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It seems that there is some confusion “out there” regarding the generosity factor associated with using a zIIP specialty processor… so I thought I’d try to clarify things in today’s blog entry. For those unacquainted with...
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A recent Computerworld article ( Bank of America touts mainframe work as a safe career )touts the mainframe as a safe haven for those considering a career in IT. This is an interesting article because the usual spiel you hear in industry trade rags is...
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At the beginning over every year many of us take the time to cobble together some resolutions for the coming year. We plan to lose weight, save money, stop smoking, and so on. Usually, it doesn’t take long before we’ve abandoned these resolutions....
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One of the biggest challenges I see these days for DBAs is the ongoing redefinition of the job roles and responsibilities. Oh, most people know the rudimentary aspects of the job, namely keeping your organization's databases and applications running...
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I was recently introduced to this "wiki" timeline that covers the history of manufacturing & ERP software . It is nicely done with useful information, so I thought I would share it with my readers. The timeline covers 17 key events that...
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As I continue to pore over old magazines and documents that were clogging my closet, I keep on finding interesting things. Yes, I am still, slowly, methodically cleaning out the closet in my home office. It was quite a mess - and stuffed with many articles,...
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As I continue the task of cleaning my home office I keep stumbling across stuff that attempted to predict the future. As readers of my first two posts in this series will know, predicting the future can be a messy business. Nobody can see into the future,...
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In a recent blog entry I pointed out several wrong and/or suspect predictions made by industry pundits. But they're not always wrong. Some predictions seem so simple that anyone could have made it, at least sitting here in the future it can seem that...
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The image that appears in this blog posting is “word cloud” that was generated automatically by Wordle .You just feed Wordle an RSS feed or a list of words and it produces "word cloud" art out of it. It is somewhat similar to the...
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Have you ever wanted to go back in time to review all of those confident pundit predictions to determine which came true and which, well… didn't? I think about this especially at this time of year when all the web sites and IT publications...
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The rapid acceptance and usage of Linux as an platform for enterprise computing has enlivened the Open Source community. The term “open source” refers to software that users are free to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve. Often...
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Organizations often force the DBA to take on the job of data modeling. That does not mean that DBAs are well trained in data modeling, nor does it mean that DBAs are best suited to take on the task of data modeling. Data administration (DA) separates...
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I believe that enterprise software is too costly and something needs to be done about it. The software environment ten years from now needs to look completely different than it does today. Of course, that last statement will probably be true notwithstanding...
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Brevity is the enemy of accuracy. I could stop writing right there, but then that would be too brief, and I would much rather be accurate. Most of us strive to keep our days moving along. Making things faster is usually looked upon as beneficial. We have...
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I am still at the IBM Information on Demand conference in Las Vegas and today IBM briefed me on their stream computing solution - InfoSphere Streams. I mentioned this briefly in yesterday's blog posting about analytics but I want to get into the topic...
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Today at the IBM Information on Demand conference in Las Vegas, IBM talked about – and announced several new and exciting initiatives and products focused on business and information analytics. The new offerings announced by IBM include: New pre-configured...
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If you are a DB2 analyst dealing with distributed workload… or if you are enabling zIIP specialty processors … chances are you’ve heard the term “enclave” or “enclave SRB.” But just what is an enclave? An enclave...
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If you are a DBA or a performance analyst chance are that you deal with database performance management every day of the week. But have you ever stopped for a moment and tried to define what you mean when you say "database performance?" That...
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Regular readers of my blog know that I have written extensively on the topic of database archiving as a needed discipline for enterprise database management. Data may need to be archived from production databases for many reasons, the most common of which...
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I recently received the following question and I think it is interesting enough to blog about. Q: My company is looking to implement a data governance initiative. We want to be careful to avoid merely employing a series of extemporized data quality projects...
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On August 18, 2009 IBM announced z/OS V1.11 . This announcement contained many new and improved features and capabilities, including failure avoidance, simplified management via a new z/OS Management Facility (5655-S28), responsive networking, enhanced...
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Just a quick post today to share my upcoming speaking schedule with you, my faithful blog readers. First up, next week (August 24 – 28, 2009) I’ll be at SHARE in Denver, Colorado. I’ll be there all week, but my two presentations are...
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The IBM Information on Demand (IOD, for short) conference is rapidly approaching. As usual, the conference will be held in October, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year, IOD is the week of October 25 thru 30, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay casino and hotel. The...
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You don't need to search very much these days within the mainframe world before you hear something about zPrime. What is zPrime? What does it do? How can it help me? Why will zPrime save me money? All great questions - glad you asked! While I can't...
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Hey all you system administrators out there (and I include DBAs and network admins in that group), HAPPY SYSADMIN DAY . Every year for the past decade, the last Friday in July has been Sysadmin Day. The idea is to show some appreciation for the folks...
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