The Ban “zLinux” Pledge As advocates for the platform, we are increasingly looking to engage new clients and our distributed peers to position the Linux capabilities of the LinuxONE and Z platforms with new and existing clients. In this endeavour … Continue reading Take the Pledge
Whether large or small, companies are seeking solutions to simplify IT operations and reduce cost, especially in a world where COVID 19 is a clear and present danger to business survival. For many, consolidating workloads onto denser, centralized computing platforms … Continue reading Leveraging Workload Consolidation for Lower IT Costs
Cyber-attacks on enterprises are increasing and data regulators can impose major fines on enterprises who don’t properly protect customer data. Data breaches are a serious threat and keeping confidential information secure is a fundamental priority for leading enterprises around the … Continue reading Trusted Computing – How LinuxONE delivers
More than 10 million people in the United States have filed for unemployment amid the COVID-19 global pandemic and financial crisis. As these numbers continue to grow, a big technology skills gap is starting to emerge as well. For example, … Continue reading Open Mainframe Project Helps Fill the Need for COBOL Resources
With cloud and mainframe markets both buoyant, IT teams are assessing where is best for their core business systems. Taking the role of forecaster, Derek Britton sees the outlook as mixed. The more things change, the more they stay … Continue reading Connecting, not colliding – COBOL
Yesterday we announced the IBM z15, the 15thgeneration of the modern mainframe. Having attended the launch yesterday and been in the heart of the action for the last year with the teams developing the new capabilities it was an exciting … Continue reading Introducing z15
Good ideas never go out of style Genuinely ground-breaking, disruptive technology innovations come from moments of opportunity. The printing press came from Caxton’s initiative to produce larger quantities of written material to the court. The automobile was an attempt to … Continue reading Smart Innovation Evolves. Happy 60th Birthday COBOL
In part 2 of this 2 part blog series I plan to cover what the Red Hat acquisition by IBM means for the mainframe and LinuxONE platform. As you all know, unless you have been living under a rock, IBM … Continue reading Red Hat and the mainframe…
In this 2 part blog series I plan to cover some of my own perspectives on the Red Hat acquisition and what it means for IBM as we enter what Ginni oft calls Chapter 2 of the Cloud. In part … Continue reading Open is Smart: IBM + Red Hat
It is a common misconception that blockchain’s inherent security obviates the need for secure end-to-end computing infrastructure, especially for production consortium permissioned networks in regulated environments. Enterprise blockchains, such as the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric, do provide crypto operations such as: … Continue reading Why Permissioned Blockchains Need LinuxONE
