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Published on August 8, 2013

Modern mainframes have less in common with their legacy ancestors than iPhones have with the rotary phones that preceded them. So why does the perception still exist that mainframes are outdated? There are several generational differences between modern mainframes and the mainframes introduced in the…

Published on August 5, 2013

Naples, FL - July 31, 2013 HDI [formerly the Help Desk Institute] and itSMF (IT Service Management Forum) are professional associations devoted to advancing the technical support and service industry. Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG) provides tools to make that happen. They’re great organizations that…

Published on July 22, 2013

Why not testing for date and time issues could cost you a bundle. You don't have a crystal ball. Seeing the future is impossible, yet your job requires you to plan for the future and to know how things will pan out today, tomorrow, and…

Published on July 15, 2013

The short answer? Maybe. Here's some things you shouldn't sneeze at when pondering mainframes and viruses. Despite the mainframe's reputation for security and its seemingly impenetrable nature, companies should not naively pass on protecting their systems from viruses. There have been no high-profile reports of…

Published on July 10, 2013

Data encryption is an important component of any security strategy, whether on a mainframe or any other computing system. It obfuscates data from people and machines alike, and provides an incredible level of protection against hackers and data thieves. Are you doing encryption right? Here…

Published on July 8, 2013

Mainframes are big complex systems. Housing and managing the data stored and processed on these systems involves many access points and lots of risks. Because of these numerous risks, it is important to periodically assess the security measures your company has in place to make…

Published on July 1, 2013

Secure passwords are a great first step to protecting the data on your mainframe, but you must ask yourself: who has access to them? Even the most creative passwords and secure authentication methods are useless if the wrong people are granted access or have profiles…

Published on June 25, 2013

The latest whitepaper from Advanced Software Products Group (ASPG) is now released and available for download. Aimed at readers new to multi-factor authentication, the whitepaper provides a high-level overview of what multi-factor authentication is, why it’s important, and how it’s commonly implemented. With an average…

Published on June 10, 2013

With the vast amounts of storage space available on mainframes and their associated direct access storage drives (DASD), there's no need to worry about drive defragmentation or space allocation, right? Right? Wrong. The huge volume of data stored on many businesses' DASD systems make it…

Published on June 5, 2013

Although we all think our mainframes are super, mainframes and supercomputers are different on some fundamental levels. Here's why. Both mainframes and supercomputers push the limits of what can be accomplished through computing. They are both large and powerful machines, but they are not the…