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Tackling the Mainframe Skills Shortage on Multiple Fronts: The Asia-Pacific Perspective

Dallas Newton, regional director for Vertali APAC, observes that finding the next generation of mainframe workers is a global challenge

2024 TechChannel Rising Stars

Meet the 2024 TechChannel Rising Stars, who have worked on IBM Z or IBM Power for 5 years or fewer but are already making an impact.

RPG Code Assistant Project: Bridging the Skills Gap Amid Modernization

Quantum Computing Breakthroughs Announced at IBM Conference

IBM’s Heron R2 chip and Qiskit software stack are credited for achieving a new level of scientific value in the field of quantum computing

Navigating the Skills Gap Means Navigating the Generation Gap

IMS veteran Nick Griffin, of BMC Software, shares his advice on bridging generational differences in the IT workplace

NAKIVO Launches v11: Proxmox VE Support, Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365, Spanish Language, Enhanced Cybersecurity

The latest release of NAKIVO Backup & Replication expands platform coverage, strengthens backup for Microsoft 365, introduces advanced cybersecurity measures and includes Spanish language support

SUSE AI Gives Control, Privacy and Trust to Enterprises Implementing Open Source AI Solutions

IT Leaders’ Risk Behaviors Often Undercut Their Own Cybersecurity Measures, Report Finds

Adam Marrè, chief information security officer at cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf, discusses the role of human fallibility in cyber defense

How Artificial Intelligence Is Accelerating Mainframe Modernization

IBM leaders hail the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tool as a game changer in code conversion

Data Storage Corporation Appoints Colin Freeman as Managing Director of CloudFirst Europe

Freeman will oversee the company’s expansion into the European market, with an initial focus on leading the United Kingdom.

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing Pose New Data Security Challenges

Ray Harishankar, IBM fellow and VP of IBM Quantum Safe, and Akiba Saeedi, VP of IBM Security Product Management, explain Guardium’s new data security center and quantum-safe capabilities

Broadcom Introduces New Innovations to Accelerate Enterprise IT Modernization

Broadcom announces advances across its VMware Cloud Foundation platform at VMware Explore 2024 Barcelona

VMware Cloud Foundation Delivers Private Cloud Platform to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence, Sovereignty and Security Outcomes

Upgrading Your Storage Scale Cluster, Part 2

In part one of this two-part series, I discussed things you should be aware of prior to upgrading your Spectrum Scale cluster. In this article I will cover the actual upgrade process. Preparing to Upgrade the Cluster From 5.1.7.1 to 5.2.1.1 The first step is to download the code and unpack it into a shared […]

New Computing Environments Breed Simple Questions, Not-So-Simple Answers

Rob McNelly shares things young engineers say, his recent work on IBM i issues and some old photos

Power Skills Academy Nurtures the Future of IBM i

TechTalk SMB Host Charlie Guarino welcomes Linda Alkire, senior program manager at IBM, to discuss how Power Skills Academy is training the next generation of IBM i practitioners

Upgrading Your Storage Scale Cluster, Part 1

In this two-part series, IBM Champion Jaqui Lynch shares the lessons she learned when upgrading from Spectrum Scale 5.1.7.1

Fresche Solutions Introduces AI-Celerate to Power the IBM i Community on Their Enterprise AI Journeys

Digital Transformation: The Next 10 Years on the Mainframe

A new survey by the IBM Institute for Business Value shows how 2,500 enterprise executives are approaching the combination of mainframe, cloud and AI to drive innovation

Exploitation of Cyber Vulnerabilities Has Surged, Says New S&P Report

S&P Global Ratings champions the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and Exploit Prediction Security Score (EPSS) in assessing risk.

3 IBM Z Day Takeaways: Looking Back on IBM’s Largest Tech Event of the Year

Mainframe uses are expanding, Ross Mauri, general manager of IBM Z and LinuxONE, said during his keynote presentation

Granite 3.0 Large Language Model Announced at IBM’s TechXchange

IBM announced the latest iterations of its flagship Granite large language model (LLM) at its TechXchange event Oct. 21.  The release of the open-source Granite 3.0 comes with multiple variants, but stars Granite 3.0 8B Instruct. Trained on more than 12 trillion tokens of data across 12 natural languages and 116 programming languages, the general-purpose […]

2024 TechXchange Awards Program Winners Announced

The program recognizes IBM clients who make significant contributions to their organizations and to the industry overall.

Announcing IBM i Migrate While Active, and Other Offerings From IBM i Technology Refresh

Brandon Pederson, IBM i and Power product marketing manager, highlights IBM’s newest offerings

To Close Skills Gap, IBM Z Embraces Gen Z

During a keynote panel at IBM Z Day, young mainframers reflected on their cross-generational working environments