Terminal Talk
Summary: In this podcast, we'll take a look at the people, technology, and culture behind one of the world's most powerful and important computing platforms, the Mainframe. Expect interviews, discussions, and interesting tidbits along the way, with your hosts, Frank and Jeff.
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Ain't no life like Conference Life. We've both been on the road quite a bit lately, and thought we'd unwind with a little conference-themed discussion. And because nobody wants to hear us talk to each other for 45 minutes, we brought in Mike Snihur and Luisa Martinez to offer up their insights from the latest SHARE conference. Show Notes: 2:43 The Origins of SHARE6:49 The Importance of Networking8:00 Preparing A Session For SHARE12:52 Picking Sessions14:18 What if Nobody Shows Up?16:19 Bringing in That New Stuff17:22 What About Labs?19:25 Jeff's Terrible Excuse for Missing SHARE23:19 Two Interesting Things about Australians25:14 The Importance of Technical Mentoring27:12 Got a complaint? Glad to see you volunteer!28:08 How do you tell your friends about SHARE?29:58 What's in a Name?34:00 Radical Recess Redux34:56 Using Conferences to Branch Out36:22 The Best of Times / The Worst of Times36:58 Jeff's Global Meet & Greet38:35 Luisa's Best Day Ever40:29 Mike Points at an SE; Changes the World41:39 Frank Goes And Ruins It All43:54 Got Catchphrase?44:34 Any Suggestions?46:13 Parting Words Twitter: @TerminalTalk Email: contact@terminaltalk.net
<p>Ain't no life like Conference Life. We've both been on the road quite a bit lately, and thought we'd unwind with a little conference-themed discussion. And because nobody wants to hear us talk to each other for 45 minutes, we brought in Mike Snihur and Luisa Martinez to offer up their insights from the latest SHARE conference. </p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <p>2:43 The Origins of SHARE<br />6:49 The Importance of Networking<br />8:00 Preparing A Session For SHARE<br />12:52 Picking Sessions<br />14:18 What if Nobody Shows Up?<br />16:19 Bringing in That New Stuff<br />17:22 What About Labs?<br />19:25 Jeff's Terrible Excuse for Missing SHARE<br />23:19 Two Interesting Things about Australians<br />25:14 The Importance of Technical Mentoring<br />27:12 Got a complaint? Glad to see you volunteer!<br />28:08 How do you tell your friends about SHARE?<br />29:58 What's in a Name?<br />34:00 Radical Recess Redux<br />34:56 Using Conferences to Branch Out<br />36:22 The Best of Times / The Worst of Times<br />36:58 Jeff's Global Meet & Greet<br />38:35 Luisa's Best Day Ever<br />40:29 Mike Points at an SE; Changes the World<br />41:39 Frank Goes And Ruins It All<br />43:54 Got Catchphrase?<br />44:34 Any Suggestions?<br />46:13 Parting Words</p> <p>Twitter: @TerminalTalk</p> <p>Email: contact@terminaltalk.net</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
Bringing new talent onto the platform and keeping it rewarding to them is a responsibility that we all share. Thankfully, we have Christy Schroeder to help lead the charge. Find out what new-hires need to succeed, and how we can attract fresh talent in this week's episode of Terminal Talk with Frank and Jeff. Christy Schroeder Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 1:50 - So... what do you do? 3:20 - Why is it different on the mainframe? 7:20 - So much to see on the platform 8:45 - Unchain The Frame 12:30 - Career Day at SHARE 14:20 - A changing of the guard 18:00 - Architecting an environment that will attract and retain younger hires 20:45 - The importance of a GOOD mentor 23:08 - Radical Recess! It's LIT AF!! 25:25 - Working from Work? What a concept 29:30 - How do we connect the job-seekers to the employers? 33:12 - 44 Hours of Free e-Learning 35:54 - The Wind Down 36:38 - You did WHAT on a mainframe? Christy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristysWork Our z skills page: http://ibm.biz/zskills Unchain the Frame Contest: http://unchaintheframe.com Jobs Connector site: https://systemzjobs-com.careerwebsite.com/ Free, 44 hours of e-learning for students: https://ibm.onthehub.com/WebStore/OfferingDetails.aspx?o=ad57225c-b018-e711-9427-b8ca3a5db7a1 Master the Mainframe Contest: https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/education/master-the-mainframe/index.html
<p>Bringing new talent onto the platform and keeping it rewarding to them is a responsibility that we all share. Thankfully, we have Christy Schroeder to help lead the charge. Find out what new-hires need to succeed, and how we can attract fresh talent in this week's episode of Terminal Talk with Frank and Jeff. </p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Christy Schroeder Show Notes:</span></strong></p> <p>0:00 - Intro</p> <p>1:50 - So... what do you do?</p> <p>3:20 - Why is it different on the mainframe?</p> <p>7:20 - So much to see on the platform</p> <p>8:45 - Unchain The Frame</p> <p>12:30 - Career Day at SHARE</p> <p>14:20 - A changing of the guard</p> <p>18:00 - Architecting an environment that will attract and retain younger hires</p> <p>20:45 - The importance of a GOOD mentor</p> <p>23:08 - Radical Recess! It's LIT AF!!</p> <p>25:25 - Working from Work? What a concept</p> <p>29:30 - How do we connect the job-seekers to the employers?</p> <p>33:12 - 44 Hours of Free e-Learning</p> <p>35:54 - The Wind Down</p> <p>36:38 - You did WHAT on a mainframe?</p> <p><br />Christy's Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristysWork">https://twitter.com/ChristysWork</a></p> <p>Our z skills page: <a href="http://ibm.biz/zskills">http://ibm.biz/zskills</a></p> <p>Unchain the Frame Contest: <a href="http://unchaintheframe.com">http://unchaintheframe.com</a></p> <p>Jobs Connector site: <a href="https://systemzjobs-com.careerwebsite.com/">https://systemzjobs-com.careerwebsite.com/</a></p> <p>Free, 44 hours of e-learning for students:</p> <p><a href="https://ibm.onthehub.com/WebStore/OfferingDetails.aspx?o=ad57225c-b018-e711-9427-b8ca3a5db7a1">https://ibm.onthehub.com/WebStore/OfferingDetails.aspx?o=ad57225c-b018-e711-9427-b8ca3a5db7a1</a></p> <p>Master the Mainframe Contest: <a href="https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/education/master-the-mainframe/index.html">https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/education/master-the-mainframe/index.html</a></p>
Dave Surman gives us the lowdown on what makes Parallel Sysplex so important to enterprise workloads. TONS of information in here, you'll definitely want to set aside some time and take it all in. 0:00 - Intro 2:17 - Interview with Dave Surman 2:30 - What does it do, and why is it so important? 4:45 - And what about Coupling Facilities? 7:00 - Let the application do what it does 9:45 - Serialization of Data 11:00 - Eventual Consistency vs Real Consistency 14:30 - What’s a Structure? 16:25 - How does a programmer go about using these? 20:00 - The Timer Timer Popped 24:25 - How all of this stuff actually makes things easier 27:49 - How GDPS adds more than just failover 32:33 - Automation is a great thing, isn’t it? 33:37 - Parallel Sysplex Time Travelers 35:10 - CF Duplexing… kind of a big deal 36:20 - Pervasive Encryption!! 38:19 - If you had unlimited everything, what would you do? 40:30 - Do we have time for a little… NO DUMB QUESTIONS??? contact@terminaltalk.net Twitter: @terminaltalk
<p>Dave Surman gives us the lowdown on what makes Parallel Sysplex so important to enterprise workloads. TONS of information in here, you'll definitely want to set aside some time and take it all in.</p> <p>0:00 - Intro</p> <p>2:17 - Interview with Dave Surman</p> <p>2:30 - What does it do, and why is it so important?</p> <p>4:45 - And what about Coupling Facilities?</p> <p>7:00 - Let the application do what it does</p> <p>9:45 - Serialization of Data</p> <p>11:00 - Eventual Consistency vs Real Consistency</p> <p>14:30 - What’s a Structure?</p> <p>16:25 - How does a programmer go about using these?</p> <p>20:00 - The Timer Timer Popped</p> <p>24:25 - How all of this stuff actually makes things easier</p> <p>27:49 - How GDPS adds more than just failover</p> <p>32:33 - Automation is a great thing, isn’t it?</p> <p>33:37 - Parallel Sysplex Time Travelers</p> <p>35:10 - CF Duplexing… kind of a big deal</p> <p>36:20 - Pervasive Encryption!!</p> <p>38:19 - If you had unlimited everything, what would you do?</p> <p>40:30 - Do we have time for a little… NO DUMB QUESTIONS???</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="mailto:contact@terminaltalk.net">contact@terminaltalk.net</a></p> <p>Twitter: @terminaltalk</p>
Bob Malitz, Director of Services at Infinity Systems Software, shares his unique perspective of just how customers are leveraging the mainframe platform to power them through challenging business situations. Infinite Systems Software - http://www.infinite-blue.com Bob Malitz Show Notes: 0:00 / Show Intro 2:40 - Intro / How'd you get started? 6:50 - Making the transition to Linux 8:53 - Emerging Trends 11:27 - Bridging experiences from one OS to the other 13:30 - Maximizing resources and headcount on new projects 15:00 - If I had a time machine... 17:12 - Do new customers get as excited about new hardware as we do? 18:40 - Progressive customers doing new and exciting stuff 20:45 - The importance of briefings and one-on-one education 22:10 - "But the mainframe's so expensive!" - Talking Economies of Scale 27:04 - A HYBRID Cloud, you say? 28:08 - What can be done in 40 hours? 31:15 - Maximizing cost savings with Linux IFLs 33:00 - How we can save customers money (and time) 34:08 - Small tuning changes result in big savings 38:00 - Bob's Tales From The Road Contact: contact@terminaltalk.net Twitter: @terminaltalk
<p>Bob Malitz, Director of Services at Infinity Systems Software, shares his unique perspective of just how customers are leveraging the mainframe platform to power them through challenging business situations.</p> <p>Infinite Systems Software - <a href="http://www.infinite-blue.com">http://www.infinite-blue.com</a></p> <p>Bob Malitz Show Notes:</p> <p>0:00 / Show Intro</p> <p>2:40 - Intro / How'd you get started?</p> <p>6:50 - Making the transition to Linux</p> <p>8:53 - Emerging Trends</p> <p>11:27 - Bridging experiences from one OS to the other</p> <p>13:30 - Maximizing resources and headcount on new projects</p> <p>15:00 - If I had a time machine...</p> <p>17:12 - Do new customers get as excited about new hardware as we do?</p> <p>18:40 - Progressive customers doing new and exciting stuff</p> <p>20:45 - The importance of briefings and one-on-one education</p> <p>22:10 - "But the mainframe's so expensive!" - Talking Economies of Scale</p> <p>27:04 - A HYBRID Cloud, you say?</p> <p>28:08 - What can be done in 40 hours?</p> <p>31:15 - Maximizing cost savings with Linux IFLs</p> <p>33:00 - How we can save customers money (and time)</p> <p>34:08 - Small tuning changes result in big savings</p> <p>38:00 - Bob's Tales From The Road</p> <p> </p> <p>Contact: <a href="mailto:contact@terminaltalk.net">contact@terminaltalk.net</a></p> <p>Twitter: @terminaltalk</p>
Mythili Venkatakrishnan is here to set the record straight on Analytics and Machine Learning. It's great, it's powerful, but it ain't magic. Show Notes: 0:00 - Show intro / News 7:26 - Yeah, but what *is* Machine Learning? 13:30 - But I was told this was all magic... 15:35 - How this all fits together on z 16:25 - Getting started with machine learning in business 19:07 - The value of pairing math skills with business knowledge 22:55 - "Just because it's right doesn't mean it should be done" 25:18 - How can a DBA play in the Machine Learning space? 29:28 - Pervasive Encryption 30:42 - Data In Place / Federating Data 32:38 - Model Selection 33:48 - How To Train Your Data Model 35:00 - You don't need to use a terminal to work on a mainframe 37:06 - Decoupling the abilities from the tooling 40:32- "What's Up With That" / Other Podcasts You Might Enjoy Links: email: contact@terminaltalk.net twitter: @terminaltalk zTrial Program: https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/resources/trials.html Podcasts: My Favorite Murder - True Crime / Dark Stuff / Murder Mystery The Last Podcast on the Left - Also True Crime / Dark Stuff / Murder Mystery Ted Talks Tech - Quick narratives on single subjects Security Now - Loooong show, but very thorough discussions on security issues Reply All - Where technology and society meet Mainframe, Performance, Topics - Marna Walle and Martin Packer's Podcast, featuring... take a guess Stuff You Should Know - Tidbits of information discussed ing reat detail Stuff You Missed In History Class - World History made interesting Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Lesser-discussed items researched and discussed S Town - Follow the life of an interesting man living in a world he couldn't quite fit into Serial - A story a season, long-form storytelling at its finest Missing Richard Simmons - Hey, whatever happened to Richard Simmons? Breakdown - When the criminal justice system breaks down, this podcast takes a closer look Crimetown - What do you down when crime becomes the norm, rather than the exception We Hate Movies - A bunch of guys discuss bad movies The Flophouse - A bunch of guys discuss *really* bad movies Rewatchability - A bunch of guys discuss movies that were considered good at one point in time The Dollop - A bi-weekly American History podcast proving that we've always been this dysfunctional Dumb People Town - Local man gets head stuck in jar... guess the age and the contents of the jar Every Little Thing - Small facets of life that you've never given a second thought to... discussed. Song Exploder - Find out how musicians build their songs, layer by layer This American Life - Top-notch "slice of life" podcasting. Always interesting. 99% Invisible - Discussions of design and social interaction. Way more interesting than it sounds. Criminal - Sometimes when things go wrong, they go *really* wrong. This is Criminal. Lore - Ghost stories done right You Are Not So Smart - It's amazing our brains work at all
<p> </p> <p>Mythili Venkatakrishnan is here to set the record straight on Analytics and Machine Learning. It's great, it's powerful, but it ain't magic. </p> <p> </p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <p> 0:00 - Show intro / News</p> <p> 7:26 - Yeah, but what *is* Machine Learning?</p> <p> 13:30 - But I was told this was all magic...</p> <p> 15:35 - How this all fits together on z</p> <p> 16:25 - Getting started with machine learning in business</p> <p> 19:07 - The value of pairing math skills with business knowledge</p> <p> 22:55 - "Just because it's right doesn't mean it should be done"</p> <p> 25:18 - How can a DBA play in the Machine Learning space?</p> <p> 29:28 - Pervasive Encryption</p> <p> 30:42 - Data In Place / Federating Data</p> <p> 32:38 - Model Selection</p> <p> 33:48 - How To Train Your Data Model</p> <p> 35:00 - You don't need to use a terminal to work on a mainframe</p> <p> 37:06 - Decoupling the abilities from the tooling</p> <p> 40:32- "What's Up With That" / Other Podcasts You Might Enjoy</p> <p> </p> <p> Links:</p> <p> email: contact@terminaltalk.net</p> <p> twitter: @terminaltalk</p> <p> </p> <p> zTrial Program: https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/resources/trials.html</p> <p> </p> <p> Podcasts:</p> <p> My Favorite Murder - True Crime / Dark Stuff / Murder Mystery</p> <p> The Last Podcast on the Left - Also True Crime / Dark Stuff / Murder Mystery</p> <p> Ted Talks Tech - Quick narratives on single subjects</p> <p> Security Now - Loooong show, but very thorough discussions on security issues</p> <p> Reply All - Where technology and society meet</p> <p> Mainframe, Performance, Topics - Marna Walle and Martin Packer's Podcast, featuring... take a guess</p> <p> Stuff You Should Know - Tidbits of information discussed ing reat detail</p> <p> Stuff You Missed In History Class - World History made interesting</p> <p> Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Lesser-discussed items researched and discussed</p> <p> S Town - Follow the life of an interesting man living in a world he couldn't quite fit into</p> <p> Serial - A story a season, long-form storytelling at its finest</p> <p> Missing Richard Simmons - Hey, whatever happened to Richard Simmons?</p> <p> Breakdown - When the criminal justice system breaks down, this podcast takes a closer look</p> <p> Crimetown - What do you down when crime becomes the norm, rather than the exception</p> <p> We Hate Movies - A bunch of guys discuss bad movies</p> <p> The Flophouse - A bunch of guys discuss *really* bad movies</p> <p> Rewatchability - A bunch of guys discuss movies that were considered good at one point in time</p> <p> The Dollop - A bi-weekly American History podcast proving that we've always been this dysfunctional</p> <p> Dumb People Town - Local man gets head stuck in jar... guess the age and the contents of the jar</p> <p> Every Little Thing - Small facets of life that you've never given a second thought to... discussed.</p> <p> Song Exploder - Find out how musicians build their songs, layer by layer</p> <p> This American Life - Top-notch "slice of life" podcasting. Always interesting.</p> <p> 99% Invisible - Discussions of design and social interaction. Way more interesting than it sounds.</p> <p> Criminal - Sometimes when things go wrong, they go *really* wrong. This is Criminal.</p> <p> Lore - Ghost stories done right</p> <p> You Are Not So Smart - It's amazing our brains work at all</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
In this very special episode, we usher in the announcement of the new z14 mainframe with an exclusive interview, then get deep down in the guts for a talk about mainframe millicode with super-genius Brenton Belmar. Be warned... this is quite a silly episode, but one that we think you'll enjoy. Brenton Belmar Show Notes: 0:00 - Intro 1:15 - A very special guest 6:55 - Welcome Brenton Belmar 9:25 - How do people actually use millicode? 13:20 - Yeah, but what do you DO? 16:40 - Gathering data and requirements from clients 20:35 - How does the design begin? 24:00 - Interfacing with the different OSs 29:45 - Keeping it interesting from release to release 33:05 - Meeting performance expectations during changes 36:30 - Brenton wrote a tool 40:00 - Conclusion / What are you playing with over there? Links: z14 Information: https://www.ibm.com/ms-en/marketplace/z14 z14 Specs: https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=ZSD03046USEN& Pink Trombone: https://dood.al/pinktrombone/ Contact: contact@terminaltalk.net Twitter: @terminaltalk
<p>In this very special episode, we usher in the announcement of the new z14 mainframe with an exclusive interview, then get deep down in the guts for a talk about mainframe millicode with super-genius Brenton Belmar. Be warned... this is quite a silly episode, but one that we think you'll enjoy.</p> <p>Brenton Belmar Show Notes:</p> <p>0:00 - Intro </p> <p>1:15 - A very special guest</p> <p>6:55 - Welcome Brenton Belmar</p> <p>9:25 - How do people actually use millicode?</p> <p>13:20 - Yeah, but what do you DO?</p> <p>16:40 - Gathering data and requirements from clients</p> <p>20:35 - How does the design begin?</p> <p>24:00 - Interfacing with the different OSs</p> <p>29:45 - Keeping it interesting from release to release</p> <p>33:05 - Meeting performance expectations during changes</p> <p>36:30 - Brenton wrote a tool</p> <p>40:00 - Conclusion / What are you playing with over there?</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Links</span></strong>:</p> <p><br />z14 Information: <a href="https://www.ibm.com/ms-en/marketplace/z14">https://www.ibm.com/ms-en/marketplace/z14</a></p> <p>z14 Specs: <a href="https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=ZSD03046USEN&">https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=ZSD03046USEN&</a></p> <p>Pink Trombone: <a href="https://dood.al/pinktrombone/">https://dood.al/pinktrombone/</a></p> <p>Contact:</p> <p><br /><a href="mailto:contact@terminaltalk.net">contact@terminaltalk.net</a></p> <p><br />Twitter: @terminaltalk</p>
Jay Brenneman Show Notes 0:00 - Introduction 1:30 - Jay finds a sprinkle on a donut 2:49 - How Jay got started with Linux on the Mainframe 4:25 - Sound Cards and CD-ROM drives 6:20 - The emergence of the virtualized-server build 7:25 - The two big hammers 8:45 - How can Linux on Z benefit the typical user 12:20 - How the sausage gets made 16:45 - The unseen benefits of virtualization 20:45 - "Doing something really sciencey" 21:10 - A real customer example of doing virtualization right 23:45 - The thing that makes the mainframe special... 25:00 - There's "processors"... and then there's **Processors** 26:15 - Frank goes full-on evil 26:52 - The Million Dollar Server 30:05 - How to grow up to be just like Jay 31:34 - My Favorite Acronym IBM / Marist LinuxONE Community Cloudhttps://linuxone20.cloud.marist.edu/cloud/#/login Contact!contact@terminaltalk.netOn Twitter - @terminaltal
<p><strong>Jay Brenneman Show Notes</strong></p> <p><strong><br /></strong>0:00 - Introduction</p> <p>1:30 - Jay finds a sprinkle on a donut</p> <p>2:49 - How Jay got started with Linux on the Mainframe</p> <p>4:25 - Sound Cards and CD-ROM drives</p> <p>6:20 - The emergence of the virtualized-server build</p> <p>7:25 - The two big hammers</p> <p>8:45 - How can Linux on Z benefit the typical user</p> <p>12:20 - How the sausage gets made</p> <p>16:45 - The unseen benefits of virtualization</p> <p>20:45 - "Doing something really sciencey"</p> <p>21:10 - A real customer example of doing virtualization right</p> <p>23:45 - The thing that makes the mainframe special...</p> <p>25:00 - There's "processors"... and then there's **Processors**</p> <p>26:15 - Frank goes full-on evil</p> <p>26:52 - The Million Dollar Server</p> <p>30:05 - How to grow up to be just like Jay</p> <p>31:34 - My Favorite Acronym</p> <p> </p> <p>IBM / Marist LinuxONE Community Cloud<br /><a href="https://linuxone20.cloud.marist.edu/cloud/#/login">https://linuxone20.cloud.marist.edu/cloud/#/login</a></p> <p>Contact!<br /><a href="mailto:contact@terminaltalk.net">contact@terminaltalk.net</a><br />On Twitter - @terminaltal</p>
Security Poobah Mark Nelson swings by to discuss RACF, SAF, and Chicken Nuggets. Mark proves that security doesn't have to be scary or overly technical, and that at the end of the day, it all boils down to one simple question.
