Aside from the obvious “big picture” issues, 2021 served up two headline-worthy topics of potential concern to DTS clients. In July, IBM® announced the release of z/OS® 2.5, describing it as…

The mainframe is dead. The mainframe is alive and well. The mainframe is dying. The mainframe market is growing at a rate of nearly 4.5% a year and should continue at that pace for the next several years at least. The simple truth is the…

Judging by the consistently high attendance of the DTS Software monthly educational webinar series, CTO Steve Pryor continues to present topics of great interest and import to today’s mainframer community.

In what can only be considered a masterclass series in z/OS storage management best practices, DTS Software’s monthly educational webinar series continues to present topics aimed at giving both seasoned and newer z/OS users and programmers new tools to help you get...

To say the last two years have been hard on most everyone may be the understatement of the year, so it is with much anticipation that DTS returns to live conferences at SHARE this week in Dallas (March 27-30). By name and nature, SHARE is an opportunity for industry…

Whether you’re new to the mainframe space or a seasoned veteran, spending an hour with someone who is a walking knowledge base is never a bad idea. That’s exactly what happens each month in DTS Software’s educational webinar series. DTS CTO and z/OS storage management...

DTS is proud to sponsor and exhibit at SHARE Dallas 2022! Visit us at booth 205 during the Technology Exchange and stop by one of our presentations to learn more about mainframe storage management. To add these educational-track sessions to your SHARE agenda please visit the SHARE.org speaker list here and search for “Steve Pryor.”

The way that DASD (direct access storage device) data is stored on z/OS® is very different from distributed/open systems. An understanding of just how z/OS datasets are created, located, accessed, and deleted is as important…