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Revolutionising mainframe delivery. Done.

Revolutionising mainframe delivery. Done.

The PopUp Mainframe team was delighted to attend, present, and exhibit at the GSE UK Conference 2024 recently – the region’s biggest and best mainframe community event. Rubbing shoulders with industry luminaries, technical experts, household-name organizations - it...

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Look Back at Tech Field Day at SHARE, Aug 2024

Look Back at Tech Field Day at SHARE, Aug 2024

Gary Thornhill, PopUp founder and CEO, had the privilege of presenting a fully featured PopUp demo to a group of mainframe and tech enthusiasts at Tech Field Day at SHARE Kansas City, 2024. The delegates came from a wide range of backgrounds including appdev,...

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DevOps Excellence Awards 2024

DevOps Excellence Awards 2024

We are very proud to announce that PopUp Mainframe has been awarded Highly Commended in the category 'DevOps Tool/Product of the Year' at the DevOps Excellence Awards 2024.   We are thrilled to be recognised alongside some well-established players in the DevOps...

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PopUp Mainframe announces release of Warp Speed PopUp

PopUp Mainframe announces release of Warp Speed PopUp

Breaking news: PopUp Mainframe, the virtual, on-demand mainframe, today announced the general availability of their latest release: 'Warp Speed PopUp'.   After much innovation, development and rigorous testing, we are proud to unveil the release of our new and...

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Old School, New School … Mainframe is for Everyone!

Old School, New School … Mainframe is for Everyone!

At PopUp, we believe mainframe can and should be for everyone. Let's start this post with a definition.   'Old School' Mainframe Engineers: People who may have been working on the mainframe for many years who are comfortable with green screen and traditional ways...

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Fast-track your mainframe DevOps initiatives

Fast-track your mainframe DevOps initiatives

DevOps on the mainframe is particularly hard   In IT, mainframe is often the last piece to achieve automation. Many organisations have established automation and DevOps ways of working for the distributed teams, but haven’t managed to apply this to the mainframe...

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‘API’fy your z/OS Applications and Data with PopUp

‘API’fy your z/OS Applications and Data with PopUp

Are you wondering how to expose your z/OS applications and data to the cloud, mobile, or the web? Then z/OS Connect and Popup Mainframe might be the answer you are looking for. PopUp Mainframe ships with IBM z/OS Connect out of the box, which enables you to create...

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DevOps Dozen 2023 – Finalists!

DevOps Dozen 2023 – Finalists!

We are very proud to announce that PopUp Mainframe has been listed as a finalist in 2 categories at the DevOps Dozen Awards 2023!   This recognition is particularly special to us as we are a very small, very young company, competing against some established...

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GSE UK Conference 2023 – Photos!

GSE UK Conference 2023 – Photos!

The UK PopUp team (or "PopStars" as we call ourselves) attended the GSE conference at Whittlebury Park from 30th Oct - 2nd Nov 2023. It was a very well-attended event, brimming with mainframe enthusiasts, and copious deep discussions on all aspects of mainframe....

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PopUp is now listed on Red Hat Marketplace

PopUp is now listed on Red Hat Marketplace

We are thrilled to announce that in addition to our longstanding presence on the Azure Marketplace, PopUp Mainframe is now also available via the Red Hat Marketplace. PopUp can be up and running on any x86 hosted environment in minutes… both on premises and in the...

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GSE UK Conference – Nov 2023

GSE UK Conference – Nov 2023

We are excited to be attending the GSE UK Conference 2023 from 30th Oct - 2nd Nov in Whittlebury Hall.   We will be co-presenting a session with one of our customers, Legal & General, on Tuesday 31st October.     GSE Session: Legal & General -...

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Modern Mainframe Tools – Your Next Superpower?

Modern Mainframe Tools – Your Next Superpower?

Some people say that to modernise your mainframe you need to migrate onto a different platform. We don't subscribe to this view. We know that the mainframe is still the most highly performant and secure computer system available.   To be competitive,...

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PopUp Mainframe 2.0

PopUp Mainframe 2.0

[London, UK, 23rd March 2023] PopUp Mainframe today announced general availability of PopUp Mainframe 2.0, providing virtual environments running ZD&T 14.0.0 and IBM's latest z/OS operating system, IBM z/OS V2.5.   With z/OS 2.5, supporting z16 architecture,...

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GSE UK Conference – February 2023

GSE UK Conference – February 2023

We are looking forward to presenting a session at the upcoming GSE UK Virtual conference 2023. The PopUp session is "From zero to Mainframe CI/CD in a day" at 12pm UK time, Thursday 9th Feb.     You can build CICD pipelines for your mainframe systems from a...

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Technology Product Awards 2022

Technology Product Awards 2022

We are proud to be listed as finalists in the Technology Product Awards 2022 in the category: Technology Innovator of the Year   This award recognises high levels of innovation in the last 12 months, rewarding the organisation that has contributed to...

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Is outsourcing a barrier to mainframe modernisation?

Is outsourcing a barrier to mainframe modernisation?

The evolution of mainframe modernisation is rapidly accelerating In my opinion, the biggest challenge to mainframe modernisation is not technical. It is cultural and organisational with some 'stuck in their ways' siloed mainframe teams reticent, or even obstructing...

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PopUp Mainframe is Launched!

PopUp Mainframe is Launched!

21st March 2022 The DevOps, Integration and digital transformation specialist, Sandhata Technologies, has launched its new product company, PopUp Mainframe. PopUp Mainframe is a cutting-edge solution which finally removes the bottleneck of mainframe test environments...

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Mainframe Data Masking and Virtualisation

Mainframe Data Masking and Virtualisation

PopUp Mainframe & Delphix - A powerful combination Provision secure mainframe environments on demand on premise and in the cloud.   Delphix Continuous Data enables virtualisation and automation of all types of mainframe data (including DB2, VSAM...

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Introducing PopUp Mainframe

Introducing PopUp Mainframe

We are very excited to introduce PopUp Mainframe – a brand new offering which finally removes the bottleneck of mainframe test environments by making mainframe self-service a reality. Mainframe environments are expensive to buy and time-consuming to build and...

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