Applications


Neon Upgrades, Extends IMS Toolset

Customers are still betting their businesses on IMS and other “legacy” datastores—and mainframe ISVs are more than happy to oblige.

Best Practices: Building a Test-Driven Development Team

More and more code jockeys are embracing software testing as a means to accelerate development and improve overall quality levels

Open SOA Sells—But Microsoft Isn’t Buying

Microsoft’s absence in new initiatives troubles industry watchers

DataMirror Tweaks Mainframe CDC Tool for Performance, Reliability

DataMirror last week trumpeted what it describes as “significant” performance improvements in the latest version of its Transformation Server for z/OS

HP Bets Big on Software with Mercury Interactive Purchase

By putting $4.5 billion of its money where its mouth is, has HP finally put the lie to the canard that it isn’t serious about software?

BMC, CA Tackle Mainframe Change in the Age of Compliance

Mainframe change management in an age of compliance is a very different beast

The Mainframe Capacity Conundrum Revisited

zLinux or Big Iron J2EE workloads perform better and are cheaper than their RISC- or Intel-based alternatives



CA Teaches Old Databases New Tricks

How many new tricks can you teach an old pre-relational database? Plenty, especially if customers are still actively banking on it.

Distributed Computing, Specialty Engines Bring Companies Back to the Mainframe

The cost of distributed complexity—which is also measured in air conditioned BTUs and kilowatts per hour—is about to get even more expensive

CA Announces Latest Milestone in the ITILization of Its Toolset

Is ITIL tailor-made for the Six Sigma Generation?

Survey Says Big Iron a Solid Bet for the Future

The mainframe is entrenched for the long haul, respondents say

Making the Business Case for Big Iron

A growing number of mainframe pros are trying to educate their colleagues and C-level executives about the business case for Big Iron.

IBM’s Embarks on SOA Blitz

A future of reusable services got a step closer to reality last week when IBM announced its new SOA Business Catalog

IBM and Microsoft Crank up the Pressure on Rivals

IBM and Microsoft made significant data management-related announcements last week

SHARE-ing: The Secret of Big Iron Success

With the revitalization of the mainframe and the rise of zNextGen, SHARE itself has been revitalized. (First in a series)

IMS at a Crossroads?

Far from expanding their use of that DBMS, analysts argue customers need to start planning their migrations now

Worker Shortage May Stymie Strong Mainframe Growth

What Big Iron shops of all sizes have to say about the future of the mainframe is encouraging—to say the least

Integration Key in CA’s Approach to Change Management

CA says it has developed a change management product family the integrated whole of which is much greater than the sum of its parts

Behind Big Blue’s SOA/Mainframe Blitz

Big Blue announced initiatives to help programmers and ISVs get that old-time mainframe religion

SOA: The Services Are Out There

Successful service-enablement requires a high degree of visibility into an organization’s IT inner workings.