Data Management

Profound Logic Wins AI Breakthrough Award for ‘Low Code AI Solution of the Year’

The 2025 AI Breakthrough Award recognizes the breakthrough innovation of Profound AI, which focuses on IBM i (AS/400) environments and is the only AI platform purpose-built for IBM integration.

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

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

Why Names Matter on IBM i

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

IBM and Salesforce Activate Enterprise Data on IBM Z, Preview New AI Agents

To use it as a catalyst for agentic AI, IBM and Salesforce are providing customers access to their business data in IBM Z mainframes and Db2 databases.

z/OS and Friends: Rich Functionality Is What CICS Is All About—Then and Now

Joe Gulla traces the evolution of the Customer Information Control System (CICS), harkening back to its first release and providing a comprehensive accounting of its modern-day application development capabilities

Data Management Trends for 2025 (That Aren’t Cloud or AI)

While cloud and AI get much of the attention, there are other ongoing advancements that database administrators should be aware of

Jitterbit Study Shows Growing Appetite for AI, Automation to Solve ‘Data Divide,’ Resource Constraints

Leveraging AI to Enhance Regulatory Compliance in Multi-Cloud Environments

IBM's Volkmar Uhlig and Elpida Tzortzatos explain how AI can aid in compliance through streamlining, automation and data analysis

Optimizing JFS on AIX

Anand Kumar, senior systems engineer for ATS Group, dissects this pivotal data storage technology