Written Work
If you need anything written, contact Trevor Eddolls at iTech-Ed. iTech-Ed's contact information is shown here.
Articles & Blogs Published Online
Trevor has a regular blog at Mainframe Update.
Trevor has articles on the TechChannel website. He also has articles on the Spiceworks (was IT Toolbox) website.
In addition, his blogs appear on the Planet Mainframe website.
Books Written
- VM Performance Management, published by McGraw-Hill.
- Introduction to VM, published by NCC Blackwell.
- ASO: Automated Systems Operations for MVS, also published by McGraw-Hill.
Articles Written
Articles written by Trevor Eddolls have appeared in a wide range of publications including Computerworld (US edition), Enterprise Client/Server, Insight IS, VM Update, VSE Update, NT Update, Domino Update, Oracle Update, News IS, and most of Xephon's mainframe-based publications.
In addition, Trevor has been interviewed very many times by journalists looking for information to understand the significance of a particular story, or for an expert comment.
Enterprise Systems Media
- A Wake-Up Call! — June 2019.
- Coaching Mainframers — October 2015.
- Mainframe Penguins — August 2015.
- Having Your Cake and Eating It — July 2014.
Enterprise Tech Journal
- Strategies for Migrating Your Mainframe to IPv6 — August/September 2013.
- IMS: Stretching Across Computing Platforms and Applications — Winter 2013.
zJournal
- The z114: Delivering Game-Changing Opportunities — March/April 2012.
- Ways to Save Money and Improve IT Services — December 2011/January 2012.
- CICS Top Performance and Tuning Issues — August/September 2011.
- IMS and Cloud Computing — October/November 2010.
- IMS: An Exciting Future Still Ahead — August/September 2009.
- Mainframe Application Modernization — February/March 2009.
- Enterprise Information Integration: A Common Language for Mainframe Data Sources — October/November 2008.
- Achieving Successful Database Auditing — June/July 2008.
Trevor's article Mainframe Application Modernization is also available from IBM — click here.
Trevor's article Mainframes: life begins at 45 appeared in the Institution of Engineering and Technology's Engineering & Technology magazine, issue 20 (21 November – 4 December 2009).
Trevor's article Database archiving for the future appeared in the May–June 2008 issue of Mainframe Executive magazine.
An article about the Virtual IMS Connection user group was published in the IBM IMS newsletter 0801.
Other Publications
Trevor has had two articles about Microsoft's Visio published on the Accounting Web site: article one and article two. A similar article appeared on the Training Zone website and at the HR Zone website.
Trevor also had an article, Which is the best browser for me?, published on the Accounting Web site — read it here.
Arcati Mainframe Yearbook
iTech-Ed produced the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook in 2023 and every year since 2008. Mark Lillycrop's Arcati organization describes it as "the one-stop independent reference work for users of IBM mainframe systems". It contains an annual user survey, a vendor directory, a strategy section, a glossary, and a mainframe evolution section. The Yearbook is available free in PDF format — the 2023 edition is available here.
iTech-Ed provided the Glossary section for the Yearbook in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
Newsletters
Trevor writes and produces a bi-monthly newsletter for the Virtual IMS user group and the Virtual CICS user group. Copies of recent newsletters can be found here and here.
NaSPA Technical Support Magazine
- TCP/IP Monitoring — February 2005.
- Composite Applications – A Beginner's Guide to What Products are Available — September 2005.
- Application Development Choices — November 2005.
- AJAX – offering desktop-level development quality over the Web — June 2006 (feature article).
- Web 2.0 – what is it and why should I care? — August 2006. Also published in Network Support magazine.
- CICS containers and channels — September 2006.
- Don't miss the Enterprise Service Bus — November 2006.
- Virtualization: Real Advantages — April 2007.
- Mainframe Futures — May 2007.
- IBM's Project ECLipz: What is it and Why is it Important? — June 2007.
Trevor also contributed to NaSPA's third podcast. Listen at feeds.feedburner.com/naspa (naspa-64630-06-08-2007.mp3).
Podcasts
Further Articles
Trevor's article IDEs for middleware – a beginner's guide was published in the November 2007 (Volume 21 Report 4) issue of MiddlewareSPECTRA.
Trevor has written two articles for the Techie Crossing website: Database Auditing: Who Did What, to Which Data, When? and Database Archiving for Tomorrow.
Trevor has produced a White Paper for William Data Systems, and documentation for internal use by NetManage, McKinsey and Company, and NEON Enterprise Software.
He has written many articles that appeared originally on Anura Gurugé's IT In-Depth site.