BestHub
Sign in
Tagged articles
10 articles
Page 1 of 1
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
May 5, 2025 · Fundamentals

Why Banks Are Replacing IBM Mainframes with Distributed Systems – A Deep Dive

The article explains how the Agricultural Bank of China successfully shut down its IBM mainframe, detailing the mainframe's high‑performance architecture, redundancy features, software ecosystem, and why its replacement with a distributed micro‑service core using TDSQL marks a significant shift for banking IT infrastructure.

Distributed SystemsIBMMainframe
0 likes · 9 min read
Why Banks Are Replacing IBM Mainframes with Distributed Systems – A Deep Dive
IT Services Circle
IT Services Circle
Apr 28, 2025 · Fundamentals

Agricultural Bank’s Mainframe Shutdown and Migration to a Distributed Core System: Technical Overview and Industry Implications

The article examines the Agricultural Bank of China's successful shutdown of its IBM mainframe, detailing the z14's specifications, redundancy and virtualization features, the shift to a high‑concurrency distributed micro‑service architecture with TDSQL, and the broader impact on banking and IBM’s presence in China.

BankingDistributed SystemsIBM
0 likes · 9 min read
Agricultural Bank’s Mainframe Shutdown and Migration to a Distributed Core System: Technical Overview and Industry Implications
21CTO
21CTO
Dec 15, 2022 · Backend Development

Why Legacy COBOL Still Matters: Insights from the Open Mainframe Project

The Open Mainframe Project's COBOL Working Group is gathering global usage data and industry perspectives to assess the continued strategic importance of COBOL, a 60‑year‑old business language still vital to many enterprises today.

COBOLMainframeSoftware Survey
0 likes · 4 min read
Why Legacy COBOL Still Matters: Insights from the Open Mainframe Project
Java Backend Technology
Java Backend Technology
Mar 15, 2022 · Fundamentals

Why Banks Still Rely on IBM Mainframes: The IOE Architecture Explained

The article examines the entrenched IOE (IBM‑Oracle‑EMC) architecture in Chinese banks, detailing its centralized, proprietary setup, the challenges of migrating to distributed open‑source systems, and why domestic alternatives currently cannot fully replace IBM’s mainframe‑based core banking solutions.

IBMIOEIT infrastructure
0 likes · 11 min read
Why Banks Still Rely on IBM Mainframes: The IOE Architecture Explained
21CTO
21CTO
Feb 27, 2022 · Mobile Development

Major Tech Shifts: Chip Export Bans, Starlink Aid, and Kotlin’s End

Amid heightened sanctions, leading chip makers halt Russian shipments, SpaceX’s Starlink bolsters Ukraine’s connectivity, Kotlin 1.8 will remove Android Extensions, and Fujitsu announces the phase‑out of its mainframe and Unix servers, signaling sweeping changes across hardware, software, and global tech infrastructure.

Chip ExportKotlinMainframe
0 likes · 5 min read
Major Tech Shifts: Chip Export Bans, Starlink Aid, and Kotlin’s End
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Sep 18, 2019 · Operations

How a Bank’s Veteran Engineer Achieved Seamless Mainframe Disaster Recovery

In this interview, senior China Bank systems engineer Lu Yang shares his 34‑year journey in mainframe operations, detailing the 2018 seamless disaster‑recovery switch, the importance of focus, continuous learning, risk sense, and future trends such as AIOps, security, and the enduring value of mainframe technology.

IT careerMainframeaiops
0 likes · 17 min read
How a Bank’s Veteran Engineer Achieved Seamless Mainframe Disaster Recovery
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jan 6, 2019 · Fundamentals

Mastering Ethernet: Key Switch Features, Standards, and VLAN Essentials

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Ethernet switching, covering data‑link layer functions, IEEE 802.3 family standards, duplex modes, MAC/IP addressing, auto‑negotiation, flow‑control mechanisms, VLAN concepts, broadcast‑storm mitigation, trunking, and mainframe storage interfaces such as ESCON and FICON.

ESCONFICONIEEE 802.3
0 likes · 17 min read
Mastering Ethernet: Key Switch Features, Standards, and VLAN Essentials