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…

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