by Frank Kyne | Jan 19, 2022 | Cheryl's List
Hello All, We’re sure that you have heard about the security exposure in the Log4j Java package? It has been described as “Could be the most serious security threat ever seen”. While the media occasionally exaggerate things, this is one that everyone should be aware...
by Frank Kyne | Nov 22, 2021 | Cheryl's List
Subscribers to Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter can find the latest 121-page issue, 2021 No. 3, on our publications website (https://watsonwalkerpublications.com/). The last quarter has been really hectic on many fronts – IBM released the formal announcement of z/OS...
by Cheryl Watson | Sep 30, 2021 | Cheryl's List
If you’ve been working from home and haven’t made it into the office, you might not have seen the August 24 snail mail from IBM announcing a price increase of 5% on MLC (Monthly License Charge) prices. We want to bring this up because many people are...
by Frank Kyne | Aug 9, 2021 | Cheryl's List
Watson & Walker, the mainframe industry’s leading independent performance consultants, are delighted to announce our latest software product, the Watson & Walker Application Profiler for Z (AP4Z). Are you a performance analyst, frustrated by seeing a...
by Frank Kyne | Aug 7, 2021 | Cheryl's List
This year’s Summer SHARE conference will once again be held as a virtual event. Access to pre-recorded ‘on-demand’ sessions was provided to registered ‘attendees’ starting last Monday (August 2nd), with the live sessions starting next Monday (August 9th). You can...
by Frank Kyne | Aug 7, 2021 | Cheryl's List
We just published the latest 153-page issue of Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter, available to subscribers on our publications site. As usual, we aimed to have a mix of articles, with some covering important upcoming changes in z/OS 2.5, and others getting into more...