Mainframe: Alive and Well!
A BMC survey that should be read by everyone, not just mainframe specialists
Musings from David Norfolk, Practice Leader for Development & Governance.
Doing more with less
Doing more with less only really works in a mature organisation prepared to "spend to save".
Versioning everything?
The benefits of aiming at versioning everything often outweigh the hassles that the extra discipline entails.
12 Years of ITIL
A CMSG survey of ITIL changes up-to-date
Innovate 2013 – IMS and IT fashion
IMS isn't as fashionable as Hadoop, but it's still useful, for the right applications. How often does IT ignore useful tools simply because fashion moves on?
Enterprise server 3.0 – zEnterprise BC12
A new z mainframe arrives - and I wonder why it still seems to be a specialist choice for many companies
Building by simulating
Can you build business systems by copying the model-based simulation approaches used for building embedded automotive systems?
Heads up! Updated security standard coming….
The ISO 27000 standards are a good basis for an Information Security Management System - and an update is expected this year.
Cloud computing – is it a billing thing?
Actian exploits its ParAccel, Pervasive Software and Versant Corporation acquisition as two new cloud offerings.
A malware antipattern
When responding to a malware threat costs more than the threat itself...