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Dennis O’Flynn is the Director of Product Management for Compuware’s Mainframe Business Unit. He has over 28 years of IT experience with roles in development, architecture, strategic planning, and product management. These roles have spanned multiple platforms including mobile, embedded, distributed and mainframe. Dennis is passionate about incorporating IT with business objectives to improve the customer experience.
“It is all a matter of perspective!” This old adage rings particularly true when trying to solve a complex IT problem that spans mainframe, distributed, and mobile platforms. Mainframe programs are increasingly interfacing with distributed systems to support consumer facing web and mobile applications. When a transaction is initiated via a mobile phone, the path it takes from the edge of the Internet and deep into the mainframe and back … [Read more...]
We know that the mainframe is often referred to as “Big Iron” for its powerful and ultra-fast ability to crunch data and process transactions. Did you know, however, that the term Big Iron, or more specifically “Big Iron Horse,” also refers to railroad locomotives? The mainframe and railroad share much more in common than a nickname. Both the railroad and mainframe each began a new industry. While the railroad opened land-based … [Read more...]
