BlackBerry Vs. Apple Vs. Android: Should the Mainframe Team Know (or Care) What Employees Use?
BlackBerry is making a comeback—the company debuted an interesting new OS earlier this year along with a slew of new products. More recently, the company proudly announced receiving a 1-million device order from a mystery client. Suddenly BlackBerry -- known for its excellence in security but also f...

Don’t Believe the Myth-information about the Mainframe: Part 3
By Janet L. Sun,Immediate Past President, SHARE Inc.In this series, Janet Sun explores and dispels numerous myths around the mainframe. Continued from Part 1 and Part 2.What Do You Lose by Moving Off the Mainframe?Efficiency Typically, distributed servers support a single application workload....

Don’t Believe the Myth-information about the Mainframe: Part 2
By Janet L. Sun,Immediate Past President, SHARE Inc.In this series, Janet Sun explores and dispels numerous myths around the mainframe. Continued from Part 1.Mainframes are Expensive?Think that mainframes are expensive?  ...

Don’t Believe the Myth-information about the Mainframe: Part 1
When I heard about the HuffPost article highlighting a video debunking the myths that Hollywood has been repeating about the mainframe, I was cautiously optimistic.  ...

The Mainframe: Bridging One Generation to Another
Learning is an essential part of effective teaching; any good teacher will tell you that. If you’ve convinced yourself you know everything you need to know, you’ll miss a lot of important information. 

This is true of mainframe professionals – whether they are experienced hands at COBOL and JCL or ...