It isn’t your father’s mainframe
Few things have staying power across generations … think about Music. LPs, CDs, MP3s and how the way we acquire and listen to music has evolved. I think “mainframe” computing is very similar. It...
View ArticleClearPath is State of the Art
Each Quarter Unisys publishes the names of employees who have been awarded patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office on Unisys’s behalf. These patents form a key piece of our portfolio of...
View ArticleThe Future Matters
I don’t get out enough. There always seems to be a reason why I can’t get out of the lab and visit with customers, colleagues or partners. When I do I always learn something and I always come back...
View ArticleA World Away
While I was in Wellington, New Zealand for their Future Matters Conference I was asked to do a presentation on “iPhone integration with ClearPath”. It is interesting how the more correct “Smartphone...
View ArticleUtility Computing
The term utility computing has been around for some time. In some respects the timesharing systems of the 1970′s fit this model. As with many things the notion of utility computing was before it’s...
View ArticleTo the Moon and Beyond
About the time the Burroughs B5000 was launched, the United States was beginning the decade long effort to land a man on the Moon. In the 10 years or so it took for US Space Program to attain that...
View ArticleThe Right Tool For the Job
When I was young, I thought scissors came with the tips broken off … I learned later in life that actually they had been broken off by my dad when he used them as screwdrivers … an early lesson in...
View ArticleThe Knack
My son, off in college, sent me a facebook link to a Dilbert cartoon this morning …. We won’t even begin to discuss how communication with one’s children has evolved, perhaps that’s one for another...
View ArticleCan’t We All Just Get Along?
Problem solving is an inherent skill for most engineers and it can be a great source of satisfaction when a problem is diagnosed and corrected. Sometimes however, the timing of the problem can easily...
View ArticleAround the World in 26 Days – Part 1 – Silverstone Racing C
In an earlier blog I mused that I should get out more … well somebody listened … during the month of May I’ve visited five cities and have spoken with customers from Europe, Middle East & Africa,...
View ArticleAround the World in 26 Days – Part 2 – Radison Blu Astrid Hotel, Antwerp
After the Silverstone event, Antwerp had a hard act to follow. All I can say is Wow! The second of the Future Matters 2011 series was set in an ultra modern hotel set on a classic European square,...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Integrated Stacks
When CIOs are procuring new IT systems, they naturally look for those that are the most cost/effective. To put it another way, they aim to find what best meets their business requirements for the...
View ArticlePlanning for the unplanned – disasters
The hurricanes afflicting the east side of the USA are the most recent in a series of natural disasters this year. There have been earthquakes in New Zealand, floods in Australia and, worst of all, the...
View ArticleExpansion or resilience?
Outages occur from time to time in high-profile, critical services such as communications, finance and cloud provision. The recent events in the Blackberry network are the latest example. For obvious...
View ArticlePlanning for the unplanned – traffic surges
My last couple of blogs were about the importance of disaster recovery planning. If an organisation does not have a well-tested DR strategy – sadly, an all-too-common state of affairs – the ability to...
View ArticleIt’s all action in Lapland…
I understand that it’s all systems go at SantaPrise in Lapland. The nerve centre of the operation is SantaSystems, the IT arm of the company. The CIO, Elf Tietokone, spoke to me the other day, and...
View ArticleTelco Strategy and Solutions
Steve Chuey, Unisys VP and solution manager for Telecommunications, recently sat down with contributing editor Brian Daly. Steve outlined the challenges facing telecom providers and detailed Unisys’...
View ArticleWhat is a Mission-Critical System?
In my ‘planning for the unplanned’ pieces, I examined what IT organisations do – or all too often don’t do – to prepare for the unexpected and unpleasant event. It could be a sudden traffic surge,...
View ArticleActions Speak Louder Than Words
For most of us, actions speak louder than words. So, case studies that outline what has been achieved by others represent actions that are relevant to ClearPath solution environments. There are quite a...
View ArticleDo You Have ESP?
If you have extra-sensory perception, you’ll know that the ESP I’m talking about here is Enhanced Security Profiles. More specifically, it’s Enhanced Security Profiles for OS 2200. This customized...
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