A Bit of IBM Archeology

A Bit of IBM Archeology

Way back in November of 1964, IBM announced the smallest member of the System/360 family, the Model 20. According to Wikipedia, The Model 20 supports only a subset of the System/360 instruction set, with binary numbers limited to 16 bits and no floating point.[1] In...
Living in a VSE World

Living in a VSE World

Platforms come and platforms go, and IBM continues to make the z/OS mainframe more flexible and more powerful. But what if you’re living in a VSE world? I know that you’re out there and you may sometimes feel that you aren’t getting as much attention as other...
Open Banking & PSD2

Open Banking & PSD2

Security is paramount for open banking and APIs play an integral part. They are an easy and secure way to access existing systems that hide the complexity from users. With PSD2 and open banking, EU and UK banks are creating APIs to securely open core systems for...
A Day Without Mainframes

A Day Without Mainframes

I walk into my local Starbucks, ready for my morning coffee, smiling at the absence of the usual line out the door. In fact, the store is almost empty. I pull out my phone to access Starbucks’ handy app to buy my morning coffee. Just open the app, scan my barcode, and...
Mainframe API Tools Assessment

Mainframe API Tools Assessment

The API Economy is booming, and with such huge historic investments in mainframes it is vital for companies to find ways to bring these assets into the API world. The Lustratus report “Best of Breed API Middleware for Mainframes” examined the challenge of API-enabling...