IBM systems have long been viewed as being highly secure by design. However, it can be very risky to rely too heavily on the reputation of IBM i or z/OS to guard against a growing range of...

Cloud migration projects are happening in virtually every large enterprise throughout the world, and in many small and midsize companies as well. For most, cloud data migration is an ongoing journey,...

For organizations running IBM Z mainframe systems, several converging trends in recent years have made it more challenging than ever to achieve the needed organizational performance at the best...

Virtually everything in your business depends on IT running smoothly. For most enterprises, service outages result in lost productivity, missed opportunities for revenue, and sometimes severe...

Although it’s commonly believed that mainframes are less relevant than in the past, the reality is that transaction volume on IBM Z systems has increased by over 55% since 2019. Seventy-one percent...

Modern cloud data platforms are gaining rapidly in popularity, and for very good reasons. Enterprises have long recognized the benefits of having a robust data warehouse for advanced analytics, but...

Capacity management provides organizations with a framework for making important decisions about the level of information technology resources they require to operate effectively and efficiently....

What is a mainframe? One of the best ways to answer that question is to explain what makes mainframes different from other types of computers – especially servers you’d find in a data center....

Mainframes have been the workhorses of the corporate data center for more than half a century. With the advent of new technologies such as the cloud and low-cost x86 commodity servers, many tech...