Mainframe Integration: The Time is Now!

Mainframe Integration: The Time is Now!

In today’s fast-paced world, we expect instantaneous results. This has contributed to the belief that all transactions are handled immediately. But it’s not just about customer expectations. Fraud, terrorism, and money laundering are areas where a delay in...
French Bank Natixis Receives First Ever Instant Payment

French Bank Natixis Receives First Ever Instant Payment

The European Central Bank, also known as ECB, recently unveiled a European service that will facilitate instantaneous electronic payments. This is an exciting, albeit necessary step for e-commerce, as consumers are often shopping online and making payments outside...
GT Software Assessment

GT Software Assessment

GT Software has spent the last three decades working with IBM mainframe customers to help them get the best out of their assets. As a mainframe-based company, it offers a range of mainframe-specific products and packages, but the key one in terms of the scope of this...
Mainframes Required to Make Blockchain Mainstream

Mainframes Required to Make Blockchain Mainstream

According to Gartner, Blockchain passed from peak Hype Cycle to the Trough of Disillusionment in August of 2018, but they are still bullish. Bitcoin peaked at $19,800 in December 2018 and is down 80% since then. Not surprisingly, interest in the blockchain search term...
Happy Birthday, CICS!

Happy Birthday, CICS!

In 1969, I remember getting my first pair of glasses as a third grader. I also vividly remember thinking that I could not imagine being an adult or how much the world would change in the next 50 years. I was young and I had my whole life ahead of me. Now 50 years...