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The Declaration of Mainframe: A United Community Celebrates a Revolutionary Platform

The Declaration of Mainframe serves as a tribute to the powerful platform and amazing community that, together, deliver unmatched value

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Profound AI Embraces MCP: Your IBM i Systems Now Speak the Same Language as ChatGPT

Profound AI now supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) – the open standard that’s revolutionizing how AI systems connect to business data and applications.

The Unique Benefits of z/OS-Native Database Systems

This is the first of two “z/OS and Friends” articles on database management systems. I am focused on z/OS because there are families of products, like the Db2 family, that run on different platforms, and because of platform differences, the products consume CPU cycles and utilize memory and storage in different ways. There are many […]

Emerging Security Threats Need Tomorrow’s Solutions

Puneet Kohli, president of the application modernization business unit at Rocket Software, explains how companies can protect themselves today

My Hands-on Experience With IBM Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on z/OS

Afroz Alam, senior product developer at BMC Software, outlines three authentication methods he tested

IBM Brings Server Design Changes to OpenSSH

Rob McNelly explains what he found helpful about the changes before sharing IBM Support tips and detailing his latest hiking adventure

Automating AIX Recovery With Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Zabbix

Andy Wojnarek of ATS Group explains how AIX teams integrate Zabbix with Red Hat Ansible Automation and Event-Driven Ansible to automate filesystem recovery, performance tuning and adapter reconfiguration

M81 Launches Version 4.01 of Control for i, Revolutionizing Monitoring for IBM i Systems

IMS Transaction Manager: From Its Moonshot Roots to More Recent Product Enhancements

In this installment of “z/OS and Friends,” Joe Gulla examines IMS Transaction Manager’s beginnings, then considers how modern enhancements continue to make it an important component of z/OS

A Guide to ClamAV Open-Source Anti-Malware for AIX

Chris Gibson explains how to install, configure and use the signature-based software

Tricentis Expands to Latin America to Accelerate Advancements in AI-Powered Software Testing

Tricentis research finds 75% of Latin American companies ship code changes without fully testing them, compromising quality and efficiency and underscoring the urgency for advanced software testing solutions in the region.

Cloudera Delivers AI-Powered Unified Data Visualization in On-Premises Data Centers

Available across multi-cloud and hybrid environments, Cloudera Data Visualization includes integrated AI visualization and natural language querying for enterprises to improve collaboration and decision making.

IBM watsonx Code Assistant for i, IBM i 7.6 and AI—Steve Will’s Thoughts From POWERUp 2025

The IBM i CTO covers the topics that had COMMON’s conference abuzz, makes a request for old (very old) RPG code and gets ready for Star Wars night

Decoding Millennial and Gen Z Workplace Communication

Making our Strong Community Stronger webinar highlights the different communication styles the two generations bring to the workplace

What’s Up at POWERUp

Kicking off its biggest event of the year, COMMON celebrates advances in hardware, software and talent development on IBM Power

IBM watsonx Code Assistant for i—the Journey Begins

IBM i CTO Steve Will shares his excitement for the product formerly known as RPG Code Assistant

Unlocking IBM Power Education Excellence 

TechChannel partners with IBM on major Power education and training showcase and a searchable skills directory

University of Tokyo to Equip IBM Quantum System One with Most Performant IBM Heron Processor

The university and IBM announced plans to deploy the latest 156-qubit IBM Heron quantum processing unit, which will be operational in the IBM Quantum System One administered by UTokyo for the members of the Quantum Innovation Initiative Consortium.

Why Names Matter on IBM i

IBM i consultant Dawn May discusses approaches that streamline the search for information

Future-Ready Product Updates From LANSA

Announcing product updates LANSA BI 9.14 (May 14), Visual LANSA V16 (July 8) and LANSA Composable Commerce (July 15).

Choosing Your First AI Project

Start Smart, Not Big

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COMMON’s Manzoor Siddiqui Does TechTalk SMB

The executive director of COMMON North America joins Charlie Guarino to provide an update on the user group, highlighting the community and familial atmosphere found at COMMON events and providing an overview of COMMON’s international expansion

Not Merely Surviving, the Mainframe is Thriving as the Future of IT

NOVIPRO’s Karoline Pierre has seen a lot on her personal journey from Brazil to Canada.

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PopUp Mainframe Announces Revolutionary Mainframe Delivery Products

PopUp Mainframe X and Z Edition provide an instantly available mainframe environment whenever required to help mainframe delivery teams accelerate urgent development and testing activities.

Two-Thirds of Global Organizations Significantly at Risk of Software Outage Within Next Year

Tricentis, a testing and quality engineering firm, has released the findings of its global 2025 Quality Transformation Report.