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Watson & Walker provides expert advice for users of IBM z Systems and the z/OS operating system. Our specialties are cost reduction and system stability. Our clients include system programmers, performance analysts, capacity planners, managers, procurement specialists, DBAs, CICS/IMS/WAS/MQ administrators, application developers/designers, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), and industry consultants. We have saved our clients millions of dollars, and we are ready to do the same for you.

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Log4j Scanning Tool for z/OS

Hello All, We’re sure that you have heard about the security exposure in the Log4j Java package?  It has been described as “Could be the most serious security threat ever seen”.  While the media occasionally exaggerate things, this is one that everyone should be aware of – it potentially affects everything from the biggest mainframe...
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Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter 2021 No. 3 Available Now

Subscribers to Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter can find the latest 121-page issue, 2021 No. 3, on our publications website (https://watsonwalkerpublications.com/).  The last quarter has been really hectic on many fronts – IBM released the formal announcement of z/OS 2.5, details about the chip in IBM’s next mainframe were discussed at the Hot Chips conference, we’ve...
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IBM z/OS 2022 Software Prices

If you've been working from home and haven't made it into the office, you might not have seen the August 24 snail mail from IBM announcing a price increase of 5% on MLC (Monthly License Charge) prices. We want to bring this up because many people are completing their budgeting process for 2022, and they...
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Watson & Walker’s Application Profiler for Z

Watson & Walker, the mainframe industry's leading independent performance consultants, are delighted to announce our latest software product, the Watson & Walker Application Profiler for Z (AP4Z). Are you a performance analyst, frustrated by seeing a generic program name (with no indication of what program is actually being executed) when you use SMF type 30...
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