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IBM z17™: Shaping the Future of AI on the Mainframe

IBM z17™ is purpose-built to help enterprises realize the full value of AI while maintaining the reliability, security, and scalability required for mission-critical operations. H&W helps mutual IBM Z clients remove operational limits from existing workloads with SYSB-II.

Inter-Sysplex VSAM file sharing

Multi-Sysplex data centers are not uncommon in large scale computing enterprises. Normally, VSAM cannot be shared across a Sysplex boundary.

What to Ask Before Choosing a VSAM File Sharing Strategy

A VSAM file sharing strategy should be evaluated for more than concurrent access. Teams should also ask about data integrity, application code changes, recovery, performance, implementation effort, operational fit, and vendor commitment.

DevOps: Dual Language Include/Copy files

Few large development projects contain only one programming language. Frequently, in large projects two or more languages need to interact via calls, passing data from programs in one language to another.

Project Builds in Legacy Systems: DevOps - One size does not fit all!

Most large legacy projects have mixed teams, usually with some newer developers and a few developers with many years of experience. Mandating significant changes to their development practices can be disruptive to the team.

How to Build the Business Case for Eliminating CICS Downtime

CICS downtime affects revenue, customer service, staff workload, stale data, and operational risk. This guide explains how to build a business case for SYSB-II and reduced batch-window downtime.

Modernization Without the Rewrite: Keeping Valuable CICS Applications Productive

Not every modernization effort begins with rewriting applications. SYSB-II helps organizations improve availability for valuable CICS and VSAM systems without changing application source code.

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