The concept of best practices in JCL management can be defined as generally accepted processes and procedures that, when applied to a business function, serve to improve the effectiveness of that function. In the context of IT operations, Best Practices […]

Rightsizing Your Report Distribution Solution – WHERE to Begin In a previous article, we discussed WHEN to begin the process of right-sizing your z/OS-based online report management solution, focusing on the factors needed for a successful conversion: The ability to […]

Rightsizing Your Mainframe Report Viewing & Archiving Solution: When to Begin? As the online report management market space evolved along the continuum from Specialty Product towards Commodity Product, the relative costs have adjusted downward accordingly.  The result is many enterprise […]

The value of JCL standards is well known to those who of us who help companies and data centers operate more efficiently and cost-effectively. The issue that many companies face is that over the years, they have been involved in […]

Webster defines a commodity as “a mass-produced unspecialized product“.  Based on that definition, enterprise software packages (centrally deployed applications that address the needs of multiple groups or functions within an organization) cannot be classified as commodities.  Enterprise software segments have […]