Broadcom – a mainframe charm offensive - And I found it pretty convincing
Knowledge in mainframes is of immense value and shouldn’t be lost. Mainframe modernisation – the right workloads on the right platforms – is the best story for businesses.
Mainframe modernisation is now very much part of OpenText
Mainframes still run mission-critical applications and hold high-quality data. Modernising them matters, as David Norfolk explains.
Securing the mainframe with a layered approach - Thoughts prompted by a Broadcom presentation
Mainframes can be made very secure without too much effort, but people have to set policies, evaluate threats and configure mainframe security.
The new OpenText - A partial view from Micro Focus Development’s POV
David Norfolk attends the OpenText Dev Day Roadshow, a chance to meet Micro Focus developer support.
Women in IT – more, please - Thoughts from ‘Women of COBOL’
The lack of women in STEM represents a waste of talent, highlighted in the TechChannel series Women of COBOL – which also highlights the waste in throwing out COBOL.
Applications in highly regulated industries - Mainframe 3.0, Hybrid Cloud and being able to sleep at night
The journey to hybrid cloud is basically a modernisation journey. Don’t throw away something that works, and that you trust, if it can still be useful.
The Open Mainframe Project and some implications for ES-3
Mainframe modernisation is in a healthy state, facilitated by open source initiatives such as Zowe. David Norfolk blogs from the 2022 Open Mainframe Summit.
BMC acquires Compuware
BMC has just acquired Compuware, which complements BMC’s mainframe management capabilities with Compuware’s mainframe DevOps capabilities.
IBM Think 2020 – Online
IBM is actively encouraging the movement of mission critical workloads onto suitable public clouds using what it calls Intelligent Workflows.
BMC – still evolving - A new management team and a new acquisition
BMC still seems to be in the process of re-inventing itself and its new acquisition of Compuware brings major new Mainframe capabilities.