by Frank Kyne | Jun 6, 2016 | Cheryl's List
Cheryl and I just finished taking part in the 2.5-day Nordic GSE 2016 conference in Reykjavik. We really enjoyed the conference. Everyone made us feel so welcome, and it was great to have a chance to finally meet people that have subscribed to the Tuning Letter for...
by Frank Kyne | May 24, 2016 | Cheryl's List
On May 13, 2016, IBM Flash10863 was updated to inform users that all internet delivery of z/OS product and service orders must use a secured download method by May 22. A summary of the flash was provided on May 5 by Marna Walle in her SHARE blog, “Are you electronic...
by Frank Kyne | May 24, 2016 | Cheryl's List
In our Cheryl’s List #190 (February 24), we sent a survey to our readers to determine how extensively some of the newer z/OS technologies were being accepted. The survey is still open if you’d like to take it or see the original questions – at...
by Cheryl Watson | May 24, 2016 | Cheryl's List
We emailed Tuning Letter 2016 No. 1 to our subscribers on May 3. This issue covered the new IBM z13s, a summary of enhancements added to z13 as part of the z13s announcement, an analysis of IBM’s LinuxONE strategy, something old and something new for SMF (a...
by Cheryl Watson | May 3, 2016 | Cheryl's List
Here’s a Red Alert and some important dates that should be on your calendar: Immediately: zEDC Red Alert As our regular readers will know, Cheryl and I are big fans of zEDC (zEnterprise Data Compression). All of my experience with it has been positive, and all...
by Cheryl Watson | May 3, 2016 | Cheryl's List
Readers of Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter will be familiar with Alain Maneville, from IBM France. Alain co-wrote an article about HiperDispatch for the Tuning Letter, and is also the author of the LPAR Design tool. The LPAR Design tool allows you to enter your LPAR...
