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Mainframe Master Innovations: Automation and Mainframe Compliance

NetSPI and Synack to Merge, Forming Combined Offensive Cybersecurity Platform

Combined company pairs elite ‘white hat’ hackers with agentic AI to deliver security validation at scale.

2026 Rising Stars Nominations Are Now Open

The TechChannel initiative recognizes those who are new to their platform but are already making an impact

REXX Execution Explained: Explicit, Implicit and Batch

New-to-Z systems engineer Stephen Johnston explains the three primary ways to run REXX on z/OS, something that’s not immediately obvious to those new to Z

What to Do if Your VIOS Backup Fails

Rob McNelly aggregates updates and alerts from IBM Support, including vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS, recent APARS, updateios and altdisk problem scenarios and more, including an update on his Arizona adventures

The AI Natives Are Coming. What Kind of Technologists Will They Be?

Dana Woods, an educator and technology integration specialist, sees first-hand how AI is shaping young minds; he shares his observations on IT Social Hour

Enhancing z/OS Applications While Preserving Core System Integrity: The Technologies You Need to Know

In this edition of the ‘IBM Z Experience,’ Joe Gulla explains how the mainframe can be so much more than the system of record

Why Cloud-Native Site Reliability Engineering Is Becoming a Mainframe Skill

As transaction paths become more complex, Scott Petry of PwC US stresses the increasing importance of automation, observability, incident management and more

August TechPulse Recap: Modernization—The Project That Never Ends

For August, TechPulse asked IBM Power professionals about their approach to modernization—how they’re pacing it, where AI tools fit in, what’s actually driving the work and how legacy IBM i forms and documents factor into the picture. Thirteen respondents weighed in, and the results suggest a community that’s largely moved past crisis-mode modernization, even as […]

IBM’s First Dual-Architecture Mainframe Processor Brings Arm Technology to Z and LinuxONE

As the first product of the companies’ new partnership, the next-generation processor will vastly expand software options on the mainframe

Clearing Up IBM Technologists’ Biggest Misconceptions About AWS (and Vice Versa)

James Roarty, chief cloud officer at Lightedge, has seen things from both sides, explaining how he went from being ‘all in on cloud’ to a more nuanced view

SCLM Is Going Away. Replacing It Takes More Than Git.

The question now is how to manage the complete application lifecycle, not just source conversion, according to René De Vleeschauwer, founder and CEO of IKAN

Taking Greater Control of Live Partition Mobility

Using the vfc resource label as an example, Chris Gibson provides a practical introduction to VIOS group labels

The Stability Trap: Don’t Let Complacency Turn Small Problems into Big Shutdowns

IBM i’s reliability is legendary. But that same stability can breed complacency, and small, overlooked issues can quietly grow into costly outages. Fortra’s latest Ask the Experts episode tackles this head-on: “The Stability Trap: Don’t Let Complacency Turn Small Problems into Big Shutdowns.” Three seasoned IBM i practitioners walk through the operational areas where risk […]

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Modernize the Application, Not Necessarily the Platform

Craig Mullins illustrates why mainframe application modernization should begin with business requirements, not a migration mandate

Use NOT FENCED UDFs for Better Db2 for i Performance

Dawn May explains why it’s important to understand your options beyond the “slow and safe” default

New IBM z17 and LinuxONE 5 Systems Now Available

New deployment options designed to bring the power of AI and enterprise-grade resiliency to a broader set of organizations

Is Your Platform Secure Enough to Modernize?

James Loftus, technical delivery manager at Vertali, explains the question that every mainframe modernization program needs to answer

Solving a Six-Decade-Old Problem

Many of the world’s most critical business applications run as CICS transactions against VSAM files. Banks depend on that combination for ATMs and teller systems, insurers for claims, airlines for reservations, manufacturers for inventory control, and governments for tax filings. These applications work. They are fast, proven, and full of business rules nobody wants to […]

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Why Cloud-Assisted Recovery Is Becoming More Attractive to Mainframe Shops

Cloud infrastructure experts explain how services such as AWS CloudFormation and S3 can help enterprises build scalable resilience layers without moving core IBM Z workloads

Optimizing FICON for Hidden Mainframe Cost Savings

John Shuman, retired Distinguished Engineer, points to a major opportunity across mainframes—enhancing efficiency of port/channel environments

ISPF for VS Code Users: Editing Multiple Files

Systems engineer Stephen Johnston shows how to split your screen and switch between files in ISPF

Izzi Software Launches Z/XDC on Visual Studio Code

New expansion integrates seamlessly into existing workflows, supporting young programmers by improving accessibility

July TechPulse Recap: Hybrid Cloud

For July, TechPulse surveyed IBM Power professionals on how they’re distributing workloads across on-premises and cloud infrastructure, where their biggest hybrid cloud headaches lie and whether their IBM i shops could keep printing critical forms and labels if the internet went down—among other questions. The sample size of eight respondents was smaller than TechPulse’s recent […]

Celebrating the Power 11 Family’s New Addition

Rob McNelly provides details on the recent S1112 announcement and reflects on his upcoming writing/blogging anniversary

Reactive to Proactive: A More Confident Approach to IBM i Monitoring

Businesses trust IBM i to support the applications and workflows that process their invoices, operate their warehouses, dispatch their shipments, and most important of all, serve their customers. IBM i is the high point for reliability for any business application, but even the most reliable environments need visibility to be properly secured, maintained, and monitored. […]

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