HOWTO: Exploiting Hardware Compression in zlib with IBM z15 This blog posting details how to take advantage of the hardware compression feature in z15 with zlib in Linux distributions. Regards, Len Leonard J Santalucia CTO | Business Development Manager | Certified … Read More »

Folks, I am on the (ECU) East Carolina University Industry Advisory Board led by Dr Cameron Seay. He conducted a webinar last week about the importance and future of the mainframe. The replay and links to other additional resources are posted … Read More »

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 »

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IBM Z Functional Matrix Abstract This IBM® Redpaper™ publication provides a list of features and functions that are supported on IBM Z, including the IBM z14(z14) – Machine types 3906 and 3907, IBM z13TM(z13®), IBM z13s™(z13s), IBM zEnterprise® EC12 (zEC12), and … Read More »

When our customers talk about the challenges surrounding mainframe development, the problem is not the programming languages or lack of programming skills, but rather a lack of tools that interact with other computing platforms such as cloud, Linux® and Windows®, … Read More »

Mark Moore from the IBM CPO wrote this white paper, Understanding and removing barriers to the adoption of Pervasive Encryption. Excerpt: ” The environment in which data security strategies are being determined is decidedly hostile. The number of breaches is … Read More »