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The Importance of the Old Guard on the Mainframe

Eric Baumgardner

May 3, 2023

As many mainframers are starting to notice, a significant number of experts in the field are opting for a relaxing retirement. Many businesses saw this coming, but they have had no obvious solution. The lack of young mainframe talent is now a real issue with this tidal wave of retirees. Experienced mainframers passing their knowledge […]

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IBM Storage Announces New IBM FlashSystem Data Resiliency Features

Lennon Gray

April 18, 2023

What you need to know about the latest updates to IBM FlashSystem, including improved threat detection and new configurations to fit large-or-small-scale storage needs

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Why COBOL Application Cost Reduction Needs to Be the Focal Point of Every IT Budget

Venkat Pillay

April 17, 2023

Despite ongoing macroeconomic concerns, there are indications that IT budgets remain steady. One study found that 52% of organizations expect to increase spending on IT products and services in 2023. The areas of particular interest to the surveyed organizations were cybersecurity, artificial intelligence/machine learning, public cloud services and private/hybrid cloud infrastructure; all closely linked to […]

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IBM Bolsters z16 and LinuxONE 4 Security, Sustainability With New Configurations

Laura DiDio

April 4, 2023

IBM adds z16 and IBM LinuxONE 4 offerings that deliver 75% percent energy reduction; 67% space savings in on-premises and hybrid cloud data centers

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IBM Introduces Single Frame and Rack Mount IBM z16 and IBM LinuxONE 4

Emma Pitzl

April 4, 2023

Latest servers expand IBM Z offerings to small and medium businesses

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The Power of Containers on the Mainframe

Patrick Stanard

March 30, 2023

Acronyms drive me crazy—and having worked more than 30 years for a company that made its living on acronyms…you can understand why. Enter: zCX, or IBM z/OS Container Extensions. It was released for z/OS 2.4 and provides Docker Swarm as support for Docker containers and cluster management. zCX is the vehicle that allows your IBM […]

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Eddy Ciliendo on Object Storage and the Mainframe

Reg Harbeck

March 30, 2023

Reg Harbeck: Hi, I’m Reg Harbeck and today I am here with Eddy Ciliendo, who is the chief strategy officer at Model9. Welcome, Eddy. Eddy Ciliendo: Hey Reg, glad to be here.   Reg: So I’d like to start by just kind of getting a sense—you’ve got a really interesting background that involves a lot […]

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How to Build a Successful Hybrid Cloud Strategy

March 29, 2023

Rocket Software's Phil Buckellew on 3 factors to consider when building a hybrid cloud strategy, and UNICOM Global's Neil Evans on why hybrid cloud is the de facto post-pandemic model

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TechChannel Unveils Interactive Content Platform

Emma Pitzl

March 27, 2023

What you need to know about TechChannel's new content platform and partner offerings

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DevOps and Hybrid Cloud: A Q+A With Rosalind Radcliffe

Emma Pitzl

March 15, 2023

Much of Rosalind Radcliffe’s career has been spent ensuring DevOps can be cross platform and cross enterprise, including zSystems as part of hybrid cloud. Most recently, Radcliffe, IBM Fellow and CIO DevSecOps CTO, moved to the client side in the IBM CIO organization, a customer of the DevSecOps products. The IBM CIO’s office is responsible […]