Are we potentially facing a shortage of mainframe talent? “Three of us set up this tool in 1989. One is retired, and the other person is somewhere in heaven!” That was the remark of Alf (name changed), the senior mainframe architect at a large European enterprise, as he pointed toward the ceiling of the meeting […]
DevOps in Legacy Systems: A Mission Impossible?
The word “legacy” evokes mixed reactions from the IT and business crowds alike. For those who depend on legacy systems such as the zSeries and iSeries platforms, it is a way to deliver stable and reliable applications into production. Business stakeholders who may not know the intricacies of the technology often take a view of, “Why […]