What On Earth is a Mainframe?

by David W. Stephens

Confused about zSeries Mainframes? Need to understand the z/OS operating system - and in a hurry? Then you’ve just found the book you need.

Avoiding technical jargon, this book gives you the basic facts in clear, light-hearted, entertaining English. You’ll quickly learn what Mainframes are, what they do, what runs on them, and terms and terminology you need to speak Mainframe-ese.

But it’s not all technical. There’s also invaluable information on the people that work on Mainframes, Mainframe management issues, new Mainframe trends, and other facts that don’t seem to be written down anywhere else.

Programmers, managers, recruitment consultants, and industry commentators will all find this book their new best friend when trying to understand the Mainframe world.

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Genres: Technology

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 18, 2008

About the author

Dave Stephens is a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota. In 2012 he served as a program director in animal behavior at the National Science Foundation. His research focuses on the behavioral ecology of animal learning and decision making.

Reviews

[Tigglet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good basic 30,000 ft overview of the mainframe.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I work for a company that does mainframe software development. We decided to read this book in our book club so that everyone in the company had at least a basic understanding of how the mainframe worked. This book served its purpose in that regard.

The only thing I would have liked better was if there was a newer release of the book available. Some of the information is no longer accurate (our systems programmer answered our book club members' questions and provided more in-depth explanations where there was interest). I think an updated version would not be remiss, especially since there aren't many books on the market in this arena. Overall, though, this book met our needs.

[Pawel Wujczyk · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book provide small introduction to mainframe. It is important to have right expectations. This book doesn't cover Mainframe in deep. It just mention it after this You will know that something like mainframe exist and it is important in the world, It also have some equipment and needs power to run. But nothing more.

[Sjknowles · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great high level intro to mainframes. A quick read, but very useful. Like the parts I would highlight in a more detailed book. This has helped me figure out where I need to dive deeper and where this level of detail is fine.

[Joyner Perez · Rating 4 out of 5]

A worthwhile, useful introduction to the world of mainframes. Lacking in some depth, but it does bill itself as an "introduction," so all is forgiven. It's also a light read considering the content.