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Old COBOL Dog, New JSON, XML and Mobile Workload Tricks

Reg Harbeck

March 3, 2021

What is an old dog? What is a new trick? If COBOL were a human, its 61 years might make it seem eligible for early retirement. But something strange has been happening in the world of established business technology, beginning with the non-retirement of highly-experienced technologists. Yes, there are plenty of people who have followed […]

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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, […]

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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

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Open Mainframe Project Launches Tessia, and Expands the Open-Source Ecosystem

Sofia Haan

February 17, 2021

2020 was a year of widespread instability in the world of business. Companies across the globe, from small businesses to massive corporations, experienced intense financial instability as the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected daily life. Despite widespread uncertainty, several companies actually found themselves experiencing the opposite in 2020, reporting significant growth. One such company was the […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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Ed Jaffe on SHARE, JES3, FORTRAN and More

Reg Harbeck

January 11, 2021

Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and I’m here today with my friend and colleague Ed Jaffe, who is really a mover and shaker in the world of mainframe, really active at SHARE and a major aficionado of JES3 and also of bourbon. Well before giving everything away, Ed, tell us about yourself. How […]

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The Business Benefits of Modernizing IBM Z and IBM i

Jim Utsler

January 8, 2021

The title of a new white paper from IDC and sponsored by Rocket Software, “The Quantified Business Benefits of Modernizing IBM Z and IBM i to Spur Innovation,” authored by Peter Rutten, an IDC research director in the infrastructure group, pretty much gives away the report’s central premise. But what are the factors behind this […]

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Problem Solving in the Data Center

Emma Pitzl

December 22, 2020

Tony Turetsky, software developer and analyst at P.C. Richard & Son, on his approach to problems and insights for industry-wide solutions to improving systems management strategies

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