevocably as more schools and workplaces move to digital platforms. The quick switch to online learning means that there is a need for new, innovative ways to ensure that people across the world can learn digitally. UNESCO, in its continuing mission to foster digital skills and professional […]
ArticlesWhat Is Middleware?
April 6, 2020
What is middleware, where does it reside and why is it important?
ArticlesDATA-INTO Plus DATA-GEN for Web Services
April 6, 2020
Combining these two RPG operations with the YAJL library simplifies using web services from RPG
ArticlesTheresa Hans on IBM Champions and New to Z
April 1, 2020
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Theresa Hans who is the key person for a whole bunch of different mainframe and new mainframer and IBM Champion things. Well rather than introducing her myself, Theresa tell us what's your role at IBM and how did you end up in such […]
Alert Impacts VIOS 3.1.1 NPIV Users
March 31, 2020
Today's post features a trio of valuable technical insights, courtesy of IBMers on Twitter.
ArticlesDeveloping an Audit Process for Data Set Encryption
March 30, 2020
Two of the challenges of planning and implementing data set encryption under z/OS is how to determine whether data sets targeted for encryption are eligible and (during rollout) which have actually ended up encrypted. Because pervasive encryption can be a large project taking on many phases, those involved with implementation will want to have the […]
ArticlesA Great Reason to Revisit Quick Response (QR) Codes
March 24, 2020
Want remote access to important customer-based service information? It's actually just a QR code away.
ArticlesImprove Workload Resilience With z/OS Workload Interaction Correlator and z/OS Workload Interaction Navigator
March 24, 2020
IBM has two new contributions to the IBM Z family: A data infrastructure provided by z/OS Workload Interaction Correlator and a visualization engine driven by z/OS Workload Interaction Navigator.
ArticlesModernization Carries Varied Meanings for Different People
March 23, 2020
When the IBM z15 was announced I couldn’t wait to read the information about the advancements and changes that we would all see. I quickly read about System Recovery Boost, integrated zEDC compression, standard rack space frame, double cache density on each chip, etc. The modern mainframe; the fastest, most resilient and high availability, commercially-available […]