Mainframes 360

25/02/2014

Minimalistic. Say more with less.

21/09/2013

Are you a Mainframe ju**ie? Here's something with a fun title that perks interest and the imagination. Share and enjoy.

20/09/2013

"Never trust a computer, you can lift!"

17/09/2013

Fellow mainframers,

Be a part of the community, engage and share your know-how! Spread the word.. If your buddy is a mainframer, he can subscribe to the Mainframes 360 mailing list at [email protected]. Get the latest buzz, news flashes, technology trends on the System Z.

07/09/2013

Keep checking the Jobs section on Linkedin.

http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=7169442&trk=vsrp_jobs_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A720439591378523348519%2CVSRPtargetId%3A7169442%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary

Who We Are: The Chase MF Auth Core Processing team is responsible for the development, maintenance, and providing 24x7 support for the authorization systems for Chase Card Services. The Core Development team mission and guiding principles are to deliver operational excellence by meeting or exceeding...

05/09/2013

Wipro at Pune is recruiting System Z professionals having a work-experience of four to seven years.

05/09/2013

Be a member of the Mainframes 360 mailing list(Google Group) and connect with fellow mainframers. An excellent resource for budding programmers, hobbyists and working-professionals on this platform.

Join us by dropping a line to [email protected]

20/08/2013

In Taikodom, it is the 23rd century. Humankind has been cut-off from Earth by a mysterious energy field. Power on your space-ships! Fasten your seat-belts. Be ready to fight the consortium. Get ready for a breath-taking journey in this fictional universe. Are you upto the challenge?

The massive multi-player online game Taikodom, created by Hoplon Infotainment, head-quartered Brazil is hosted on a gameframe – a hybrid of IBM z10 mainframe server and cell-processor based Blade architecture. The graphics is virtually amazing, very rich!

Transactions such as buying or selling anything between players are processed by mainframe code and modern Java code that
runs on Linux environment hosted on System Z. Who says, mainframes are old? Mainframes don’t just run COBOL anymore! Let’s drop that legacy label…

18/08/2013

Friends -

This is a sample chapter for preview of the revised edition of the book - "What on Earth is a Mainframe?". Topics such as JCL, COBOL, DB2 and CICS have been treated comprehensively in this book.

The book is all set to launch on 1st December, 2013.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/161104078/What-on-Earth-is-a-Mainframe-Sample-Chapter-for-Preview

This is a sample chapter for preview of the revised edition of the book - "What on Earth is a Mainframe?". Topics such as JCL, COBOL, DB2 and CICS have been treated comprehensively in this book. The book is all set to launch on 1st December, 2013.

18/08/2013

Will be a geek for the rest of the day!
How many balls are needed to form a square pyramid, that can also be re-arranged to form a square array? 8|

17/03/2013

I have written a simple Rexx executable called MINE. MINE refers to software mining and can help in the analysis of Cobol Programs.

It runs as an Edit-Macro. While analysing programs in the ISPF Editor, pressing the Key (assigned to MINE IN) on a PERFORM statement is used to traverse down from the calling routine to the called paragraph. Pressing the Key (assigned to MINE OUT) within a paragraph rolls back up to the calling para.

On pressing the key, it prepares a structure chart.