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Reg Harbeck

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Reg Harbeck is a mainframe enthusiast who has been working in IT and mainframes for over three decades. During that time, he has worked with operating systems, networks, computing security, middleware, applications and platforms ranging from Apple II Plus and MS-DOS PCs to leading edge IBM Z Mainframes. Reg has written, presented and consulted on mainframe-related matters around the world, visiting every continent but Antarctica (so far…), and is very involved in the mainframe culture and ecosystem, especially including SHARE and numerous articles and podcasts about the mainframe (such as zTalk). Reg is the chief strategist at Mainframe Analytics ltd.

A note from Reg:

“Two of my favorite things to do are reading and being with my kids—so I especially love reading to them. I read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy among many other things to my two oldest kids as they grew up, and I now have a grandson and son who are both under five years old, to whom I can start reading more and more complex literature as they grow up. That truly makes me happy.”

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Podcasts

The State of the Mainframe? Better Than Ever

Reg Harbeck

September 18, 2024

Software Developer Chris Craddock explains what's great about the open, modern mainframe

Articles

A Timeline of Mainframe Innovation

Reg Harbeck

June 20, 2024

IBM Champion Reg Harbeck outlines the history of the IBM Z mainframe and highlights its impacts over the past six decades

Podcasts

A Next-Generation Mainframer Finds Her Way

Reg Harbeck

May 20, 2024

Emma Skovgård on the challenges and rewards of her new systems programming career

Podcasts

‘A Fascinating Piece of Machinery’

Reg Harbeck

May 3, 2024

Truth: Sabine Diemt, a Learjet pilot and IBM Champion, said those words about the mainframe

Podcasts

VM’s Integral Role on the Mainframe

Reg Harbeck

April 16, 2024

"Sir Marc the Community Builder" Marc Smith looks back on his career and discusses his ongoing involvement with the VM Workshop and the mainframe community

Podcasts

The Triumphant Return of Centralized Systems

Reg Harbeck

April 5, 2024

Greg Szabo on his long mainframe career and still loving what he does. (There's also a quick lesson on Canadian geography.)

Podcasts

Glenn Hanna on Linux Workloads on the Mainframe

Reg Harbeck

January 12, 2024

This transcript is edited for clarity. Reg Harbeck: Hi, I’m Reg Harbeck and today I’m here with my friend and colleague Glenn Hanna, who is the director of software engineering at PKWARE and happens to also own his own Rhode Island-based navy. I’m sure that will come up in our conversation. Welcome, Glenn. Glenn Hanna: […]

Podcasts

On the Mainframe and a Changing, Challenging IT World

Reg Harbeck

November 17, 2023

Joe Winchester of IBM Hursley and Reg Harbeck engage in a discussion and debate on ISPF, molecular biology and the cello

Podcasts

The Balancing Act Between Security and Maintenance

Reg Harbeck

November 10, 2023

This transcript is edited for clarity. Reg Harbeck: Hi. I’m Reg Harbeck and today I am here with Milt Rosberg, who is the global VP at Vanguard Integrity Professionals, and we’re here to talk about patch management. Now Milt and I are both mainframers by background, so we have a particular experience with what the […]

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Articles

Continuity and the Mainframe Ecosystem

Reg Harbeck

November 1, 2023

I was just chatting with a colleague from a small mainframe software startup, and we were brainstorming about how to get organizations that have mainframes to wake up and invest in the future of the platform. During our conversation, I mentioned the “Mainframe Continuity Planning” white paper I’d written in 2004 about the need to […]