Red Hat OpenShift
In 2021, IBM announced the release of Red Hat OpenShift 4.7. This release was exciting news for mainframe users because it made Red Hat OpenShift’s container orchestration and management capabilities available for mainframes. This development reflects IBM’s ongoing commitment to the mainframe. Companies that rely on mainframes are always looking for ways to make the…
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Despite the pressures of digital transformation, companies that use mainframes are sticking with them. Mainframes offer many advantages over other types of technology, including cost efficiency, reliability, and security. However, systems programming for mainframes has become a challenge. Many mainframe experts are reaching retirement age, and not many new systems programmers are entering the job…
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Linux has been running on IBM Z servers for decades. Since acquiring Red Hat, IBM has been working to make parts of the Red Hat portfolio, including Ansible and OpenShift, a family of containerization software products supported by Red Hat, available to mainframe users.  The OpenShift Container Platform is an on-premises platform built around containers, which are managed by Kubernetes using RHEL. Red…
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