Modernizing Mainframe Applications

by Gregg Willhoit on March 9, 2010

in Mainframe

Commenting on a recent Attachmate Survey, Gregg Willhoit explains why companies are opting to modernize their mainframe applications rather than replace them. This podcast runs for 4:54.

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First of all, I think the Attachmate survey is really interesting, a lot of salient discussion about SOA and legacy modernization, and recommended [...]

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Data Services

by Rob Steward on March 8, 2010

in Handbook

In this podcast Rob Steward explains what data services are, and why are organizations evolving towards a data services approach.

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Keeping Applications on the Mainframe

March 3, 2010

Commenting on Dana Gardner’s Briefings Direct blog about freeing mainframe applications, Gregg offers his take on why it is wise to leave applications on the mainframe. This podcast runs for 3:15.

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My take, if you will, on keeping applications on the mainframe, as opposed to moving them off, is quite simple. [...]

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Real Time Access For Enterprise Data

March 1, 2010

Changing market dynamics, including regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and information exchange are driving the need for new approaches to managing enterprise information.  In this podcast Rob Steward explains why traditional approaches to data integration, such as ETL and data replication, do not meet requirements for real-time information access.

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Are Type 4 JDBC Drivers Stuck In the Past? Jesse Davis blogs on Java.Net

February 27, 2010

Anyone who’s interested in Java and JDBC should check out Jesse Davis’ new article entitled, “Has JDBC Kept Up with Enterprise Requirements?” In it, Jesse examines the evidence that suggests that while Java enterprise environments and their demands have evolved and changed, JDBC and many JDBC drivers have stayed pretty much stuck in the same [...]

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IBM Responds to Neon zPrime

February 25, 2010

Gregg Willhoit comments on IBM’s response to the Neon zPrime product. The podcast lasts for 2:57.

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First of all, I’m firmly in support of IBM and their goals that they originally had with the specialty engine, the openness with vendors, with ISVs, with regard to using the specialty engine. They [...]

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Performance Tuning – JDBC to SQL Server

February 22, 2010

Today in my series on performance tuning Progress DataDirect products, I’m going to shed some light on a few of the tuning options available in our Connect for JDBC driver for SQL Server.
Performance Tuning Options
The SQL Server JDBC driver offers a wealth of options and properties that can be tuned for performance. When considering whether [...]

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What’s New: Service packs for ADO.NET and ODBC

February 17, 2010

This week marks the release of two new product service packs for our ADO.NET and ODBC product lines. Service packs mostly consist of a roll-up of bug fixes to our products but occasionally include certifications for specific database and platform versions.
So here’s a list of what is included in each of these service packs:
Connect for [...]

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What’s next for JDBC?

February 15, 2010

When I went through and made the “A Brief History of Java and JDBC” movie, I spent a lot of time thinking about the current and future state of Java. This made me realize how much Java has had to change since its inception to keep up with the constant pace of change and [...]

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Good Things Are Usually Expensive: MDM Case In Point

February 15, 2010

This blog entry originally appeared on the ebizQ blog, “Data at Your Service” Feb. 10, 2010.
In the past few weeks, the two largest independent Master Data Management (MDM) vendors, Initiate and Siperian, were acquired by IBM and Informatica. Inside any company that is big enough to run their business on application software (packaged or internally [...]

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