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From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture: The most important thing to know about the appliance computing culture is that it's not interested in computers or computing - these things are seen purely as means to an end: a business end. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Application, Data-processing, Computer, Mainframes, Productivity, Servers, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-08-29
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeWhen everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.W.S. Gilbert, Gondoliers.So many managers. An employee without a management title will feel overlooked.Murph, you outline the functional groups for your organization based on the leader. That means the effectiveness of each one...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, disaster recovery, leader, IBM mainframe, IBM Corp., job, data-processing, mainframe; Discussion threads 2008-08-15
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: What the CoBIT framework does is establish minimal guidelines for data center operational documentation -as distinct from the actual operation. by Paul Murphy; Tags: IBM Mainframe, PC, Mainframe, Data-processing, IBM Corp., Data Management, Help Desk, Data Centers, Service Level Management, Call Centers, Desktops, Storage, It Operations, Hardware, It service Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-08-15
The Unix sysadmin salary premium: A review of job openings at major American employers shows that there is no "Unix salary premium" but there is a 15% or so skills premium reflecting the typical Unix sysadmin's ability to fill other roles - like those of the DBA or Windows administrator - without, as it were,...; Tags: System Administrator, Wintel, Data-processing, Salary, Payscale, Outliers, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-08-13
StatPlus 2008 Professional (exe): StatPlus is easy-to-use statistical data processing software application. StatPlus has a very simple, graphical user interface that provides access to a wide range of powerful and flexible statistical tools. With StatPlus 2008, one gets a robust suite of statistics tools and graphical analysis methods that are easily accessed though a...; Tags: Data-processing, Analysis, AnalystSoft, StatPlus, Productivity; Software downloads 2008-08-12

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeInsidious BMThe widespread Microsoft use combined with the creeping IBM invasiveness appears to indicate a competition within the organization which IBM is currently winning. Probably a comeback.Murph has also mentioned that there are substantial external contracts providing services and capabilities in...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, IBM Corp., data-processing, diamond, meat, Murph, IBM mainframe; Discussion threads 2008-08-08
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: The thing that's most striking about the "heavy lifting" carried out by the typical zSeries based data center in 2006? There have been changes in execution, but not in role or overall management methods, since the 1920s - thus what we see today is the same old same old,...; Tags: ibm mainframe, data center, mainframe, data-processing, ibm corp., hrips, data center staff, data centers, storage, hardware, data management, paul murphy; Blog posts 2008-08-08
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeUnderpaying the budget analystLess than $40,000? Is this a trainee?Gotcha momentWith the profusion of detail unconnected to any conclusion, strange to compain about missing information. Still, a sentence like this:In addition, the requirements shown for the project manager position contain...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, COBOL/VSE, IBM Corp., IBM mainframe, data-processing; Discussion threads 2008-08-01
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: An introduction to the "human resources" component of the typical data processing center we've been exploring. by Paul Murphy; Tags: IBM Mainframe, Data Center, Financial, Project Manager, Data-processing, Experience, IBM IMS, IBM DB2, IBM CICS, IBM Corp., Business Experience, Data Centers, Mainframes, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-08-01
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeWhose employees?Having done my bit for peace and understanding on other Comments, I've arrived here for edification. (My time on ZDNet is of course billed to charity, volunteer work in the community.)Because of the IBM Global Services connection, might be worthwhile...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, IBM Corp., IBM mainframe, data-processing, mainframe; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: This is a purely text based tour of a data processing center - note the acronyms used to distance staff from users and the heavy reliance on secrecy and sharp job boundaries. by Paul Murphy; Tags: IBM Mainframe, Data Center, Data-processing, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Data Centers, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-25
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeGood PostIn those days i was the Manager of Technical Services and Computer Operations and remember not too fondly the innumerable meetings, courses, seminars required to implement changes. The technique "Structured or Top-down programming" was used to insure data integrity when program...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, Y2K, IS-department, data-processing, IBM mainframe, business rule, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: The controls that developed around the 360 environment were all predicated on the primary concerns expressed by Finance management: that nothing interrupt processing critical to Finance. Thus virtually all of them derive from, or are subsidiary to, the service level agreement. by Paul Murphy; Tags: SLA, IBM Mainframe, Data Center, Mainframe, Data-processing, IBM Corp., CoBiT Framework, CoBiT, Systems Documentation, Disaster Plan, Data Centers, Service Level Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, It service Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-18
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: "Information engineering." had nothing to do with engineering, but tried to use the PC to draw, store, and link models of complex applications and auto-generate some of the COBOL code needed to implement the models using database products like IMS. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Job, IBM Mainframe, Data, Data-processing, IBM IMS, IBM Corp., Research & Development, Recruitment & Selection, Mainframes, Development Tools, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Servers, Hardware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-11
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeFault toleranceIn these two quotes, discovering a difference in word usage leads to impacable hostility:Talk about vouchers to someone in Payroll and you won’t be sharing any understanding of the term as it is used in Accounts Payable; and, of course, the...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Operational accounting, IBM Corp., Murph, voucher, data-processing, IBM mainframe, mainframe; Discussion threads 2008-06-27
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: CICS and IMS, IBM's two of IBM's three original software products are still going strong - and so is the culture that adopted them in 1969. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Card, IBM Mainframe, Disk, Memory, Data-processing, Payroll, IBM IMS, IBM CICS, IBM Corp., GL, Mainframes, Operational Accounting, Data Centers, Payroll Solutions, Servers, Databases, Hardware, Finance, Storage, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-06-27
The #1 reason IT often fails to deliver value: When you see unhappy users, IT costs that are radically out of line with benefits, and a dramatic disconnect between what's happening in the organization and thirty years of computing progress, don't blame the IT people. Blame top management : in most cases, they're the guys creating the problem by...; Tags: Information Technology, Data-processing, Strategy, Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-06-23
From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeDitch all this Cr@p!They need to simply go with Vista Server and MS Access 2008 Server! Problem solved!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: From CFrom Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframePlease bear in mind that the 360 came out ten years before the ideas...; Tags: Mainframes, Programming languages, Servers, maintenance programming, COBOL, CFrom Chapter, data-processing, pianist, IBM mainframe, IBM Corp., mainframe; Discussion threads 2008-06-20
From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe: COBOL reflects 1920s data processing methods - and because the IBM 360 implemented COBOL it became the foundation for an entire worldview - a culture founded entirely on a refusal to adapt to external change: in technology, in the mission, in anything. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Card, Application, IBM Mainframe, Financial, Physician, Mainframe, Data-processing, File, COBOL, IBM Corp., Records, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-06-20
Use an Excel spreadsheet to prototype your reports: Prototyping is a tried and true method for capturing the design details of user interface design. Less-experienced developers sometimes overlook the output requirements of a system when designing it. Report prototyping often reveals holes in the design for input functions and data processing functions. Joe Goss has discovered a very...; Tags: Excel Spreadsheet, Data-processing, Joe Goss, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Download resources 2008-06-19