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Rocket Software Accelerates Data Modernization With Rocket ContentEdge

Rocket ContentEdge launches to unlock the value of unstructured data with safety-first GenAI, automation and analytics to deliver borderless information across hybrid environments

Mainframers Are Getting Younger, and Other Takeaways From BMC’s Annual Survey

Eric Odell, director of solutions marketing at BMC, interprets the results, which tell the story of a generational handoff and all-time high positive views of the platform

Webinar: Bridging the IBM i Skills Gap

Experts highlight practical strategies for overcoming the talent shortage; featuring Steve Will and Linda Alkire of IBM, Brian Nordland of Fortra and Allen Pearson of Gateway Technical College

Omnilogy Launches i-Rays, First Observability Solution Purpose-Built for IBM i

The software empowers technology and business leaders to get deep insights and reduce risk.

A Decade of Development: The Open Mainframe Project and the Open Source Revolution

Founding members Steven Dickens, Len Santalucia and John Mertic reflect on the democratization of the mainframe ecosystem

Sweet Talking the Bot: Adventures in AI-Assisted Coding on IBM i

IBM i consultant Rick Flagler shares his experience using generative AI as a coding assistant, including a case study involving EDI

Recapping a Year of ‘z/OS and Friends’

Joe Gulla reviews his year of mainframe exploration, indexing the 24 articles he wrote on the mainframe’s architecture

2026: The Year AI Affects All IBM i Users

IBM i CTO Steve Will previews what is sure to be a big year for AI on IBM i, including the release of IBM Bob and a focus on agents

IT Social Hour: Meet the Team Behind ‘Big Iron Bits’ (Including Chaz and Reg!)

In this episode, we look behind the scenes of “Big Iron Bits,” a workplace mockumentary following a misinformed CIO’s mainframe awakening

AAG Version 3.0 is here

The release from Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd delivers 2-3x faster response times and dramatically reduced overhead on Nagios Servers.

How to Survive a ‘Missile Attack’ and the Other Latest Cyberthreats

Robi Singh, mainframe architect at Vertali, offers advice for recovering in time and staying in business, including descriptions of the latest attack methods and how they can be defeated by resilient architecture

PopUp Mainframe’s Pay-Per-Use Flex Edition Now Available

Flex Edition provides an instantly available mainframe environment in a pay-as-you-go model

Secrets to Attracting IBM i Talent (and Keeping It), With Steve Wolk

Steve Wolk, a distinguished IBM i evangelist, joins Charlie Guarino on TechTalk SMB to discuss ways the IBM i community can overcome challenges in attracting qualified talent

McNelly: IBM Unveils watsonx.data

Rob McNelly shares details on the recently GA’ed watsonx.data on IBM Power, an explainer on the dangers of ‘shadow AI’ and the latest security alerts

TechChannel Looks Back on a Jam-Packed 2025

The year brought a pair of major hardware releases as the IBM Z and IBM Power ecosystems continued to embrace AI and hybrid cloud while preparing for new challenges in cybersecurity

Introducing TechPulse, a Monthly Micro-Survey From TechChannel

TechPulse will provide a place for technologists on IBM Power and IBM Z to share their opinions and observations

The z/OS Interface Ecosystem: Bridging Networks, Security, Automation and Development

For the final installment of “z/OS and Friends,” Joe Gulla catalogs the modern interfaces for networking and integration, security, monitoring and automation, and DevOps

The Mainframe DBA: From Custodian to Strategist in the Age of Intelligent Automation

New models and tools mean database administrators can now focus less on routine tasks, and more on higher-level functions, Craig Mullins writes

Accelerate Application Modernization With watsonx and z17 AI

In this webinar, experts from Novipro and Blair Technology Solutions dig into the new mainframe and its promise of enhanced speed, accuracy and automation When IBM unveiled the new z17 mainframe in 2025, the company doubled down on its AI mission, enhancing the hardware’s AI inference capabilities with the Telum II processor, optional Spyre AI […]

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Spyre AI Accelerator Now Available on Power11

The card became generally available Dec. 12, expanding on-premises inferencing abilities for organizations racing to operationalize AI

2025 TechChannel Rising Stars

TechChannel recognizes early-career technologists who have already made outstanding contributions to the IBM Z and IBM Power ecosystems.

A Matter of Trust: Why Your AI Strategy Needs a Librarian

Amid an AI “trust crisis,” Nathan Smith, who leads mainframe data replication strategy for customers at Kyndryl, writes about the ways the mainframe can help generative AI produce more reliable results

Navigating the Core: A Compendium of Traditional z/OS Interfaces

For “z/OS and Friends,” Joe Gulla provides an overview of the interfaces that every feature, software product and application development environment relies on to communicate.

IBM and AWS Strengthen Partnership to Accelerate Enterprise Agentic AI Across Industries

The companies are partnering on every layer of the AI stack as they unveil new innovations.

Generative AI and the Fast Track to Mainframe Skills

Meredith Stowell, VP of LinuxONE & Z Ecosystem at IBM, explains how generative AI tools are helping new mainframers get up to speed and beat the skills gap