Tag: mainframe
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Navigating regulated scale: How Fiserv hones golden paths for 7,500 developers
Platform engineering usually argues that developer cognitive load is the enemy. The claim here, from a company with 16,000 technologists split evenly between people who write code and people who keep it running, is that a large organisation has already solved that – by hiring a layer of specialists to absorb it, which feels better…
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mainframes still run money
COBOL remains a widely-used but aging programming language that works across mainframe computers and legacy operating systems, supporting more than 40% of online banking systems, 80% of in-person credit card transactions and 95% of ATM transactions, according to mainframe provider IBM. 🔗 AI shifts mainframe modernization strategy
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Mainframe to remain undefeated by AI, vaguebooking, and the problem with seldom-used PCs – Related to your interests, Saturday morning
Also: OpenAI’s enterprise play, Gemini voice acting, and airline antitrust I’ve covered our announcements this week about Tanzu platform agent foundations in other posts, check that out if you’re into that kind of thing. Now, onto usual nonsense… Duivendrecth fire station, early Spring 2026. Related to your interests Private Cloud Data Intelligence: The Case for…
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New York Times & AWS dispel three mainframe migration myths – What’s most shocking is that the New York Times had a mainframe. But, I guess it’s old enough that of course they do.
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– Modernizing the Mainframe in Place: Transforming Core Technologies – Improve the mainframe app. // Likely some good patterns for talking/thinking about modernizing any type existing apps “in place.”
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Most mainframe application rewrites fail the first time – “Refactoring mainframe applications commonly results in failure on the first try, according to a Forrester survey of over 300 IT professionals commissioned by Rocket Software.” And, from the survey sponsor: ‘“Starting from scratch and rewriting the apps rarely goes well,” Buckellew said. “It can lead to massive…
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The Mainframe Strangler – Software Defined Talk #172
There’s a new kubernetes, Oracle lay-offs, Zoom.US, and the problem with mainframe complainers. Also see full show notes.
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Link: Broadcom can’t get there from here
“The tiny margin in CA’s enterprise software business, which contrasts with its richly profitable mainframe division, won’t help Broadcom hit its projected EBITDA targets, no matter how many ‘adjustments’ are made. In fact, the division stands in the way.” Original source: Broadcom can’t get there from here
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Link: Weirdest. Acquisition. Ever. Broadcom buys CA Technologies
Broadcom buying CA for US$18.9bn. “Mainframe solutions dominate CA’s income, pulling nearly $2.2bn in the 2017-2018 financial year, followed by its enterprise solutions segment at $1.75bn and services at $311m.” Original source: Weirdest. Acquisition. Ever. Broadcom buys CA Technologies
