The Top Seven Reasons to Marry Machine Learning and Your Mainframe

Machine learning (ML) has come to the mainframe, and with it the ability to analyze (and monetize) mainframe data in place. “Mainframes generate a massive volume of useful but overwhelming data that enterprise IT organizations often fail to fully leverage,” says David Hodgson, Chief Product Officer, at Precisely. A major part of the problem is […]

Big Data vs Traditional Data: What Defines Big Data?

What is big data, really? Despite what the term implies, the definition is not actually about the size of your data. It’s how you use the data.  What is the big data definition? When it comes to data, size is always relative. True, the number of data sources and the amount of information that can […]

Making Mainframes DevOps-Friendly

Can you do DevOps on your mainframe? That might seem like a silly question. DevOps is among the newest trends in IT, and mainframes are an established, “legacy” technology. Pairing the two may appear to make little sense. In fact, however, there are plenty of reasons to integrate mainframes into DevOps workflows. And thanks to […]

4 Tips for Optimizing Your Data Infrastructure

Building a data infrastructure is one thing. Building one that is efficient, reliable and cost-effective is another. What can you do to optimize your data infrastructure and keep it running at peak performance? Keep reading for tips on data infrastructure optimization. What is data infrastructure? For the purposes of this article, we’ll define data infrastructure […]