Overview: Manual transmissions in cars have largely fallen by the wayside, replaced by the ease...
Author - Mark Schettenhelm
Don’t Let Your Cloud Agreement Limit Your Tooling Options
Overview: When migrating mainframe services to the Cloud, be aware that some contracts limit the...
How Are You Insuring Against Data Breaches?
Overview: Data breaches are inevitable, making protection against outside threats essential. But...
How Many API Calls Should You Do?
Overview: APIs provide access to valuable mainframe data, but deciding whether to add to an...
It’s an Older (COBOL) Code, but It Checks Out
Overview: Updating existing programs is easier and more cost-effective than replacing them. But...
Spell Check, Shift Left and Automated Testing
Overview: “Shifting left” and the benefits of automated testing aren’t new ideas. Everyday tools...
Are You “Jumping the Shark” with that New Software Feature?
Overview: Applications should be modified to stay current and live up to their original mission of...
Baby Yoda and Stranger Things: The Case for Shorter Mainframe...
Overview: Careful thought must be paid to how we want our users to consume our mainframe software...
Nobody Likes Agile Retrospective Meetings
Overview: A Product Owner and Scrum Master discuss the value of Agile Retrospective meetings and...
Home Improvement Tech Debt
Overview: Organizations would do well to apply the same thought processes homeowners do to tackling...