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When the Latest and Greatest Isn’t That Great

Rob McNelly on the challenges posed by some technological innovations, notes from IBM Support, and a shout-out to the newly retired Nigel Griffiths

The Glass Is More Than Half Full: From Attack to Defense

Vertali’s Mark Wilson discusses why it’s time to change the mindset around mainframes and cyber threats—making the platform part of every cybersecurity conversation in the organization

Harnessing the Power of AI in the Financial Industry

AI is all the rage in the tech industry as well as the mainstream media as more and more news stories talk about OpenAI and ChatGPT. But its capabilities extend beyond those generative uses. “Despite the lack of familiarity for most people, AI is a technology that’s transforming the way we do business, interact and, […]

Performance Implications for CICS Applications Using COBOL Version 6

Rocket Software’s Ezriel Gross highlights a methodology for CICS problem analysis and performance tuning—and shares how it led to a 92% savings in CPU for a heavily used transaction

Closing the Mainframe Skills Gap With Diverse New Talent

How Albany State University’s Dr. Robert Owor is advocating for mainframe education and diversity in the technology ecosystem

Detect and Eliminate Malware in Your Mainframe Systems

Seldom a day goes by when we don’t hear about the latest ransomware attack. This is the current scourge of the internet, and mainframes are not exempt. Spreading malware—or if you are an insider, even “renting” malware as a service—is as easy as a trip to the web. Attack vectors that include cryptomining executables, encrypting […]

Under the Hood with Maxava

Maxava’s Ash Giddings and Martin Norman offer expert insights on high availability and reveal key features of Maxava’s cutting-edge HA/DR solution for IBM i

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IBM i and the Difference Between Secure and Securable

This transcript is edited for clarity. Paul Tuohy: I’m delighted to be joined today by Amy Williams, who is the senior security services consultant with Fortra—whom some of you would probably remember as HelpSystems if you don’t know about the name change. So hello Amy. Amy Williams: Hello Paul. It’s so nice to be here […]

Putting a Plan in Place for Cyber Resiliency

This transcript is edited for clarity.   Reg Harbeck: Hi, I’m Reg Harbeck and today I’m here with Milt Rosberg, who is the global VP of worldwide sales, marketing, and business development at Vanguard Integrity Professionals and deeply rooted in the security industry since 1999 with also risk management at IBM. Milton Rosberg has worked […]

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5 Key Takeaways from IBM’s Watsonx Day

On June 21, IBM held watsonx Day, a virtual event that gave an in-depth look at the features and capabilities of the recently announced watsonx, a platform and suite of development management tools designed to multiply the impact of AI across businesses. The event featured 26 different panels with input from more than 40 experts […]

How to Introduce Modern Development Tools Successfully

Dawn May, president of COMMON, and Andy Finley, senior solutions engineer at Rocket Software, discuss how IBM i customers are taking advantage of new DevOps offerings

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TechChannel Launches Ask the Experts Series

The TechChannel team is always working to deliver fresh and innovative content to our audience. That’s why we’re launching a new thought leadership initiative: Ask the Experts. Connecting You to Expert IT Insights The TechChannel Webinars Ask the Experts series connects our audience directly to technical experts and thought leaders through a 15- to 20-minute conversation […]

Six Defining Characteristics of z/OS and Mainframe

IBM Z mainframes and z/OS are important, still carrying out critical back-end processing after nearly six decades. But some things about mainframes seem strange. I mean, why the obsession with batch? And why do sites have so few z/OS systems? Let’s look at six characteristics of the mainframe and z/OS that help explain what it […]

Experts at IBM i Modernization

COMMON president Dawn May and CM First Group’s John Rhodes discuss current trends and technologies to modernize RPG and COBOL applications on the IBM i

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First Steps for Making Hybrid Cloud a Reality in Your Organization

Rocket Software’s Jeff Cherrington discusses key use cases for hybrid cloud and explains how to expand your existing IBM zSystems or Power Systems infrastructure with hybrid cloud strategies

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Highlights From Common Europe Congress 2023

Common Europe Congress 2023 has come to an end. After such a project there is a feeling of emptiness that everybody involved can recognize. For me, it’s not a bad feeling; it’s a positive feeling that I’ve done everything I could to make the best Congress possible. And it certainly was a great one, breaking several records: […]

Top API Security Risks in 2023

“Modernize” seems to be the most popular word to go alongside mainframes these days. We’re always being told to modernize our applications by migrating part or all of them to the cloud. We’re also being told that we can modernize our business-critical mainframe applications by using APIs (application programming interfaces) to expose mainframe-based data and […]

IBM z16 and Power10 Deliver Highest Reliability Among Mainstream Servers for 15th Consecutive Year

The IBM z16 mainframe lives up to its reputation for delivering “zero downtime.” The latest z16 server, introduced in April 2022, delivers nine nines—99.9999999%—of uptime and reliability. This is just over 30 milliseconds of per server annual downtime, according to the results of the ITIC 2023 Global Server Hardware, Server OS Reliability Survey. ITIC’s 2023 […]

Google’s Bard Spins Some Tales About IBM Power Systems and AIX

Rob McNelly experiments with the AI tool to see what it knows about IBM Power Systems and AIX

IBM i: 35 Years of Computing Innovation

This special interactive content experience highlights the people and the technology that have sustained IBM i for the past 35 years

CISOs: What’s at the Top of Your Cybersecurity List?

While the mainframe may be the most securable platform on the planet, it doesn’t come that way automatically. As the bad actors get smarter and threat vectors increase, the mainframe is at risk for data breaches and other incidents like any other server. Whenever my team and I carry out security assessments and penetration tests, […]

Mainframe Master Innovations

Reg Harbeck and seven mainframe luminaries weigh in on why the mainframe has enjoyed ongoing success and delve into the platform’s value and irrepressible excellence

Building a Digital-First Strategy With IBM i

When it comes to modernizing IBM i environments, often the biggest challenges aren’t technical. Many enterprises simply don’t know where to begin. Puneet Kohli sees it all the time. As president of application modernization at Rocket Software, Kohli is charged with helping clients navigate the challenges and recognize that IBM i is well-suited to help […]

Innovation and the Mainframe: Let’s Create Some Magic

Kyndryl’s Pat Stanard discusses innovation—what it is, how to do it and why the mainframe is an innovative, modern platform

Defining Data Security Posture Management

If you haven’t heard of data security posture management (DSPM) yet, it’s because it is an emerging security practice. Its aim is to help organizations ensure that their cloud security is as strong as their mainframe security by automatically detecting and protecting data—and doing this in a dynamically changing environment. What Is Data Security Posture […]