With increases in data breaches, the topics of data encryption and its importance are appearing more often in public discussions of data security. There is also increased confusion about the...

Downtime and system outages carry average two-year costs of $67.2 million per enterprise, according to a recent Ponemon Institute study. Direct outage costs such as system administration and support...

“Good” has never been the same as “great.” Studies show a “good” understanding of enterprise big data has the same average odds as a coin toss. Understanding data is...

Quiz: Name the mainframe computing process that: Consumes as much as 20-25% of all CPU cycles but is generally ignored when optimizing mainframe resources Is one of the most-covered topics in...

There are a number of different data sources that are available within the IBM z/OS® mainframe (mainframe machine data) that can be leveraged to provide insight into the operational health of the...

Estimates for average costs of downtime at an organization came in at around $9,000 per minute [1] last year. That number leaves little doubt that the direct costs of technical downtime can cripple...

The mainframe computer has been around for more than a half-century now, and in defiance of the expectations of many tech pundits, it continues to play an indispensable role in today’s IT...

What, exactly, is capacity management, and why is it important? We explain in today’s post. What is capacity management? The primary goal of capacity management is to ensure that IT resources...

If you think the programming languages used on mainframes are all relics of the past, think again. Contrary to popular belief, mainframes remain alive and well, as do the programmers who write code...