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IT Social Hour: Makers of Big Iron Bits Preview Season 2

The makers of “Big Iron Bits” share their excitement for Season 2, with a special from from the Techutex Technologies team

Security and AI: What Keeps IBM Technologists Up at Night

The 2026 TechChannel Reader Survey shows IBM Z and IBM Power professionals have put AI to work—but they haven’t stopped checking its answers

The Cast Behind The Code

Get to know the crew behind the mainframe mayhem—in fact, you’ve probably met them all before (or been them, yourself).

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‘Big Iron Bits’ Season 2 Marks Return of ‘Mainframe Bizarro World’

Chaz and friends are back as Broadcom MSD’s mockumentary ventures deeper into the world of mainframe

IBM Tackles the Agent Governance Gap at TechXchange

New tools aim to help enterprises track, secure and control fast-growing rosters of AI agents

What MCP Means for IBM i: Connecting AI Assistants to Db2 for i Safely

Roni Ström, maintainer of an open-source Db2 for i MCP server, compares the ways to connect AI assistants to IBM i and the controls to put in place before production

At TechXchange 2026, Db2 Depth Meets a Broader Technology Perspective

Craig Mullins reflects on a gathering that attracted technologists of all stripes by putting four conferences under one roof

McNelly: Back From IBM TechXchange

Rob McNelly shares his thoughts on what makes the conference so worthwhile, plus the latest from IBM Support and other observations

Master Cybersecurity Resilience with SAMM

How Vanguard SAMM is Redefining z/OS Security and Malware Detection In an era where cyber threats grow increasingly sophisticated, enterprise mainframe environments face unprecedented risks. System modification, unauthorized library access, and subtle malware injections can bypass traditional perimeter controls undetected. To combat these risks, Vanguard Software Application Monitoring & Malware Detection (SAMM) offers a proactive, […]

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Your ‘Easy Button’ for CIS Compliance

Executive Overview & Business Value Compliance management in IBM i environments is traditionally plagued by complex frameworks, high-stakes audits, and labor-intensive manual work. Even elite IT organizations struggle with interpreting lengthy regulatory standards and executing them without error. In heavily regulated industries like finance, insurance, and healthcare, the burden of securing systems and continuously proving […]

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IBM Concert Platform Advances Path to Cross-Domain Agentic IT Operations 

The platform is now available as a SaaS offering or through on-premises deployment.

New watsonx Orchestrate Capabilities Announced at TechXchange 2026 

IBM advances its vision to help organizations discover and manage agents across platforms.

The Evolution of COBOL Development: From Green Screens to AI

Pat Stanard, Distinguished Engineer and chief mainframe architect for Kyndryl US, looks at how the COBOL developer experience has changed, from punch cards and batch jobs to VS Code and AI assistants

An AI Agent Recovery Drill Is the Test Every Enterprise Needs

Gleb Tsipursky, CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, shows how mainframe and IBM i teams can test their readiness for an AI agent control failure

October TechPulse Recap: Governance

October’s IBM Power TechPulse survey covers governance challenges, the impact on new initiatives, AI oversight and forms and label controls

AI Agents Are Making AWS Networking a 3D Chess Game

AI models and applications create data traffic patterns that enterprises may not have designed for, increasing the complexity of AWS cloud management

When AI Briefings Confuse Free and Available Memory

Srithan Gade, co-founder of VenoxAI, illustrates how to ensure a summary reflects the meaning of source metrics

When the Expert Retires: How One IBM i Shop Built a Bridge to the Future

Jim Buck, cofounder of imPower Technologies, shares a case study in what to do when a longtime IBM i developer is getting ready to move on

On the Job With IBM Bob

How to work with your new AI-driven development partner on IBM Z

Moving Workloads to AWS Changes the Security Equation

Cloud migration requires a different approach to identity and access management as the potential for data exposure increases

Fortra Launches Continuity Care, a Fully Managed Cyber Resilience and Recovery Validation Service

The turnkey service, built on FalconStor Habanero and Cloud Clean Room, provides organizations offsite storage with quarterly validated recovery testing.

Inside IBM Bob

What you need to know about the AI-driven development assistant

ISPF for VS Code Users: Keyboard Shortcuts

New-to-Z systems engineer Stephen Johnston shows VS Code users how to assign keyboard shortcuts on z/OS

Creating a Microservice API on Z: A Product-by-Product Primer

In this edition of the ‘IBM Z Experience,’ Joe Gulla explains how IBM’s z/OS Connect, API Connect and DataPower come together to build, administer and protect APIs

Triton Consulting and SMT Data Announce Mainframe Partnership

The arrangement puts advanced mainframe analytics alongside deep Db2 expertise in the same room, working on the same problems.