Mainframe Skills 2030: Who Will Run Your IBM Z?
June 30, 2025
Craig Mullins contemplates the mainframe's looming skills gap, highlights efforts to build a robust talent pipeline and describes the top five mainframe skills for IT professionals to learn
PodcastsIT Social Hour: Life on the IBM Power Speaking Circuit
June 23, 2025
Click here to listen to the audio-only version Andy Wig: Hey everyone, welcome to IT Social Hour. We have made it to episode three. I have a fancy banner behind me now, so I guess it’s official. I’m Andy, Andy Wig. I’m the senior editor of TechChannel. And today we’re going to be talking about […]
ArticlesIBM watsonx Code Assistant for i, IBM i 7.6 and AI—Steve Will’s Thoughts From POWERUp 2025
May 23, 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
ArticlesDecoding Millennial and Gen Z Workplace Communication
May 23, 2025
Making our Strong Community Stronger webinar highlights the different communication styles the two generations bring to the workplace
ArticlesWhat’s Up at POWERUp
May 19, 2025
Kicking off its biggest event of the year, COMMON celebrates advances in hardware, software and talent development on IBM Power
Unlocking IBM Power Education Excellence
May 18, 2025
TechChannel partners with IBM on major Power education and training showcase and a searchable skills directory
PodcastsCOMMON’s Manzoor Siddiqui Does TechTalk SMB
May 14, 2025
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
ArticlesA Rare Education: Budding Mainframers Prepare to Carry the Torch
May 12, 2025
Students at the school, one of the few in the U.S. offering mainframe instruction, prepare to carry the torch
Press ReleasesRobert Half Research Reveals Key Priorities and Challenges Facing Today’s Technology Leaders
May 2, 2025
Focus areas include closing skills gaps, addressing technical debt and advancing tech modernization and digital transformation
ArticlesAt 65, COMMON Keeps Growing
April 29, 2025
Manzoor Siddiqui, COMMON’s executive director, assesses the state of the IBM Power user group ahead of its largest event of the year