September 2016 – Rui Miguel Feio

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[ 19th October 2026 ] When AI Meets RACF: Can an Authorised Identity Become a Security Risk? RACF
[ 14th October 2026 ] AI Gone Wild: When Artificial Intelligence Stops Following the Rules Documentaries
[ 12th October 2026 ] The AI Systems Programmer: Is the Mainframe Skills Gap About to Change? Tech - AI
[ 5th October 2026 ] AI Sovereignty: Perhaps the Mainframe Had It Right All Along Tech - AI
[ 21st September 2026 ] AI on the Mainframe Is Moving from Experimentation to Production Tech - Mainframe

IBM z Systems Security Conference in Montpellier, France (27-30 Sep)

27th September 2016 Rui Miguel Feio

And now my next stop is Montpellier in France. At this year’s IBM z Systems Security Conference in Montpellier, I will be giving a presentation on: Mainframe Security… it’s about so MUCH MORE!! In this session we will be taking a look at some of the other security […]

GSE Management Summit in Lisbon, Portugal (26 – 27 Sep)

22nd September 2016 Rui Miguel Feio

It’s just a few days away… Next week, I will be presenting at the GSE Management Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. In this year’s conference the subject of my presentation will be: Cybercrime, Inc. In this session we will discuss how technology evolution has allowed syndicate criminals to become […]

Using CLIST with RACF SEARCH command

13th September 2016 Rui Miguel Feio

Probably not known to many people is the existence or how to use the CLIST parameter of the RACF SEARCH command. Its usefulness however makes it worthwhile for everyone to learn how it works. As you may know, to query the RACF database for the existence of profiles, we rely […]

Useful Operator Commands to Manage a Parallel Sysplex Environment

5th September 2016 Rui Miguel Feio

The following table contains the list of some useful operator commands to manage a Parallel Sysplex environment: Command Description ATS STAR commands D U,,AS Display auto switchable tape devices. V xxxx,AS,ON Turn on the auto switchable attribute for a specific device. V xxxx,AS,OFF Turn off the auto switchable attribute for […]