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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

These Are the Mainframe’s Good Old Days: Mark Schettenhelm on IT Social Hour

Mark Schettenhelm, principal product manager at BMC, explains how mindsets on the platform are changing and why the mainframe is currently basking in a “golden age”

Overcoming the Semantic Gap in Mainframe-to-AWS Schema Mapping

Connecting enterprise data to cloud platforms is the first step—understanding what it means is the next challenge, Tim Bond of Adeptia and Rohan Gupta of R Systems explain

NetSPI Launches AI-Powered Continuous Pentesting

The human-led, AI-accelerated platform supports continuous penetration testing and agentic MCP integrations.

IBM i: Putting Integration Front and Center

Amy Williams, principal security services consultant at Fortra, explains how IBM i is evolving without sacrificing the core security and stability the platform is known for

IBM Announces Red Hat AI Inference and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Service on IBM Cloud

The new offerings are designed to enable enterprises to operationalize AI and securely run virtualized workloads at scale.

AI and the MainframeModernization Express Lane

How AI is aiding in mainframe modernization through code analysis, and why the mainframe’s “Legacy” is an advantage in scaling AI

Scaling AI Beyond the ‘Lightbulb’ Stage

To kick off IBM Think 2026, Arvind Krishna and Rob Thomas outline their vision for moving AI beyond chatbots and email summaries

From Transaction Logs to AI Insights: The Rise of Flow-Centric Data

Navdeep Sidhu, CEO of meshIQ, describes how an an end-to-end transaction-centric observability layer can fill in the “assurance gap” that exists with traditional monitoring tools

The DBA’s Role in a World That Thinks It Doesn’t Need DBAs

In a world of automation, AI and “self-managing” databases, the role of the DBA has become misunderstood, Craig Mullins writes

HILP Events on IBM i: Understanding and Mitigating High-Impact, Low-Probability Failures

Maciej Wielgus, IT architect for i-Rays by Omnilogy, explains how accidents are inherent to complex systems, and how organizations can mitigate the impact of rare but potentially devastating failures

Agents in the Enterprise: How to Meet the AI Moment

Experts in AI and cloud infrastructure explain what enterprises and technology providers are doing to operationalize agentic workflows at scale

April TechPulse Confirms Dominance of Hybrid Cloud for Scaling

In the April TechPulse survey, scaling via hybrid cloud was twice as popular as scaling in place, while a vanishingly small minority were replatforming in the cloud exclusively

IBM Power/NASA Collaboration: Seeking Details

Rob McNelly has questions about Power servers’ involvement in the lunar mission, plus answers on updating VIOS from the HMC and tips from IBM Support

The Hidden Costs of AI-Assisted Mainframe Development

Jennifer Nelson, CEO of Izzi Software, makes the case for cautious skepticism when using new approaches to debug

CNX Rolls Out Robust AI Capabilities With Valence 6.4, the Low-Code Platform for IBM i

Valence now writes code from conversational prompts, helping IBM i shops close the skills gap.

How PR/SM, z/VM and KVM Became Virtualization Superstars on IBM Z

For the second installment of his series, “The IBM Z Experience,” Joe Gulla traces the evolution of virtualization—from address-space isolation to modern, full-system hypervisors

COBOL Modernization: Lessons From the Government

Tax season in the U.S. served as another reminder of COBOL’s critical role in government systems and the ongoing efforts to modernize the language

You Have Z Questions? CDW Mainframe Experts Have the Answers

In this episode of “Ask the Experts,” CDW’s mainframe specialists dive into the pressing questions and challenges faced by mainframe users and administrators. With decades of experience and expertise, the team shares insights on optimizing mainframe environments, implementing best practices, and maximizing the value of zSystems investments. What You’ll Learn: Featured Experts: CDW, a leader […]

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