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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Why parallel access can not be done(Database were offline while access Online)

Perpetual rounds of mergers and acquisitions, organizational change and compliance have all taken their toll, leaving firms susceptible to fraud, inefficiencies, and mistakes. The greater the change, the greater the risk exposure, according to research commissioned by ACL Services.
Just under half the 54 UK, US, and German IT and telecoms companies surveyed said they had [...]

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staff with Cobol skills attracted the best rates of pay

UK IT market is in danger of losing a huge portion of its workforce to overseas rivals as companies fail to evoke staff loyalty.
Almost two-thirds (66 per cent) of IT staff are looking for employment opportunities outside the UK, according to a survey of 4,967 UK professionals by recruitment firm Computer People.
In the UK, staff [...]

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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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Business Transaction vs Batch

By Jon.
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the interactions between systems; specifically the nature of batch files versus discreet transactions.
My instinct is to go for business transactions. The question is why. I think my rationale is as follows

The business transaction is more likely to either successful or not. A batch has more chances to [...]

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The Raised Floor – IBM Mainframe Computer Ops in the 1980s

Amazing growth for mainframe from here to till date…..
 

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Legacy programming languages Pay Range

Skills in programming languages such as Cobol, Fortran, PowerBuilder, and more don’t rate like they once did.
“Certainly the Cobol people that had a resurgence with the Y2K bug aren’t in demand,” says John Estes, vice president of strategic alliances of Robert Half Technology, an IT staffing consultancy. “Certain other applications such as Delphi and PowerBuilder, [...]

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