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Data Governance and Compliance on Mainframes: Aligning With Modern Regulations and Requirements

Craig Mullins explains how modernization efforts can help organizations get a handle on rapidly shifting compliance standards

Phoenix Software: JES Policies Come to JES3plus

In a world with pervasive outsourcing and dwindling HLASM skills, bringing JES Policies to JES3plus is a project of great strategic importance.

Make a Useful Pilot Project Using This Framework for z/OS Hybrid Integration

In this installment of “z/OS and Friends,” Dr. Joe Gulla provides a template for gleaning insights on z/OS integration

In the Battle for Talent, Modern Development Environments = Happy Developers

To attract fresh talent and defy the skills gap, IBM i shops are embracing modern development environments like VS Code for IBM i

Dr. Joe Gulla Still Hears the Music of the Mainframe

The “z/OS and Friends” author goes on “IT Social Hour” to discuss how he went from music theory major to mainframe devotee, why he still gets emotional about the mainframe, and why, at age 72, “z/Architecture Principals of Operation” still fills him with wonder

Preparing for Your Power11 Migration

IBM Champion Jaqui Lynch reviews the housekeeping that must be done before you migrate your systems to POWER11

Rocket Software Announces Innovations to Its COBOL Modernization Solutions

Leadership in the AI Age, With Executive Coach Eddie Turner

Eddie Turner joins TechTalk SMB host Charlie Guarino to discuss how leaders can navigate this era of disruption

IBM MQ and Beyond: Messaging and Integration Products Deconstructed

In this edition of “z/OS and Friends,” Joe Gulla explains the importance of messaging in the exchange of data, focusing on IBM MQ before discussing a collection of other messaging and integration products

2025 TechChannel Rising Stars Nominations Now Open

The program, created to recognize-up-and coming talent on IBM Z and Power platforms, is entering its fifth year

Mainframe Modernization Strategies Shift Amid AI Optimism, According to New Kyndryl Report

Hassan Zamat, global practice leader for Core Enterprise and zCloud at Kyndryl, explains the findings of the new “2025 State of Mainframe Modernization Survey Report”

The Unexpected Growth Story Behind IBM Power 

Richard Milone, co-founder and managing director of CNX Valence LLC, explains how the platform has defied predictions of its decline

Evolution of Mainframe Education: Part 4

In his annual recap of the Kyndryl Internship Program, Pat Stanard stresses the power of mentorship in ensuring a steady talent pipeline

Research Finds Majority of C-Suite Leaders Prioritize IT Modernization, but ROI Falls Short Without Comprehensive Strategy

Mainframe Specialists TES Enterprise Solutions and PopUp Mainframe Announce Strategic Partnership

The new working partnership aims to empower and redefine mainframe innovation in the UK.

Attracting the Brightest and the Best: Vertali’s 2025 ‘New To Z’ Intake

SERVAUTH Class Security Features: Protecting Your Mainframe

Tony Amies, software technical director at Vertali, explains how the ESM (RACF|ACF|TSS) SERVAUTH class can be an invaluable—but often overlooked—tool for organizations pursuing a zero trust strategy

Modern and Magnetic: How Modern Development Environments Attract Fresh IBM i talent

How modern development environments play a key role in attracting IBM i talent

Protect Mainframe Data From Cyber Threats and Ensure Compliance

Defend your mainframe data against ransomware, mass deletion, and other cyber threats to achieve operational resiliency and regulatory compliance. PRODUCT OVERVIEW Enterprises must protect mainframe data against escalating cyber threats, particularly ransomware, which encrypts data and demands payment for its release. Because mainframe data is mission-critical, a single vulnerability can cause severe financial, operational, and […]

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McNelly: The Latest From IBM Support, and Changes to Power11 Partition Scoring

Occasionally readers will ask about documents that are linked in some of my older articles. As an example, I was recently asked to locate a copy of the IBM document I’d linked to in this 2016 blog. If you’re at all tempted, don’t bother clicking that first link; the doc is no longer available. The […]

Up to Code: A Modern Mainframe for Modern Developers

How familiar development environments are helping the mainframe meet early-career technologists where they are at

A Love Letter to NetView, and a Look at Other Networking Management and Monitoring Tools on z/OS

For “z/OS and Friends,” Joe Gulla looks at several powerful products, highlighted by NetView as the base for system automation features and additional product support

Fulfilling the IoT Promise—In the Cloud and at the Edge

Exploring the role of cloud and edge computing in unlocking the possibilities of the internet of things (IoT)

IBM and AMD Join Forces to Build Quantum-Centric Supercomputing Architecture

The companies announced plans to develop next-generation computing architectures based on the combination of quantum computers and high-performance computing.

Security and Governance Lag Behind AI Adoption, says IBM’s ‘Cost of a Data Breach Report’

Governance and security are playing catch-up as enterprises rush to leverage AI, a technology that is generating new attack vectors and changing what organizations must do to protect their data, according to IBM’s recently published “Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025.” The report is the result of research conducted by Ponemon Institute, which studied […]