Four Ways Mainframe Shops can Embrace Mobile – Part 4

New Online Processing and Data Storage Last time, we looked at a new online processing solution that would replace the existing online processing, but leverage all other parts of the legacy infrastructure. In this post, we’ll take a close look at a similar solution...

Four Ways Mainframe Shops can Embrace Mobile – Part 3

New Online Processing Last time, we looked at the forklift option: burning the legacy infrastructure to the ground and building it back up again using different technology.  In this post, we’ll take a close look at an alternative solution that leverages some of what...

Four Ways Mainframe Shops can Embrace Mobile – Part 2

Forklifting in a new solution In this post, we’ll take a close look at perhaps one of the most common solutions addressing the challenge of new mobile demands on legacy systems adopted by large organizations.  With the exception of “doing nothing,” the most commonly...

Four Ways Mainframe Shops can Embrace Mobile – Part 1

In today’s multi-platform, multi-OS and multi-data format corporate computing environments, there is a high demand to make the mainframe systems work with web, mobile devices and, potentially, any device that can be connected to the Internet-of-Things (IoT), in...

Intensity in hockey playoffs… and in IT finance planning?

It’s NHL hockey playoff season. I love this time of year: the days are longer and brighter, the geese are back in town, the weather is warming up and, more importantly, the smell of playoff hockey intensity is back. Well, in Canada this year it’s not as normal since...

It’s a Trap

As the new Star Wars movie approaches, I recall how much I enjoyed the movies when I was a young boy, and I’ve been watching Star Wars all over again with my sons. The classic scene in Return of the Jedi where Admiral Ackbar cautions “it’s a trap!” caught my ear even...