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Here are the show notes for Episode 7 “We Were On a Break”. The show is called “We Were On a Break” because:
We had one piece of follow up:
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IBM Doc Buddy – available for iOS and Android.
This app has been enhanced with new components (aka libraries) and has received some fixes that users have found. There’s a very reponsive team working on this tool! This app is now better than the old LookAt tool, since reason codes can be searched.
Mainframe
Our “Mainframe” topic was a discussion on Continuous Delivery.
Marna talked about four important references to understand what the z/OS platform is doing for Continuous Delivery. (IBM is embracing Agile development for many new functions, and will be providing those functions to customers in a Continuous Delivery method.)
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March 18, 2016 Redpaper on the z/OS base operating system’s usage of Continuous Delivery: IBM z/OS Continuous Delivery
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May 24, 2016 General IBM announcement on what an IBM product might do for Continuous Delivery: IBM Software Support Lifecycle Policy is enhanced with a continuous delivery support model for eligible, on-premise IBM software products
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April 19, 2016 IBM MQ for z/OS announcement for usage of Continuous Delivery: IBM MQ for z/OS, V9.0 delivers new, more flexible delivery and support options, standards-based messaging support for additional environments, and improved management and administration capabilities. Note “… From this version of IBM MQ onwards, IBM offers a new delivery and support model that separates out the delivery of defect fixes from the delivery of any new function. …”
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July 12, 2016 IBM CICS Transaction Server announcement for some functions using Continous Delivery: IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, V5.3 is enhanced with continuous delivery and the IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, V5.4 open beta offering is introduced . Note “….delivered using the standard CICS service channel..”
Takeaway: some products will be putting their new functions in the service stream, while others might be putting them in releases. Read announcements carefully to see which of your products is following which model.
Performance
Our “Performance” topic was an extension of this blog post of Martin’s: Why Do We Keep Building Bigger Machines?
We acknowledge this is quite a high level treatment but it’s a question that we’re sure has been in the back of lots of minds.
We’ve ideas to take some of the subtopics and make them topics in their own right.
Topics
In our “Topics” section we discussed what we (especially Martin) are using for creating presentations these days.
Products Martin mentioned were:
These are all available in some form or other for both Mac OS and iOS.
And, of course, other tools are available.
Where We’ll Be
Martin is going nowhere fast.
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