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ALSO CALLED: Mainframes
DEFINITION: A mainframe (also known as "big iron") is a high-performance computer used for large-scale computing purposes that require greater availability and security than a smaller-scale machine can offer. Historically, mainframes have been associated with centralized rather than distributed computing,
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CA Mainframe Security Compliance
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SOFTWARE DEMO:
In this video, learn how to combat against regulatory, staffing and audit pressures that security management shortcomings bring to the table.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Published: 13 Jun 2008
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CA Cleanup: Mainframe Security Databases: ACF2, Top Secret, IBM RACF
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Over a period of time security databases accumulate unused, obsolete user ids and entitlements. This demonstration showcases the three causes and solution sets to security data accumulation.
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Published: 13 Jun 2008
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MAINFRAME COMPUTERS DEFINITION (continued): … although that distinction is blurring as smaller computers become more powerful and mainframes become more multi-purpose. Today, IBM emphasizes that their mainframes can be used to serve distributed users and smaller servers in a computing network. The mainframe is sometimes referred to as a "dinosaur" not only because of its size but because of reports, going back many years, that it's becoming extinct. In 1991 Stewart Alsop, the editor of InfoWorld, predicted …
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