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Despite misconceptions around decreasing mainframe usage, as emphasis on the cloud increases, we’ve seen a strong momentum of growth in IBM zSystem workloads and know that core applications still matter. A whopping 67% of North American enterprise infrastructure technology decision-makers…

What stops you from using your trusted mainframe to innovate in the cloud? There are some challenges, and they begin with data integration. For most organizations, achieving digital transformation involves a hybrid of on-premises systems and the cloud. You need both: Existing on-premises…

There are three main industry trends that require greater connectivity between your mainframe and digital platforms, and three steps you can take to move forward with confidence. As a proud partner in the IBM Z Modernization Center, Software AG helps organizations make…

Data may be king; but collecting it from dozens of sources – internal and external – and making it available for your users and systems can be a headache. You know that when more information is readily available, you can…

IBM® Z  platforms are known for security, and for good reason. Most mainframes contain decades’ worth of valuable information including financial data, personal files and proprietary business material. When you look to maximize the value of Adabas & Natural applications on IBM Z,…

What stops you from using your trusted mainframe to innovate in the cloud? There are some challenges, and they begin with data integration. For most organizations, achieving digital transformation involves a hybrid of on-premises systems and the cloud. You need both: Existing on-premises…

Data comes from and touches every aspect of your organization, and today the need for that data is growing exponentially – to measure and analyze performance, please customers and innovate for the future. Data that once originated only on-premises now…

The pressures on IT in 2020 were exceptional—and nowhere was it as acute as at the intersection of mainframe and digital worlds. From the crushing volume of online transactions using COBOL applications - for unemployment or economic relief services -…

A good workman never blames his tools for a bad job; so when the half-century old programming language COBOL got some unwarranted press lately, I thought I should look into it. Due to economic stimulus measures, government systems have seen…

Ensuring that your critical Adabas & Natural applications are future-proof requires keeping skills fresh in the newer generations of developers. Adabas & Natural has a well-earned reputation for reliability, high performance, availability and security, which is why an incredible 98% of Adabas…