In this podcast, we‘ll take a look at the people, technology, and culture behind one of the world‘s most powerful and important computing platforms, the Mainframe. Expect interviews, discussions, and interesting tidbits along the way, with your hosts, Frank and Jeff.
Episodes
Jan 29, 2018
Jan 29, 2018
36 min
Do you enjoy dropping things? Wrapping gifts? Experimenting with densities of foam padding? Perhaps you should consider a role in Package Engineering! In this episode, we sit down and chat with Sharon Spaulding about exactly what it takes to ship mainfram
Jan 22, 2018
Jan 22, 2018
32 min
The mainframe needs to continuously evolve in order to stay well-positioned in datacenters across the world. On today's episode, we sit down for a chat with Mark Anzani, VP of Strategy for IBM Z... and that's an uppercase Z.
Jan 15, 2018
Jan 15, 2018
37 min
Understanding the platform involves much more than just memorizing a bunch of commands. It also means knowing when to choose one solution over another, and how to connect it all so that it makes sense from a business perspective. Bill Seubert @ITArchitect
Jan 8, 2018
Jan 8, 2018
30 min
When things go bump in the night, companies generally like to know that it won't dramatically impact their workloads. In this episode, Steven Cook tells us all about GDPS, the little slice of magic that lets mainframers spread their Parallel Sysplex out a
Jan 1, 2018
Jan 1, 2018
45 min
Interactivity and network communications.... without them, hard to imagine how you'd do much of anything on the mainframe, yet this is an area that is a mystery for many. In this episode, Sam Reynolds schools us on the past, present, and future of ISPF an
Dec 25, 2017
Dec 18, 2017
Dec 18, 2017
29 min
A database is a database is a database, right? Not exactly... find out what sets Db2 apart from everything else in this highly informative episode with Mark Rader.
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017
38 min
It only made sense for us to follow up an amazing security episode with an amazing cyrpto episode. We’ll hear from IBM’s own Crypto Queen, Eysha Shirrine Powers, and Greg Boyd, the man behind Mainframe Crypto. Both have a ton of experience working with th
Dec 4, 2017
Dec 4, 2017
51 min
The mainframe is responsible for holding some of the world's most valuable data. Why should we give it a free pass when it comes to security? Chad Rikansrud of RSM Partners is here to tell you that it shouldn't, and that there's a lot keep in mind before
Nov 27, 2017
Nov 27, 2017
35 min
ATPCO uses the mainframe to deliver some very powerful capabilities to the world's airlines. How exactly do they meet those demands and make the most from their systems? Guess you'll have to listen to this week's episode.