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A survey released by IT management software vendor BMC Software explains that mainframe computers still play a significant role in large data centers and that businesses are using them to run new applications as well as legacy software. In fact,…
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Bulk data movement, access, copying and sharing requires a lot of bandwidth and can wreak havoc with interactive applications and other normal network traffic on the same system. 10-15 years ago, people might have expected a slight delay when trying…
Application redesign and reprogramming are typically large and risky efforts. In the meantime, existing systems must be maintained and modified as the business changes to meet evolving needs. These changes must be replicated in the new systems and developers often…
The 4-hour rolling average plays a significant role in determining your mainframe operating costs. It’s just a metric, but a crucially important one. IBM uses it to determine your company’s software monthly license charges. So, when you find a way…
If you are like me, you would feel misinformed. This article does not talk about soda but about the consumption of mainframe MIPS (millions of instructions per second) required to move data around the enterprise. Practically every IT budget places…
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