When you hear the word “hacker,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Odds are it’s a young, 20-something-year-old, alone in a basement, black hoodie drawn over his head, staring intently at a bright computer screen...
While mainframe users will continue to rely on existing architecture and networks as the presence of cloud computing grows, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS) will become a major piece of the puzzle – connecting mainframe applications...
Electing to reduce testing in order to reduce non-production MIPS consumption is a poor decision that could lead to millions of dollars in losses. The temptation to place priority on time-to-value over production safeguarding methods is certainly understandable.
Decades ago, Mark Twain allegedly remarked, upon reading an obituary prematurely penned in his memory, that reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. The same might be said today of the mainframe.