Introduction

A few months ago, an application team requested my help with one of their monthly batch jobs.  It was running for an excessively long time, and they needed another set of eyes to see if there was any way to improve it.  This article describes the analysis that was performed, the actions that were taken, and the results of the changes.  read more »

To mark my sixth anniversary of writing for NaSPA, I decided to revisit my first article and revamp it for a new audience. This article examines how one site incorporated one of the features of their change management system with the features of their dump analysis tool to help applications programmers determine the cause of development and production abends.  read more »

Retraining Your Organization's IT Department to Make Faster, Better Decisions about Modernization Projects

"Modernization" is a hot word in the IT world today. Analysts, IT experts and companies are talking or writing about it. What is causing this sudden buzz around legacy system modernization?  read more »