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Craig S Mullins

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Independent data consultant; owner of Mullins Consulting, Inc. Analyst, author and speaker. More than 4 decades of experience in all facets of database systems. Special focus in Db2 for z/OS. IBM Gold Consultant. Vote Blue! www.mullinsconsulting.com

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What Decades of Data Management Teach Us About Today’s AI Hype For those of us who’ve worked with data long enough, some universal truths emerge. One of these is that technology may change, but the challenges around data never really go away. They simply take …

What Decades of #Data Management Teach Us About Today’s #AI Hype

05.11.2025 09:19 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A Guide to Db2 Performance for Application Developers The purpose of this book is to give advice and direction to Db2 application developers and programmers on writing efficient, well-performing programs. If you write code and access data in a Db2 databa...

All #Db2 developers should learn to code for performance from the very start.

And you can learn how using my book!

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28.10.2025 16:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The criminal felon and his cronies and enablers are like cancer eating away at the fabric of America and destroying it. They all got to go!
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Thank you for making me part of these wonderful lists #Schultziepie. Reposted and Following.

22.10.2025 19:26 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Is AI-Driven Database Tuning Ready for Prime Time? The rise of artificial intelligence has sparked innovation across every facet of IT, and the database world is no exception. From self-healing systems to AI-powered performance tuning, the idea of …

A seasoned DBA brings experience and judgment that current AI cannot replicate.
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08.09.2025 15:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A Few Details on the TRUNCATE Statement TRUNCATE is a simple, yet frequently forgotten way to remove data from your Db2 tables. The TRUNCATE statement is simply a quick way to remo...

A Few Details on the #Db2 for z/OS TRUNCATE Statement
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And 20 BILLION to Argentina! 🔥🔥🔥🔥😮

14.10.2025 15:36 — 👍 28    🔁 16    💬 3    📌 1
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IBM Mainframe Specialty Processors: Understanding zIIPs, Licensing, and Cost Savings on the IBM System z Amazon.com: IBM Mainframe Specialty Processors: Understanding zIIPs, Licensing, and Cost Savings on the IBM System z: 9798862011715: Mullins, Craig S: Books

Why not take advantage of Amazon Prime Days and order yourself a copy of my book, IBM Mainframe Specialty Processors: Understanding zIIPs, Licensing, and Cost Savings on the IBM System z
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07.10.2025 16:49 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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IBM and CockroachDB partner to bring PostgreSQL to mainframe : Vendors promote bridge to modern architecture for legacy systems, but Db2 not going anywhere just yet

IBM invites CockroachDB to infest its mainframes with PostgreSQL
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10.10.2025 19:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Navigating the Data Security Minefield Data breaches are a constant, lurking threat in our interconnected world and database administrators are the front-line guardians of their organization's most valuable asset: its data. The modern data...

My latest #DBA Corner column was published today -
Navigating the #Data Security Minefield

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09.10.2025 15:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Fallacy of Mainframe Modernization For decades now, the “death of the mainframe” has been confidently predicted by vendors, analysts, and industry pundits. Yet, here

"The Fallacy of Mainframe Modernization", a perfectly timed piece on the key business and technology issues surrounding the #mainframe platform, by globally recognised industry expert Craig Mullins @craigmullins.bsky.social - click for the full story over on Elnion.

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08.10.2025 12:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Fallacy of Mainframe Modernization For decades now, the “death of the mainframe” has been confidently predicted by vendors, analysts, and industry pundits. Yet, here

The Fallacy of Mainframe Modernization
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#IBMZ #mainframe

08.10.2025 20:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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IBM Mainframe Specialty Processors: Understanding zIIPs, Licensing, and Cost Savings on the IBM System z Amazon.com: IBM Mainframe Specialty Processors: Understanding zIIPs, Licensing, and Cost Savings on the IBM System z: 9798862011715: Mullins, Craig S: Books

Why not take advantage of Amazon Prime Days and order yourself a copy of my book, IBM Mainframe Specialty Processors: Understanding zIIPs, Licensing, and Cost Savings on the IBM System z
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLTYN8W...

07.10.2025 16:49 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Many Types of Mainframe Pricing Whenever somebody starts talking about software pricing on the mainframe, or tuning to save on their monthly mainframe bill, I always wonder...

The Many Types of Mainframe Pricing
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#mainframe #IBMZ

07.10.2025 08:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Imagine paying rent, buying groceries, and then get a bill with your insurance tripling. This could hit your inbox—and your future.

HOW IT STARTED: $307

HOW IT’S GOING: $964

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Bernie Sanders and AOC do a joint video explaining their view of the shutdown

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Optimizing Database Performance: Techniques to Optimize the Efficiency of Database Systems and Applications Optimizing Database Performance: Techniques to Optimize the Efficiency of Database Systems and Applications [Mullins, Craig S] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Optimizing Database Performance: Techniques to Optimize the Efficiency of Database Systems and Applications

Optimizing Database Performance: Techniques to Optimize the Efficiency of Database Systems and Applications
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01.10.2025 16:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Data Governance and Compliance on Mainframes: Aligning With Modern Regulations and Requirements - TechChannel Craig Mullins explains how modernization efforts can help organizations get a handle on rapidly shifting compliance standards.

My latest article for TechChannel | Data Governance and Compliance on Mainframes: Aligning With Modern Regulations and Requirements
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#data #mainframe #IBMZ

30.09.2025 21:53 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

RFKjr and Donald Trump have both substantially decreased the life expectancy in the United States.

Let facts be submitted to a candid world.

27.09.2025 23:10 — 👍 618    🔁 179    💬 19    📌 5

Frodo: “I wish it need not have happened in my time."

Gandalf: "So do I, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

J.R.R. Tolkien

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Coatis at my resort in Mexico!

29.09.2025 14:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

And he perfected all 3 of those

18.09.2025 19:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mainframes Are Not Going Away — The One Thing Today’s Leading Tech Analysts Now All Agree On Sponsored Content by Broadcom You see it all the time. People are often drawn to the latest trends, believing the hottest new technology on the scene will be the "end all, be all" for their busines...

Mainframes Are Not Going Away — The One Thing Today’s Leading Tech Analysts Now All Agree On
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#mainframe #IBMZ

17.09.2025 16:45 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Glossary of z/OS terms and abbreviations z/OS basics skills information center

Here is a nice glossary of IBM z/OS and #mainframe terms
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11.09.2025 20:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A Guide to Db2 Performance for Application Developers The purpose of this book is to give advice and direction to Db2 application developers and programmers on writing efficient, well-performing programs. If you write code and access data in a Db2 databa...

A Guide to Db2 Performance for Application Developers, my latest #Db2 book offers guidance to Db2 application developers on how to write efficient, performing programs, whether you work with Db2 LUW or Db2 z/OS, you’ll find methods to optimize your code
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08.09.2025 18:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Is AI-Driven Database Tuning Ready for Prime Time? The rise of artificial intelligence has sparked innovation across every facet of IT, and the database world is no exception. From self-healing systems to AI-powered performance tuning, the idea of …

A seasoned DBA brings experience and judgment that current AI cannot replicate.
datatechnologytoday.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/i...

08.09.2025 15:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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AI’s Dependence on Metadata: The Hidden Driver of Intelligent Systems When most people talk about artificial intelligence (AI), the conversation tends to gravitate toward algorithms, neural networks, and large language

AI’s Dependence on Metadata: The Hidden Driver of Intelligent Systems
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#AI #data #metadata

05.09.2025 15:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AI’s Dependence on Metadata: The Hidden Driver of Intelligent Systems When most people talk about artificial intelligence (AI), the conversation tends to gravitate toward algorithms, neural networks, and large language

"AI’s Dependence on Metadata: The Hidden Driver of Intelligent Systems", latest industry expert insights from #Mainframe and #Database #Systems guru Craig Mullins @CraigMullins.. Click NOW to get the full story, exclusively FREE over on Elnion.

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05.09.2025 00:14 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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RFK JR: You’re just making stuff up

Hassan: Sometimes when you make an accusation, it’s kind of a confession

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Some Under-the-Radar Db2 13 for z/OS Features to Consider
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#Db2 #Db2z

03.09.2025 08:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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