The article is I think useful and addresses the critical need to wisely modernize on the mainframe platform where it serves citizens today in the USA.
https://www.fedscoop.com/what-is-legacy-it-and-how-scared-should-we-be-of-it/ It wasn't written by just any person from Compuware but the CEO Chris O'Malley. Chris has been a mainframe champion for years, drove the turnaround of the mainframe products at CA with Mainframe 2.0 and is a formidable leader. It's no surprise that I followed Chris to Compuware. You can find him on Twitter https://twitter.com/chris_t_omalley and LinkenIn where he blogs often about the mainframe and more https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophertomalley Chris writes his own blogs and tweets and is a fierce advocate for mainframe. Compuware has done everything we can to advocate for the mainframe platform including educating our US congress on the value of the mainframe http://insidetechtalk.com/u-s-congressmen-witness-mainframe-modernization/ sponsoring solid economic studies of the mainframe http://www.compuware.com/mainframe-economics.html and constantly communicating on the value of the platform http://insidetechtalk.com/ Compuware has gone through a transformation driven by a new management team led by Chris O'Malley starting in late 2014. In January of 2015 we brought out the first new product since 1999 Topaz a complete modern Eclipse workbench for mainframe including powerful visualizations to aid in application understanding and simple elegant cross platform data manipulation. In 2016 we did the first acquisition since 1999 with ISPW a modern SCM fully supporting Agile Methods and invested to bring it beautifully into our workbench, add RESTful web APIs and a web interface to manage deployment. 2016 saw four acquisitions in total and a slew of DevOps partnerships and integrations including Sonar, XebiaLabs, Jenkins and more. We changed the way we built software from releases every 12-18 months to quarterly deliveries with a new product or option, new Devops integrations, useful enhancements to our classic products and of course Day One currency support for the z Systems operating systems, middleware and hardware. We will release our 11th quarterly release June 28th a little early so we can enjoy a couple days of rest and celebration for that very American holiday Independence day July 4th. Compuware may have rubbed you the wrong way on some transaction in the past and I can't change that but be aware that we are a different company completely focused on mainstreaming the mainframe! The gritty crew of developers in Detroit is working harder than ever and Compuware is the best partner I know to help a customer get great outcomes from mainframe investments. I don't usually speak on the company line here but you need to understand what has changed and what hasn't when you think about Compuware. I lead product management for Compuware and I follow IBM-MAIN but don't here quite as often as I did in the past. Best way to reach me is to email me privately or text me. Best Regards, Sam Knutson | VP, Product Management | Compuware @samknutson | linkedin.com/in/samknutson samuel.knut...@compuware.com | M: +1 301 996-1318 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Edward Gould Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2017 8:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Nice article about MF and Government > On Jun 3, 2017, at 7:12 PM, Rob Schramm <rob.schr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://www.fedscoop.com/what-is-legacy-it-and-how-scared-should-we-be-of-it/ > > Rob Schramm > -- Rob: Thanks, unfortunately it was written by a person from Compuware. From my prospective not a recommendation at all. Ed The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
