Other 'entities' might include shareholders or policyholders. I don't agree that 'everyone else' is moving from the mainframe. Most large financial institutions are certainly not. They bank on z system's inherent security and integrity. To be sure, their admins are missing out on the thrill of the hunt, the excitement of accurately identifying the most recent virus/worm/Trojan/ransomware attack and assessing the extent of infection. Interestingly, AWS was apparently utilized as vehicle for the recent SolarWinds fun and games... https://medium.com/cloud-security/hackers-as-cloud-customers-45b44654908b
Mike -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 5:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS versions Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. Depends on if you have an entity that requires you to run supported releases such as PCI. Also you can get extended service from IBM past end of support dates for a price. Dana On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 19:52:28 +0000, McCabe, Ron <rmcc...@mutualofenumclaw.com> wrote: >Hello IBM List, > >Got a question about how you feel about running on an unsupported z/OS >version. Just about like everyone else our company is moving off the >mainframe ... after several failed attempts I do believe they have something >that will work this time and I'm OK with it because if they reach their goal >End of Life for the mainframe will be when I was planning on retiring. >Some background - we are currently running z/OS 2.2, we started the process to >upgrade to 2.3 about 6 months ago and we are close to implementing providing >our DEV's and BA's can finish up the testing that we require which is not >going very well. Since the EOL goal for the mainframe is 4th quarter 2022 we >are now thinking of not implementing z/OS 2.3 since it could possibly cause >more problems for us than just staying with z/OS 2.2. > >So my question - how does everyone feel about running on an unsupported z/OS >system? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
