by Jeffrey Broderick | Aug 31, 2020 | Software
Jeffrey Broderick -Enterprise Architect Earlier this year, we published a blog on the subject of Monthly License Charge (MLC) for IBM System z. International Program License Agreement (IPLA) software is the second major category for licensing of IBM software on the...
by Jeffrey Broderick | Jun 16, 2020 | DevSecOps & Automation
J Jeffrey Broderick Enterprise Architect Introduction When many professionals in the Information Technology field think about mainframe development, they almost single-mindedly view it as a COBOL-only world. Although COBOL has dominated application development...
by Jeffrey Broderick | Mar 23, 2020 | Enterprise Systems, Software
J Jeffrey Broderick Enterprise Architect Software licensing for IBM Z Systems can be a complicated and confusing topic, and Monthly License Charge (MLC) software costs can really add up. Most end users of IBM Z, even application developers, do not have any real...
by Jeffrey Broderick | Aug 13, 2019 | Data & Analytics
J Jeffrey Broderick Enterprise Architect IBM Open Data Analytics for zOS – Highly Optimized Analytics Environment IBM Open Data Analytics for zOS (IzODA) provides a comprehensive ability to leverage two of the most popular open source toolsets currently in use,...
by Jeffrey Broderick | Dec 19, 2018 | Enterprise Systems
J Jeffrey Broderick Enterprise Architect Db2 for zOS is the foundation for transactional systems designed to support very high volume, high availability, security and encryption of data. Performance, reliability and throughput are essential key attributes of an...