Posted by Mike on Sunday, October 2, 2011 - 350 views
New workloads account for almost one-third of MIPS growth, and mainframers are as optimistic as ever about the future of Big Iron.
The mainframe has never been more essential. That’s the not-so-surprising upshot of BMC Software Corp.’s sixth annual Worldwide Mainframe Survey, which — like previous years — suggests Big Iron is doing just fine, thank you.
Big mainframe shops are big MIPS consumers. MIPS capacity continues to expand: more than two-thirds of respondents (67 percent) said their transaction volumes for existing applications are growing; almost as many (65 percent) cited business growth as an important engine for MIPS expansion. Almost one-third (31 percent) said new workloads are driving MIPS growth.
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Posted by Mike on Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 286 views
New isCOBOL Evolve provides cost-effective, modern path for COBOL application investments
CHICAGO – August 15, 2011 – Veryant, the COBOL and Java technology innovator, today announced up to a 40% thin client performance improvement, new cross-platform portability, and modernized user interface capabilities for its popular isCOBOL Evolve.
The new software release maximizes the value of existing COBOL assets, reduces ongoing software licensing costs, and simplifies application modernization.
Visit www.veryant.com for more info.
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Posted by Mike on Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 339 views
Tom West was project manager whose early work developing small business computers for Data General Corp. made him into a legend of the computer industry.
As depicted in the Tracy Kidder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1981 book “The Soul of a New Machine,” Mr. West drove his team of pocket-protected nerds through highly caffeinated 90-hour weeks in the late 1970s to develop a miniaturized descendant of the mainframe computer that saved the company.
Mr. West, who died May 19 at age 71, could be abrasive and imperious, but he spurred his team with slogans like, “Not everything worth doing is worth doing well.” He compared tech projects to pinball, where the prize for winning is another game—a new and more challenging project.
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Posted by Mike on Friday, December 31, 2010 - 224 views
Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Monday, December 20, 2010 - 312 views
As this will probably be my last blog of 2010, I thought it would be traditional to review what’s happened in the mainframe world over the past year.
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Posted by Mike on Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 162 views
To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question facing many state governments and their computer systems.
It’s a dilemma that hasn’t been made any easier by two recent examples on opposite sides of the country.
After a week when a data storage failure in a relatively new statewide system created havoc for Virginia state agencies, the final three agencies – including the 74 branches of the Department of Motor Vehicles – are expected to resume services today.
“The crash – still baffling to state officials – exposes the vulnerability of modern, massively complex interconnected computer networks,” writes the Washington Post today.
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 620 views
Oh, yeah, a new z11 mainframe generation is rumored. Did I miss anyone? Probably.
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