Yeah I see. United HealthCare reports data breach that may have revealed customers' personal information. United HealthCare made customers aware of a data breach on Friday, which temporarily allowed access to personal information for those enrolled in the company's healthcare plans.May 1, 2023
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, May 11, 2023, 10:10 AM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: UHG is very security conscious. I'm not saying they could never be hacked, because almost anything on the Internet can be. But they are definitely NOT "low hanging fruit". Even a current z/OS system, running FOSS software & which has a direct Internet connection could be hacked. IMO. On Wed, May 10, 2023, 11:28 Bill Johnson < 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > That’s like saying global warming is a hoax because it was below zero in > (insert your city) today. > > As this brief survey of the mainframe's place in the current IT landscape > shows, “big iron” is not going away any time soon. In fact, according to > Allied Market Research, the global mainframe market is expected to reach a > staggering $2.90 billion by 2025.Nov 16, 2022 > > I can’t wait for the inevitable hack in which UHG’s millions of customers > have their data stolen. Might have to switch my supplemental plan. > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 12:08 PM, John McKown < > john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I can say that UHG (United Health Group) is eliminating their z machines. > The one I worked on is gone. The data was ported to something called > Facets, a vendor product. The historical reports were put in some sort of > archive tool. > > I cannot say with total confidence, but I've been told they are going pure > Wintel. > > On Wed, May 10, 2023, 10:11 Bill Johnson < > 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > Last IBM earnings in April indicated z sales were up 7%. From the > earnings > > report, “sales of Z mainframe computer systems increased by 7% following > > the release in May of the Z16 model.” > > But, I’m not enthused about IBM (the company) at all. In fact I stated > the > > stock has traded in a range of 120-140 for awhile and I wouldn’t invest > in > > it, but did trade it once or twice. > > What I am enthused by is the likelihood of the mainframe being the > > platform of choice by real banks, healthcare companies, insurance > > companies, big retailers, and others, for decades into the future, long > > past our lifetimes. > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 10:09 AM, Mohammad Khan < > > 0000047f0e31a222-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > But Bill definitely does and almost makes up for IBM's failing with his > > abundant enthusiasm ! > > > > On Tue, 9 May 2023 12:21:03 -0500, John McKown < > > john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > >IMO, IBM doesn't really care about that much about z anymore. > > <snip> > > > > mkk > > > > PS: Not Friday yet but it's the hump-day so are almost there :) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
