Big Iron Discussion
In this podcast, we'll take a look at the people, technology, and culture behind one of the world's most powerful and important computing platforms, the Mainframe. Expect interviews, discussions, and interesting tidbits along the way, with your hosts, Frank and Jeff.
Episode 34 - Marie Buzzetti - Mainframe Programming - 2.5.2018
02-06-2018
Programming on the mainframe. Sounds complicated, right? Perhaps not as much as you think. In this episode, Marie Laser gives us all a little lesson on LE (Language Environment), and how the platform is tackling newer languages. 0:27 Good advice 4:04 Ma
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Episode 33 - Sharon Spaulding - Mainframe Packaging - 1.29.2018
01-29-2018
Do you enjoy dropping things? Wrapping gifts? Experimenting with densities of foam padding? Perhaps you should consider a role in Package Engineering! In this episode, we sit down and chat with Sharon Spaulding about exactly what it takes to ship mainfram
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Episode 32 - Mark Anzani - Mainframe Strategy - 1.22.2018
01-22-2018
The mainframe needs to continuously evolve in order to stay well-positioned in datacenters across the world. On today's episode, we sit down for a chat with Mark Anzani, VP of Strategy for IBM Z... and that's an uppercase Z.
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Episode 31 - Bill Seubert - A Talk with a Mainframe Architect - 1.15.2018
01-15-2018
Understanding the platform involves much more than just memorizing a bunch of commands. It also means knowing when to choose one solution over another, and how to connect it all so that it makes sense from a business perspective. Bill Seubert @ITArchitect
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Episode 30 - Steven Cook - GDPS - 1.9.2018
01-08-2018
When things go bump in the night, companies generally like to know that it won't dramatically impact their workloads. In this episode, Steven Cook tells us all about GDPS, the little slice of magic that lets mainframers spread their Parallel Sysplex out a
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Episode 29 - Sam Reynolds - ISPF & Comm Server - 1.1.2018
01-01-2018
Interactivity and network communications.... without them, hard to imagine how you'd do much of anything on the mainframe, yet this is an area that is a mystery for many. In this episode, Sam Reynolds schools us on the past, present, and future of ISPF an
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Episode 28 - 2018 Holiday Spectacular
12-25-2017
Happy Holidays! Here's a silly one
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Episode 27 - Mark Rader - Db2 for z/OS - 12.18.2017
12-18-2017
A database is a database is a database, right? Not exactly... find out what sets Db2 apart from everything else in this highly informative episode with Mark Rader.
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Episode 26 - Eysha Shirrine and Greg Boyd - Crypto Cagematch - 12.11.2017
12-11-2017
It only made sense for us to follow up an amazing security episode with an amazing cyrpto episode. We’ll hear from IBM’s own Crypto Queen, Eysha Shirrine Powers, and Greg Boyd, the man behind Mainframe Crypto. Both have a ton of experience working with th
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Episode 25 - Chad Rikansrud - Mainframe Security - 12.4.2017
12-04-2017
The mainframe is responsible for holding some of the world's most valuable data. Why should we give it a free pass when it comes to security? Chad Rikansrud of RSM Partners is here to tell you that it shouldn't, and that there's a lot keep in mind before
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