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Posted by Mike on Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 30 views
Linus Torvalds released Linux on 5 October 1991, and by 1998 IBM was experimenting with it. In 2000 it was properly available on mainframes – along with the specialty processor IFL (Integrated Facility for Linux). The rest, as they say, is history.
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Posted by Mike on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 94 views
A Georgian College computer programming student is a master of the mainframe.
At least that’s what IBM is saying, as second-year student Nathan Voth placed second in IBM’s Master the Mainframe contest.
Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 148 views
The Arcati Mainframe Yearbook 2012 is now available for download from www.arcati.com/newyearbook12 – and it’s FREE. Each new Yearbook is always greeted with enthusiasm by mainframers everywhere because it is such a unique source of information. And each year, many people find the results of the user survey especially interesting. And this year, for the very first time, survey respondents indicated that, at their sites, more data was stored off mainframes than on.
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Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 214 views
Every year, about this time, mainframe users are excited to get their hands on the latest edition of the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook. What makes the Yearbook stand out is that it’s an excellent reference work for all IBM mainframe professionals – no matter how many years of experience they have.
Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Monday, December 19, 2011 - 267 views
Well, as another year comes partying to an end, and everyone stops checking their e-mails on their smartphones or tablets and finally starts to let their hair down and enjoy a glass of something alcoholic, I thought I’d review the year through the lens of my company – iTech-Ed Ltd (www.itech-ed.com).
Posted by Mike on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 355 views
Seven in 10 businesses are now seriously concerned about the financial and operational impact of the worsening mainframe skills shortage.
Posted by Mike on Monday, November 21, 2011 - 276 views
DETROIT, Nov 21, 2011 — Compuware Corporation, the technology performance company, today released the results of an independent research study conducted by Vanson Bourne* into mainframe use in the enterprise. Key findings from the international survey indicate that a retiring mainframe workforce is exposing enterprises to rising costs and increased business risks.
Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 324 views
This week, for a change, I’m publishing a blog entry from Peter Goldberg, a senior solution architect at Liaison Technologies, a global provider of cloud-based integration and data management services and solutions based in Atlanta. He works directly with customers to identify their unique data security and integration challenges and helps to design solutions to suit their organizations’ requirements. A frequent speaker at industry conferences on eBusiness security issues and solutions, he can be reached at pgoldberg@liaison.com.
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