https://linux.mainframe.blog/zlib-acceleration/ Regards, Len Leonard J Santalucia CTO | Business Development Manager | Certified Specialist | IBM Champion Chair Linux Foundation Open Mainframe Project Vicom Infinity, Inc. IBM Gold Business Partner 21 Penn Plaza (FL6 @ WeWork) New York, New York 10001 Mobile……………..917-856-4493 eFax……………………413-622-1229 … Read More »

Folks, Kat Lind from Solitaire sent me the link to her new paper. It discusses a business, technical, and financial case study using a unique approach to comparing platforms objectively. It can be shared with clients. Betting the Business – … Read More »

Multiplatform Insights: Bimodal Mainframe Development? by S. Michael Benson Gartner defines bimodal I/T as a separation between traditional systems of record and new technology such as mobile, social computing and even cloud. Gartner suggests that keeping traditional systems and new … Read More »

Striking the Right Balance in the Mainframe Environment by Greg Lotko CIOs have their work cut out striking the right balance. They’re responsible for managing the existing IT infrastructure to keep the business running flawlessly, while at the same time … Read More »

Powerful article about VIVA, Zowe, LinuxONE, Secure Service Container technologies.   Trash Eavesdropping Alexa with a Secure Open Source Alternative https://thenewstack.io/trash-eavesdropping-alexa-with-a-secure-open-source-alternative/   Regards, Len   Leonard J. Santalucia CTO | Business Development Manager | Certified Specialist | IBM Champion Vicom Infinity, … Read More »

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 brief Introduction to IBM Z Excerpt: “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is the intelligent OS for bare metal, virtual machine and cloud deployments both on and off premise. It provides the common foundation from bare … Read More »

Zowe Provides a New Open Source Frontier for IBM Z Development Excerpt: “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 … Read More »

Building the System/360 Mainframe Nearly Destroyed IBM Instead, the S/360 proved to be the most successful product launch ever and changed the course of computing   https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/building-the-system360-mainframe-nearly-destroyed-ibm?utm_source=pocket-newtab   Regards, Len   Leonard J. Santalucia CTO | Business Development Manager | Certified Specialist … Read More »

IBM Z’s Role in the ‘Multi’ World More and more organizations are making strategic decisions about IT that involve the day-to-day handling of transactions as well as capitalizing on the environment of multiples. These decisions include what kind of multi-cloud … Read More »

Donovan, please post to our websites under the articles category.   The Millennial Mainframe by Jacob Gagnon “It started out with six people in a tiny apartment, waiting for the newest episode of Halt and Catch Fire to air.” That’s … Read More »