Women of COBOL Episode 1: Overturning Biases on COBOL and Women in Tech
November 15, 2021
Announcing the first episode in our TechChannel-hosted video series spotlighting women of COBOL, moderated by Misty Decker! This episode’s guests include: Moderator: Misty Decker, product marketing director, Micro Focus Maemalynn Meanor, senior PR manager, The Linux Foundation and Open Mainframe Project Keelia Estrada Moeller, senior editor, TechChannel Transcript Misty Decker: Hi and welcome to our very first episode of […]
PodcastsCharles Mills on His Mainframe Journey and the Future of IBM Z
November 8, 2021
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I’m here with my friend and colleague Charles Mills who has written all kinds of applications both on the mainframe and talking to the mainframe and just been really involved in the whole journey of the mainframe. Well before telling you all about him myself, Charles why […]
E-BooksTechChannel E-book: Streamline IBM Z Modernization With DevOps Approaches and Hyperscalers
November 8, 2021
As technology and business constantly evolve, so do requirements for change—making modernization top of mind for organizations hoping to keep up with key business objectives and needs. With this in mind, it’s more important than ever to develop an effective modernization strategy that specifically fit these needs. Mainframe-based businesses need to transition to a DevOps […]
ArticlesOpen Mainframe Project Holds Second Annual Open Mainframe Summit
November 2, 2021
On Sept. 22 – 23, 2021, following last year’s inaugural conference, the Open Mainframe Project held its second Open Mainframe Summit. The virtual event brought together many members of the mainframe community, from students to hobbyists, seasoned professionals to new engineers, developers and educators. Together, speakers and attendees were able to share their insights, connect with […]
ArticlesChristian Jacobi, Chief Architect for IBM Z Processors, on the New IBM Telum Chip
November 2, 2021
IBM’s new Telum chip fulfills clients’ business imperatives with a new cache infrastructure, optimized core and the ability to embed AI directly into enterprise workloads. First announced at the annual Hot Chips conference, this innovative processor chip enables IBM clients to leverage AI technologies and grow their workloads. Christian Jacobi, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect […]
5 Quick Ways to Speed up Your z/OS Batch Without Application Changes
October 28, 2021
z/OS users understand that batch is still important. However, with pressure to reduce downtime and offer 24-7 online services, it seems we always need to reduce our batch window. Or in other words, make our batch jobs run faster. The good news is that z/OS has a lot of features that may speed up batch, […]
ArticlesThe Cost of Enterprise Downtime
September 30, 2021
Enterprise downtime is now more expensive than ever: Some 44% of firms indicate that hourly downtime costs exceed $1 million to over $5 million, exclusive of any legal fees, fines or penalties. Additionally, 91% organizations said a single hour of downtime that takes mission-critical server hardware and applications offline, averages over $300,000 due to lost […]
E-BooksTechChannel E-book: How to Enhance Your Data Storage Strategy
September 22, 2021
Running an efficient data center requires constant monitoring and measurement. This means understanding everything from storage best practices and tools for maximizing performance. Data temperature, for example, often determines the percentage of budget that gets devoted to storing different types of data. Once you create process maps based on the data’s temperature, you can better […]
ArticlesRandom and ‘Almost Random’ Numbers on z/OS
September 17, 2021
Random numbers can come in handy. They can be used to create a unique filename, generate a random new password, or randomly select a record. The good news is that we can obtain random numbers on z/OS. Well, at least some of them are random. COBOL and RANDOM A quick look at the IBM Enterprise […]
ArticlesHow Can We Create Psychologically Safe Workspaces?
September 3, 2021
The pandemic has increased our mask usage in more ways than one. In addition to the face coverings we’ve grown used to seeing in our daily lives, as the boundaries between our professional and personal lives grow more and more blurry, many have taken to masking more of their identities in the workplace. In the […]