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Alan Radding

@mainframeblog

Freelance writer/ghostwriter specilalizing in technology and business

 Boston
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Joined March 2009
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GSMA Telco Network dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

GSMA Telco Network

In September the GSMA announced the ]the formation of the GSMA Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce with IBM and Vodafone as initial members. The goal is to help define policy, regulation, and oper…

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IBM  Optica zVT System  dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

IBM  Optica zVT System 

IBM reports the Optica zVT system now offers a standard set of advanced features that protect your data against cyber-attacks and ransomware while enabling an efficient recovery methodology if your…

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Platform to build for tomorrow now dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

Platform to build for tomorrow now

So what do you need to build your business for tomorrow, one starting right how. To begin, it needs to be cloud-ready from Day 1. That means multiple clouds, hybrid clouds, mixed clouds, any clouds…

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Platform to build for tomorrow now dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

Platform to build for tomorrow now

So what do you need to build your business for tomorrow, one starting right how. To begin, it needs to be cloud-ready from Day 1. That means multiple clouds, hybrid clouds, mixed clouds, any clouds…

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Bias in Tech Advertising dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

Bias in Tech Advertising

Bias in Tech Advertising Are you surprised? If you, like me, probably have been on the receiving end of more bias-laden ads than you ever cared to receive but you also probably sent more than a few…

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Right Architecture for Uncertain Times dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

Right Architecture for Uncertain Times

Are these uncertain times? Maybe. People are unsure where, when, how, or if they should report to work. Who will they report to; where, how, and when. If I was a typical employee these might appear…

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Wazi as a Service for Z/OS dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

Wazi as a Service for Z/OS

IBM’s Wazi-as-a-Service (WaaS), introduced by Michael Cooney at the end of June, brings hybrid-cloud app services to z/OS mainframes. The company introduced WAZI as a service for its mainframe cust…

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Fastest Only Path to Progress? dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

Only Path to Progress?

AI, cloud, and quantum computing are revolutionary in their own right, which is why DancingDinosaur continues to look at them ever more closely.  but where they converge, IBM believes, is the …

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Quantum Secured Crytography dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…
Quantum Secured Cryptography

Quantum Secured Cryptography

In 2017 IBM declared the latest mainframe includes constant encryption protection. Not sure if DancingDinosaur covered it 5 years ago. From the initial announcement it sounded pretty good. If I did…

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Protect the Mainframe from Quantum Threats dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

Protect the Mainframe from Quantum Threats

For decades, most large-scale companies have used mainframes to host and run the software applications that make up their core systems. Often these mainframe computers and their applications are in…

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Meet the metaverse dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

Meet the metaverse

Have you experienced the metaverse? It’s being hyped as yet another next big thing. Supposedly all the forward-looking companies are gravitating toward metaverses. Is yours? Should it? IBM files a …

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z16 Inference Processing dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

z16 Inference Processing

IBM z16  On April 5 IBM unveiled the z16, IBM’s next-generation system with an integrated on-chip AI accelerator—delivering latency-optimized inferencing. This innovation is designed to …

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IBM zCX for Red Hat OpenShift dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

IBM zCX for Red Hat OpenShift

Modernize your IBM z/OS ecosystem with an agile and flexible deployment of Linux on Z applications in a self-contained Red Hat OpenShift cluster. zCX cluster for OpenShift Leveraging IBM® zCX Found…

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IBM zCX for Red Hat OpenShift dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

IBM zCX for Red Hat OpenShift

Modernize your IBM z/OS ecosystem with an agile and flexible deployment of Linux on Z applications in a self-contained Red Hat OpenShift cluster. zCX cluster for OpenShift Leveraging IBM® zCX Found…

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Can IBM Apps Address Climate Change dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

Can IBM Apps Address Climate Change

Everyone who managed to stay awake in business school learns in the first week that meeting customer expectations is essential for success. What they did not tell you in that first week was that wa…

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Newest Z Announced Again dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

Newest Z Announced Again

IBM has confirmed that a new model of its Z Series mainframes will arrive in late 2Q. DancingDinosaur covered this the first week of Feb when IBM initially leaked it.  They haven’t, however, added …

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IBM COBOL Mainframe dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…
IBM COBOL Mainframe

IBM COBOL Mainframe

The Open Mainframe Project’s COBOL Working Group (CWG), launched in 2020, aims to promote and support the continued use of the COBOL language globally. As CWG themselves put it: “We’ve been doing C…

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IBM Cloud LinuxONE dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

IBM Cloud LinuxONE

As enterprises move to adopt a hybrid cloud environment, some are concerned about the ability to sync between private and public cloud deployments. The fear comes down to various cloud systems not …

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IBM Helps SAP R1SE To Cloud dancingdinosaur.wordpress.co…

IBM Helps SAP R1SE To Cloud

On Feb. 10 IBM announced it is teaming with SAP to provide technology and consulting expertise to make it easier for clients to embrace a hybrid cloud approach and move mission-critical workloads f…

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