Fifty Years of Innovation

As I was pondering my 50 years as a computer programmer, I had a rather amazing epiphany.  The only mainframes I’ve ever worked on have been IBM machines.  I learned PL1 and assembler at Cornell University from 1971 to 1975.  I created (punched) cards from my notes, carried my deck to the window of the […]

Exploring IBM Z Sort Accelerator Support in Syncsort MFX

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 possible price point. The volume and velocity of data have increased dramatically as mobile devices, IoT sensors, and smart machines have proliferated. An increasingly diverse array […]