The Mainframe’s Renaissance – A Conversation with Allan Zander
March 6, 2017
In this sponsored advertising content series, zTalk Business with Reg Harbeck, Reg talks to Allan Zander, CEO of DataKinetics, about his role in the evolution of mainframe applications, and how DataKinetics is using big data, analytics and block chain to help businesses find success. Reg: Hi. This is Reg Harbeck, I’m here today with […]
ArticlesLinux on z Systems Accelerates New and Traditional Workloads
March 1, 2017
Savvy businesses know that tackling challenges requires IT strategies that serve today’s needs and provide room to grow to handle future demand. They also know that embracing open-source solutions is a smart way to add capabilities. Clients with mainframe environments are well-positioned to take advantage of new opportunities because of the IBM z Systems* platform’s […]
ArticlesTrend Watch: Linux
February 27, 2017
This is the second in a multi-part series with a focus on trends that are interesting and important with a focus on enterprise computing. In this post, I’ll continue my point-in-time analysis of trends with a focus on Linux. According to the Linux Counter*, there are about 89,365,600 Linux users in the world. Linux Computing […]
ArticlesIBM Machine Learning for z/OS Announced
February 15, 2017
Organizations wanting to use machine learning to help solve their toughest business questions are challenged by the complexity of the tools involved and the skills needed. Business rules are changing, application developers can’t always keep up and models constantly need to be tuned. To stay ahead of this rapid pace, IBM today announces machine learning […]
ArticlesThe Important Role of Effective Skills
February 6, 2017
This is the second in a multi-part series on the key skills needed for success in enterprise computing. This brief series is based on information that I gathered and analyzed from job postings from companies looking to hire programmers, programmer/analysts and developers for jobs in mainframe computing. Last week, I wrote about a collection of […]
What Skillset Is Needed for Enterprise Systems Success?
January 30, 2017
This is the first in a multi-part series on the key skills needed for success in enterprise computing. As research for this post and the ones to follow, I have gathered and analyzed information from job postings from companies looking to hire programmers, programmer/analysts and developers for jobs in mainframe computing. All Job Postings […]
ArticlesEasily Modernize Applications to Stay Competitive
January 9, 2017
This is the second of a two-part series on modernization of legacy systems. The specific focus of this article is application modernization tactics that don’t require a complete replacement of the application either by rewrite or replacement by a commercial off-the-shelf package. Since companies maintain an application when business needs change, doesn’t it makes sense […]
ArticlesWays IT Teams Work: What Makes Them Effective?
January 6, 2017
Proactive communication, strong leadership and reliability are key elements of a successful IT team.
ArticlesIT Leaders Cite Cloud Computing as Top Priority for 2017
January 4, 2017
To gauge the technology directions its readers plan to take in 2017, we conducted an online poll in fall 2017.
ArticlesMore REXX and TSO functions
December 1, 2008
In this primer in the REXX programming language you’ll get back to actually writing code, rather than dealing with environmental requirements.