I would like to ask for some guidance on how to set up a Mainframe environment that includes CICS, VSAM, and JCL support for testing and learning purposes. Is there any recommended way to access or ...

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Mainframe workforce demographics are shifting as veteran engineers retire and younger technologists join the ranks, according to BMC. The IT service management provider surveyed 1,000 mainframe ...

The mainframe, long the backbone of enterprise computing, is enjoying a surge of support as modernization projects bear fruit, according to BMC Software Inc.’s 20th annual mainframe survey. It found ...

Legacy systems weren’t built for today’s demands, but banks don’t have the luxury of rip and replace. Learn how one bank solved this challenge with Ververica. Financial institutions face continuously ...

Job Control Language (JCL) is a scripting language used on IBM mainframe systems to instruct the operating system on how to run a batch job or start a subsystem. It is primarily used with z/OS, the ...

IBM shares fall 5% in extended trading after a ~30% rise this year Software sales miss market estimates in Q2 on transaction processing weakness Consulting sales rise but management cautious about ...

Mainframes were the punchline of jokes in the early days of cloud computing, but their steady dependability is still critical to IT architectures. A certain Fortune 500 financial institution decided ...

When you think of mainframes, you probably think of spinning tape drives, reams of computer cards, and text-only, green-on-black 3270 terminals. IBM's latest mainframe, the LinuxONE Emperor 5, is not ...

On the first Friday of every month, something incredible happens at 900 Keosauqua Way. Creativity spills from every floor of Des Moines’ Mainframe Studios, transforming the city’s largest artist hub ...

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An IBM Z employee (left) shows launch event attendees the new z17 mainframe via a plexiglass prototype model (right) at IBM's One Madison office. IBM says its latest mainframe comes with the ability ...