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How COMMON Is Positioning Itself for the Next Generation 

User group President Peggy Tuttle and Executive Director Manzoor Siddiqui discuss efforts to attract new members and the decision to co-locate NAViGATE with IBM TechXchange 

IBM i AI Contest Opens Doors for Pennsylvania College of Technology Students

Innovation, collaboration and real-world problem solving took center stage at the Power Skills Academy iMPACT Challenge 2026, where three student teams from Pennsylvania College of Technology developed AI-powered business solutions on IBM i. That journey concluded this spring as six budding IBM i technologists—three teams of two—found themselves immersed in the IBM Power community. As […]

3 (More) Foundational AI Capabilities for IBM i

Rick Hurckes, director of services at mrc, shares how AI can fill gaps in IBM i environments that used to be addressed with workarounds and tribal knowledge

Modernization on IBM Power: Is Europe Ahead?

With Common Europe Congress 2026 coming up, outgoing Common Europe President Juan Manuel Alcudia goes on IT Social Hour to reflect on the state of the continent’s IBM Power community

From Noise to Intelligence: How Taxonomy Is Essential to AI for Mainframe Operations

For the first article in their series, “Rise of the Agents,” Clea Zolotow, Marci Formato and Alfredo Iglesias of Kyndryl discuss why flooding AI systems with unstructured or poorly classified information is insufficient

COMMON Europe Congress Proves You Still Need People

Juan Manuel Alcudia, outgoing president of COMMON Europe, and Steve Bradshaw, longtime member of the COMMON Europe Advisory Council, reflect on the state of the IBM Power community on the continent

Time to Kill the ‘Legacy’ Label Once and For All—Here are Some Better Terms for IBM Z and IBM i

Jen Nelson, CEO of Izzi Software, laments the harms caused by IT ignorance and suggests alternatives to the misnomer that has plagued IBM i and IBM Z

Tricentis Report: 60% of Global Organizations are Shipping Untested Code as AI Accelerates Software Development

Why Mainframe Data Is Becoming the Most Valuable Data in the Enterprise

Craig Mullins outlines the factors that make mainframe data a strategic asset, including operational discipline, data gravity and AI readiness

In IT, There Are No Points for Humility

Rob McNelly on the importance of giving credit where due, a guide to NPIV setup and more

Why Linux on IBM Z Continues to Grow

Continuing his series, “The IBM Z Experience,” Joe Gulla explains how IBM achieves enterprise‑grade open source at mainframe scale, and why the market demands it

Europe’s IBM Power Wishlist: Steve Bradshaw on IT Social Hour

Steve Bradshaw, a longtime member of the COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC), discusses the top priorities of the European Power community

May TechPulse Recap: AI Is Everywhere in Concept, Not in Production

TechPulse asked IBM Power professionals about the state of emerging and adjacent technologies in their organization

CoderFlow: When AI Stops Suggesting and Starts Finishing

Profound Logic’s CoderFlow is not an AI coding assistant. It is not a copilot, a smarter autocomplete, or an IDE plugin. It is an enterprise-grade agentic coding platform that autonomously executes the full engineering workflow, compiling, testing, validating, and fixing code, then delivers verified, ready-to-commit outcomes for developer review. And increasingly, organizations are deploying the […]

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IBM and Red Hat Commit $5 Billion to Redefine the Future of Open Source in the AI Era

Project Lightwell establishes a trusted enterprise clearinghouse for open source software with a new AI-driven model for securing the software supply chain.

4 Foundational AI Capabilities for IBM i

Rick Hurckes, director of services at mrc, explains how to think about AI on IBM i (before you build anything)

Keeping AWS Cloud Costs Under Control by Preventing Waste

Why reducing waste matters more than cutting costs, and how architecture and governance drive long-term efficiency

IBM Bob Premium Package for i Gets June 24 GA: Here Are 5 Specialized Capabilities

IBM announces the general availability date for Bob’s Premium Package for i, which tailors the AI-driven development tool for IBM i users

What Is an Affinity Score and Why Does it Matter?

IBM i consultant Dawn May describes the importance of affinity scores as a measure of performance and explains how to review that data

Agentic AI Safety: 7 Essential Guardrails

Pat Stanard, Distinguished Engineer and chief mainframe architect for Kyndryl US, shares the most important safety measures for AI agents in the enterprise

The Operational Costs Hiding Inside AWS Environments

Why organizations often lack visibility into the costs of running workloads on AWS, and why those issues tend to surface over time

When Cloud Is Better Than Mainframe (and When It’s Not)

Broadcom Mainframe Software CTO George DeCandio stresses that hybrid IT success depends on picking the right environment for the right workload

Project Glasswing Participation Extends IBM’s Security Efforts

As adversaries weaponize AI against the systems organizations depend on, IBM is putting cutting-edge defenses.

IBM i’s AI Advantage: The Ecosystem Stakes a Claim 

As a platform for AI, the OS has a leg up due to its comprehensive data sets, integrated architecture and unique user base, IBM i enthusiasts proclaim

The Grayframer’s Take on the AWS AI Practitioner Exam

Bruce McKnight explains what passing means, and what it does not