IBM Z’s Role in the ‘Multi’ World
May 1, 2019
Today’s IT environment is energized by choice, collaboration, compute and cloud. IT is now all about multiples—multiplatform, multicloud and multivendor. Open source has broadened the number of contributors to source code and applications. Organizations are making strategic decisions about IT that involve the day-to-day handling of transactions as well as capitalizing on the environment of […]
ArticlesUnlocking New Doors
May 1, 2019
Three years after its launch, the Open Mainframe Project has achieved success by: Helping increase collaboration throughout the mainframe community Proving the platform’s significance Attracting future mainframers to IBM Z The most notable announcement made by the Open Mainframe Project so far at SHARE in August 2018: Zowe, the first open-source project based on z/OS. […]
ArticlesA Closer Look at the 2018 Master the Mainframe Winners
May 1, 2019
For a decade and a half, students from around the world have been taking part in IBM’s annual Master the Mainframe competition. Designed as an introduction to the world of z/OS programming, the contest requires no prior knowledge or skills, and leads participants from their first taste of the UI and the concepts that underpin […]
ArticlesZowe Launches IBM Z Toward Modern Computing
May 1, 2019
As data growth continues on an exponential curve, our ability to process it efficiently takes on outsized importance. Mainframes—the true workhorses of the computing world—can be worth their weight in gold to companies and engineers pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning or doing heavy data analysis. Most Fortune 500 companies use […]
ArticlesStaying Current Is Crucial for IBM Z
May 1, 2019
To craft effective marketing campaigns requires an understanding of the technology. Taking the time to really dive in and gain an understanding is one piece of advice Priya Doty, vice president, Product Marketing, IBM Z* and LinuxONE*, offers young people interested in pursuing careers on the platform. It’s advice she also gained from working with […]
IBM CA/DR Solutions on Z Combat System Availability Threats
May 1, 2019
For a growing number of businesses, five nines is not enough availability. Operational and regulatory requirements are forcing a shift from high availability (HA) to continuous availability (CA). Cyberthreats add to the pressures to protect and quickly restore critical data. In order to maintain operations in the face of multiple challenges, it’s imperative that we […]
ArticlesMQ for z/OS or z/OS Connect EE?
May 1, 2019
When should I use MQ for z/OS or z/OS Connect EE to interact with my mainframe assets? For the last 25 years, MQ for z/OS* has been the communication mechanism of choice for clients who want to reliably and securely interact with their mainframe applications. More recently, z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition (zCEE) was introduced to […]
ArticlesThe Journey From Idea to Practice in IT Can Be Short
April 8, 2019
This is the first post in a series on how important ideas end up becoming common practice in IT.
ArticlesREST, SOAP, Microservices, Monitoring and Management
March 25, 2019
There are different aspects of the “outside in” approach, specifically Representational State Transfer (REST) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).
ArticlesTraditional and Nontraditional Approaches to Application Modernization
March 18, 2019
A discussion of traditional and nontraditional approaches and techniques for application modernization.