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Jim Zell

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Jim Zell is a Distinguished Engineer and Vice President, U.S. Core Enterprise and zCloud Practice, at Kyndryl.

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Mainframe Strategy: Identifying and Solving Common IBM Z Issues

Jim Zell

January 19, 2022

One of my recent clients was a Fortune 100 company utilizing many mainframes and all of the complexities that go with it. My client had robust availability, resiliency everywhere, and redundancy exactly where you expect it. They had a multitude of highly skilled individuals keeping their infrastructure and applications running smoothly. They also had an […]

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Developing an Effective IBM Z Technology Planning Strategy

Jim Zell

April 12, 2021

It’s important to account for all that the IBM Z platform can do for your organization as you build your corporate technology plan. Whether your goals are modernization, cost reduction or something else entirely, planning must be comprehensive and account for all of the technology you have and the opportunity it provides. Defining Mainframe Modernization To […]

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COBOL Isn’t Slowing Anything Down

Jim Zell

April 28, 2020

There are several misperceptions and assumptions with respect to COBOL and the latest difficulties several government entities have been experiencing due to COVID-19. COBOL and the IBM Z® platform were leading-edge technologies 40 years ago and they both still are today. They’re increasingly innovative with each release. Both are quite modern and expertly designed tools. […]

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Modernization Carries Varied Meanings for Different People

Jim Zell

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 […]