Tag: z/OS
DRY Comes to COBOL in IBM Z Development
Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY) is a fundamental tenet of modern computer programming. Just about every CS student is taught that duplicating code in an application is an accident waiting to happen. The ...
IBM Advances DevOps on the Mainframe
IBM has expanded its efforts to bring DevOps best practices to the mainframe by adding automated unit testing capabilities for CICS COBOL programs using Db2 to IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz) V14.2.1 ...
Automated Multiplatform Deployment for DevOps
In a simpler world, every CI/CD pipeline would need to support only one deployment platform. In the real world, multiplatform deployment (which means deploying an application to run on multiple OS platforms) ...
The Competitive Advantages of Modern SCMs
Source code management (SCM) is not a new concept. It has been in existence since around 1980, when Revision Control System (RCS), one of the first major SCMs, was released. But that ...
Shift-Left Testing, Continuous Integration and the Mainframe
“Mainframe” is one of the oldest terms in tech. “Shift-left” is much newer. You may not think, then, that mainframes and shift-left testing have much in common. But you'd be wrong. Shifting ...
Achieving Open and Integrated Development with IBM Z
“DevOps” and “mainframe” are not words you often hear in the same sentence. Yet, the reality is that even in our current age of DevOps, mainframes remain the mainstays of many companies' ...
IBM Extends z/OS Toward DevOps Again
A few months ago, I wrote about the release of Zowe, the first Open Source project based on z/OS. Zowe is a framework for including z/OS in your applications with less pain ...
BMC Modernizes the Mainframe with Automated Mainframe Intelligence
BMC AMI places machine learning, predictive analytics, domain expertise, and intelligent automation at the core to help enterprises achieve self-managing mainframes HOUSTON – October 18, 2018 – BMC, a global leader in IT solutions for ...
Separate but Equal: Not Equal and Not the Right Way
The DevOps Enterprise Summit in London provided another opportunity to speak to many clients about their organizations' DevOps transformations. The key message is, "It's all about people and culture," but how do ...
DevOps: As critical for the Systems of Record as for the Systems of Engagement
There is a lot of talk about DevOps, and how it improves the process of delivering business value. Much of the discussion of DevOps has been focused on web based companies such ...