Cloud and Hybrid Cloud

Enhancing z/OS Applications While Preserving Core System Integrity: The Technologies You Need to Know

In this edition of the 'IBM Z Experience,' Joe Gulla explains how the mainframe can be so much more than the system of record

Why Cloud-Native Site Reliability Engineering Is Becoming a Mainframe Skill

As transaction paths become more complex, Scott Petry of PwC US stresses the increasing importance of automation, observability, incident management and more

IBM’s First Dual-Architecture Mainframe Processor Brings Arm Technology to Z and LinuxONE

As the first product of the companies’ new partnership, the next-generation processor will vastly expand software options on the mainframe

Clearing Up IBM Technologists’ Biggest Misconceptions About AWS (and Vice Versa)

James Roarty, chief cloud officer at Lightedge, has seen things from both sides, explaining how he went from being 'all in on cloud' to a more nuanced view

SCLM Is Going Away. Replacing It Takes More Than Git.

The question now is how to manage the complete application lifecycle, not just source conversion, according to René De Vleeschauwer, founder and CEO of IKAN

The Stability Trap: Don’t Let Complacency Turn Small Problems into Big Shutdowns

IBM i’s reliability is legendary. But that same stability can breed complacency, and small, overlooked issues can quietly grow into costly outages. Fortra’s latest Ask the Experts episode tackles this head-on: “The Stability Trap: Don’t Let Complacency Turn Small Problems into Big Shutdowns.” Three seasoned IBM i practitioners walk through the operational areas where risk […]

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Modernize the Application, Not Necessarily the Platform

Craig Mullins illustrates why mainframe application modernization should begin with business requirements, not a migration mandate

Why Cloud-Assisted Recovery Is Becoming More Attractive to Mainframe Shops

Cloud infrastructure experts explain how services such as AWS CloudFormation and S3 can help enterprises build scalable resilience layers without moving core IBM Z workloads

July TechPulse Recap: Hybrid Cloud

For July, TechPulse surveyed IBM Power professionals on how they’re distributing workloads across on-premises and cloud infrastructure, where their biggest hybrid cloud headaches lie and whether their IBM i shops could keep printing critical forms and labels if the internet went down—among other questions. The sample size of eight respondents was smaller than TechPulse’s recent […]

Simplify PowerVC Installations by Installing the PowerVC Appliance

Installing PowerVC has never been easier than with the new PowerVC appliance. Introduced with PowerVC 2.3.2, the PowerVC Virtual Appliance (PVCVA) packages all of the required software components into a single deployable image. Instead of manually installing and configuring each component, the appliance comes pre-configured and pre-tested, making PowerVC quicker and easier to deploy while […]