Database

Modernization in Place: Protect What Works, Prepare for What’s Next

Artificial Intelligence, hybrid cloud, event streaming, digital transformation, you name it—the future of IT is exciting. But it is also disruptive. How do you make time to innovate and invest in what’s next while keeping your core business—dependent on unique mainframe applications—on track? Especially in the face of rising costs, skill shortages, capacity constraints, and […]

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Data Governance and Compliance on Mainframes: Aligning With Modern Regulations and Requirements

Craig Mullins explains how modernization efforts can help organizations get a handle on rapidly shifting compliance standards

Protect Mainframe Data From Cyber Threats and Ensure Compliance

Defend your mainframe data against ransomware, mass deletion, and other cyber threats to achieve operational resiliency and regulatory compliance. PRODUCT OVERVIEW Enterprises must protect mainframe data against escalating cyber threats, particularly ransomware, which encrypts data and demands payment for its release. Because mainframe data is mission-critical, a single vulnerability can cause severe financial, operational, and […]

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The Role of Mainframe Data in a Hybrid Environment

Craig Mullins outlines the various types of mainframe data and how hybrid applications use them

AI With IBM i: 11 watsonx Features You Never Knew Existed

The second article of the "AI With IBM i" series focuses on the deep menu of capabilities found within watsonx, from scientific prompt experimentation to custom LLM tuning

Welcome to the ‘AI With IBM i’ Blog!

Jesse Gorzinski, architect of AI for IBM i, introduces a new blog that will feature insights from a variety of experts at IBM i

z/OS UNIX: A Solid Foundation for an Enterprise-Grade DBMS

In "z/OS and Friends," Joe Gulla explains how z/OS UNIX broadens the scope of DBMS support and compares it to implementing Linux alongside z/OS

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.

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 […]

z/OS and Friends: IMS Transaction Manager and Database Manager Support Tens of Thousands of Transactions a Second

This comprehensive overview highlights the exceptional performance and reliability of IMS, explains the hierarchical database model, details the various types of IMS databases and more