IBM Mainframe Discussion List wrote on 01/30/2012
05:33:33 PM:
> From: "Roberts, John J"
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> Date: 01/30/2012 05:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Forbes: Kids See A Future In Mainframes
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> And there i
yes they are located in 200 countries. However, those server are
owned and run by banks not Visa. As of several years ago, Visa Inc
had 2 large, 1 medium and 1 small zos data centers, not counting test.
the 145,000 is split over a large number of machines. And not all of
them are zos.
On Mon,
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Sam Siegel wrote:
> I used to work at VISA ... the 145,000 txn/sec is misleading. The
> authorization system (tpf based) runs sustained peak rate of about
> 7,000 txn/sec as of about 3 years ago. The clearing system (zos) run
> about 24,000 txn/second as of about
il address.
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On
Behalf Of Roberts, John J
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 5:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Forbes: Kids See A Future In Mainframes
And there is a general belief that
And there is a general belief that the people who know about mainframes are
old, too, you know, like the guy with the COBOL skills and dubious hygiene who
shuffles along the corridor, looking like he eats his blue-plate special at
4:30 in the afternoon.
I am offended that anyone would think t
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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On
> Behalf Of Edward Jaffe
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 3:26 PM
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> Interesting article on forbes.com:
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On
Behalf Of Edward Jaffe
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 3:26 PM
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Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Forbes:
Interesting article on forbes.com:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2012/01/30/kids-see-a-future-in-mainframes/
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