This week, I’ll focus on modernization by exploring replacing some or all of the files for an application with a database solution. Let’s see if and when this is a compelling idea.
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Posted: September 05, 2016 |
This week, I’ll focus on mobility for existing applications like those that run under CICS. My question: how do you enable existing host applications to work with smartphones and tablets in addition to the web? It would be ideal if we could do this without changing the host application. Let’s see if that can be done.
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Posted: August 29, 2016 |
This week, I start a series on the modernization of existing applications. This is a topic of great interest to many, including me, so I look forward to sharing what I have found over a number of posts in the current weeks.
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Posted: August 22, 2016 |
In mid-June, I traveled to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York and attended the annual Enterprise Computing Community (ECC) Conference. This is my last post in this series. This post covers the sessions that I attended on the afternoon of the last day of the conference.
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Posted: August 15, 2016 |
In mid-June, I traveled to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and attended the annual Enterprise Computing Community (ECC) Conference. In this blog and the one next week, I describe and discuss the sessions that I attended on the second day of the conference.
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Posted: August 08, 2016 |
In mid-June, I traveled to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and attended the annual Enterprise Computing Community (ECC) Conference. In June, I wrote about the conference and for this blog and the next few, I will describe and discuss the sessions that I attended on the first and second day of the conference. This post describes the sessions that I attended in the afternoon of the first day of the conference. Read my thoughts on the morning conference.
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Posted: August 01, 2016 |
In mid-June, I traveled to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and attended the annual Enterprise Computing Community (ECC) Conference. In June, I wrote about the conference and for this blog and the next few, I will describe and discuss the sessions that I attended on the first and second day of the conference.
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Posted: July 25, 2016 |
You probably know that Destination z was created as a digital space for mainframers to connect with one another. It has been successful—in five years, the site has grown to over 6,000 members and the variety of information and activities on the site has increased, changed and transformed.
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Posted: July 18, 2016 |
Destination z is five years old this month and, in addition to its substantial web presence, Destination z is on Facebook and Twitter.
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Posted: July 11, 2016 |
In mid-June, I traveled to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and attended the annual Enterprise Computing Community (ECC) Conference. This was my second time and the eighth for the ECC. Over the next few months, I plan to write about the presentations I heard and send some reports from the people that I met and interviewed in the field. I’m not going to do it all at once, instead I’ll spread it out to keep the memory of this dynamic experience alive in my mind and to encourage some of you to sign up for next year’s conference.
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Posted: June 27, 2016 |