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Darren Surch on the Future of IBM Z, and His Unique Path to Becoming an IBM Champion

Reg Harbeck

April 1, 2021

Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with my friend and colleague, Darren Surch, with whom I have worked as business partners for, I’m sure it’s gotta be over 20 years now. Darren works for the Interskill online training company and he has been really active in the mainframe ecosystem including […]

E-Books

TechChannel E-book: Unlocking COBOL Business Value

TechChannel

March 9, 2021

The ubiquity of both the IBM Z platform and COBOL programming language comes from the forethought IBM put into each in 1964 when the first mainframe was launched. COBOL was optimized for business processing with no need to recompile programs. As a result, it continues to run the world’s economy today. But many COBOL shops […]

Articles

Building an LGBTQ-Inclusive Workplace in the Tech Industry

Alyssa Story

March 4, 2021

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, is on a mission to ensure civil and equal rights for all LGBTQ people. The LGBTQ community is an integral part of American society, but bias, discrimination and bigotry can cause unsafe and unproductive work environment for […]

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Alixander Joel Laffredo-Dietrich on Joining the Tech Industry and Looking to the Future

Reg Harbeck

February 25, 2021

Reg Harbeck: Hi, I’m Reg Harbeck and today I’m here with Alixander Joel Laffredo-Dietrich, or Alix, and he is now the person in charge, among other things, of the mainframe or IBM Z or Zed portion of the IBM Champions program and a whole lot of other really interesting stuff that he’s up to. Well, […]

Articles

Innovations in the Terminal Emulation Space

Jennifer Goforth Gregory

February 23, 2021

A look at innovations in the terminal emulation space, and what to keep in mind when selecting a terminal emulator vendor

Articles

Key Considerations for Comparing NoSQL and SQL

Alex Williams

February 19, 2021

Data models conceptually describe the logical structure of data storage inside a database. While there are many data models, we will mainly talk about two kinds in this guide: 1. Document data models The document data model uses a simpler key-value pairs storage form. The key itself typically takes the form of a string that […]

Articles

How Air-Gap Backup and Tape-Based Technology Protect Against Cybercrime

John Shuman

February 10, 2021

Cybercrime is a prevalent topic in today’s news. It’s changing the way business is conducted to maintain data integrity and protection from theft. Data is the life blood of any organization; cybercriminals seek to exploit data from human as well as security vulnerabilities inherent to the software or hardware structures. Much of corporate data today […]

Podcasts

Skip Robinson on SHARE, JES2 and Programming Over the Years

Reg Harbeck

February 3, 2021

Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with my friend and colleague Skip Robinson who is a major contributor at SHARE and a really experienced mainframer. Well rather than tell you all about it myself, Skip, welcome. Tell us. How did you end up at the mainframe and SHARE?   Skip […]

Articles

An Introduction to IBM IMS OTMA

Subhasish Sarkar

January 29, 2021

IMS Open Transaction Manager Access (OTMA) is a component of IMS TM and is a transaction-based, connectionless client/server protocol

Articles

NoSQL Databases: Frequently Asked Questions

Alex Williams

January 25, 2021

Q: What is NoSQL? When you hear someone use the term NoSQL, they’re referring to non-relational databases. Some people will tell you that NoSQL stands for “non SQL.” However, the more fitting term is “not only SQL” as some NoSQL databases continue to support SQL. NoSQL databases utilize a flexible system of storing data, compared […]

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