The venerable mainframe computer is experiencing a surprising but well-deserved resurgence, as the organizations that depend on these systems realize how important they are for digital initiatives and for hybrid information technology strategies in general.Image may be NSFW.
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IBM Corp. – the sole remaining purveyor of mainframe systems – continues to invest in the platform, and Big Blue’s latest iteration, the z14 (pictured), is a masterpiece of scalability, reliability and security, as is its core operating system, z/OS.
The mainframe’s technology may be cutting-edge, but its problems are very human: a generational shift as older mainframers retire, requiring a new cadre of professionals, and the fact that mainframe teams are still largely siloed, since working on z/OS requires a largely specialized skillset.
The solution: an open-source framework that brings modern tools, technologies and software development approaches including DevOps to mainframes running z/OS.
Welcome to Zowe.
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