DB2 v10 z/OS. Just a few of the cool enhancements – Pt 1.
March 6, 2011 No CommentsThis weekend when finally I got a change to sit back, relax and read the DB2 V10 enhancements document. Here are just some of the things that made me smile.
Archive for Opinion
Performance considerations for Hybrid and Cloud mainframe applications.
March 3, 2011 No CommentsApplications have to utilize both distributed and mainframe infrastructures and traditional IT organizations have had difficulty managing these silo-ed transactions that span these diverse platforms
Mainframe 2.0 Turns Two – by Savio Saldanha
January 27, 2011 No CommentsIt is been amazing to see the vigor with which it has been supported by our customers. I am sure that there is more innovation to come and it will go a long way to simplifying and bringing the mainframe platform to a new generation of administrators users and skilled technicians.
CA Mainframe Chorus for DB2 puts new generation face on mainframe management
January 17, 2011 1 CommentIn terms of the user interface, Mainframe Chorus was “more like an iPhone than a 3270 screen” yet it runs on the mainframe itself. “It is not a clumsy n-tier [implementation],”
NBN, $24 per month information super-highway? Or $36 Billion white elephant? by Peter Sharples
December 21, 2010 No Commentsthe $36 Billion investment return the required dividend to the Australian public? Will the take-up of NBN access make the venture viable? Is this just going to benefit people that sit in dark rooms, divorced form reality, living in virtual worlds?
Better qualification and shorter close times with great first meetings.
September 19, 2010 No CommentsThere is nothing more frustrating or depressing when your demand generation efforts (or what we used to call pipeline) go nowhere.
Don’t Be Exiled: Controlling Mainframe Security Part II.
September 7, 2010 No CommentsSpecific management practices will assist an organization control increased risk in their organizations, controlling the risk will subsequently reduce the exposure and threat to their mainframe platforms.
3 Benefits of Mainframe processing with the z/196
August 18, 2010 No CommentsLife’s exciting when innovation is so powerful that it drives your thoughts how to push the boundaries of your idea’s.
Is integrity a pre-requisite for doing ethical business?
July 23, 2010 No CommentsIn times men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly responsible through time and in eternity. – Abraham Lincoln
Who hasn’t caused an outage? What is the worst thing you have done?
July 14, 2010 No CommentsIf you are brave enough to try, then you are brave enough to make a mistake. Certainly, I and many others have brought enterprise systems crashing down….we picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves off, and got back to what we do the best – manage the most reliant and business available platform there is. Share with us your biggest “Mistake”…
Using a Pattern Based Methodology for Cloud based deployments – Part 2
July 5, 2010 No CommentsVirtual appliances which are pre-defined with virtual images will have a number of predefined configuration points for the server itself and also for cross technology interfaces such as databases, application and security servers. reducing the number of permutations and combinations will bring clarity and elegance to you cloud based enterprise.
Using a Pattern Based Methodology for Cloud based deployments – Part 1
June 28, 2010 1 CommentCloud computing adds complexities; configuration changes can be found at each stage of the lifecycle(test, QA, production) and this makes moving code from environment to environment a challenging task. How do you ensure that your development and test platforms are the SAME as what your hosting service provider (that manages your cloud) uses? Guess what!! It won’t be!!
Opinion, Technology
The risk of an aging IT population in the city of Churches.
June 24, 2010 1 CommentAt what point though does a CIO have to decide that the risk of staff shortages is too high and has to make a long term strategic decision to leave the platform, not matter how virtuous the benefits of using it are?
Co-location will be a necessity for your Cloud to be really successful.
June 15, 2010 No CommentsCo-location will be a necessity for your Cloud to be really successful.
Response – Why No Billion-Dollar Open Source Companies?
June 11, 2010 No CommentsI don’t think that you measure the success of open source software directly with the revenue the companies earn. The inflamatory post on slashdot that suggests why are there no billion dollar companies based on a briefing by Jim Whitehurst misses the point that the largest IT companies such as IBM, HP, CA etc, include ...
