Mainframe = Kicking Technology??

In an New York Times article of March 28th, the words of Steward Alsop, who predicted that the last mainframe would be unplugged in 1996 were put in context.
 
The mainframe was use as one example how “old” technology proved to be a strong survivor together with Radio, railways and the most modern one, print media. [...]

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IBM mainframe adds Gigabit Ethernet, InfiniBand links

Ten weeks after unveiling the System z10 mainframe, IBM on Tuesday announced that new Gigabit Ethernet hardware for LAN connectivity and new InfiniBand coupling links will be available May 30.
Mainframe LAN connectivity is being provided with the OSA-Express3, which includes a new microprocessor and PCI adapter “designed for high-speed communication in the enterprise backbone or [...]

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Automating the TRASMIT/RECEIVE tasks in Batch program

Very useful tip to automate the task of transmitting a data from one region to another region.
 
To Transmit
 
//XMIT    EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=20
//DDIN     DD  DISP=SHR,DSN=<your.dataset.to.be.sent>
//DDOUT    DD  DISP=(,CATLG),DSN=<use.this.dataset.if.you.want.to.ftp>,
//             DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=27800),
//             SPACE=(TRK,(15,15)),UNIT=SYSDA
//SYSPRINT DD  SYSOUT=*  
//SYSTSPRT DD  SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN  DD  *  
  TRANSMIT NATSTAR +
     NOCOPYLIST [...]

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NYSE unplugs last mainframe and reduces cost, speeds transactions

At the end of April, the New York Stock Exchange unplugged its last running mainframe, the climax of a yearlong migration to Unix and Linux.
By all accounts, the merger has been successful, and performance has improved, said Francis Feldman, the vice president of the shared data center at Securities Industry Automation Corp. (SIAC), the NYSE’s [...]

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Roadmap to mainframe application modernization

Mainframe applications have been criticized for spiraling maintenance costs, the result of a vicious circle of lack of documentation and lack of ability to upgrade, leading to higher costs of maintenance or upgrade right now. At the same time, most enterprises recognize that their existing mainframe applications are business-critical but old, and therefore cannot be [...]

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IT vet Gordon Bell talks about Mainframe

Gordon Bell has been working in the IT industry for nearly 50 years. He was a key engineer and vice president of research and development at minicomputer pioneer Digital Equipment Corp. for 23 years and later a founder of the Computer History Museum. Today Bell is a principal researcher at Microsoft Corp
In an interview with Computerworld, [...]

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EC Asks Questions About IBM’s Mainframe Business

IBM may be starring down the barrel of an EC investigation of its precious mainframe business, significant to its bottom line.
According to both Bloomberg and Dow Jones, the commission has sent Big Blue a questionnaire asking for details about its mainframe business practices and questionnaires have a way of leading to formal investigations.
The EC is [...]

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