IT Social Hour: What It Takes to Be an IBM Champion
March 31, 2025
Mainframers Reg Harbeck, Craig Mullins, Janet Sun and Sean Rooney explain the responsibilities and perks that come with being an IBM Champion and recount how they earned the distinction.
Articles2025 IBM Champions Unveiled, Along With New Directory
February 14, 2025
Bolstered by a new directory, the advocacy program welcomes newly minted IBM evangelists and embraces returning honorees
ArticlesDiving Into the PowerVM v4.1.1.0 and AIX 7.3.3 Releases
January 23, 2025
IBM Champion Jaqui Lynch highlights new features in the releases and shares notes from her update experience.
ArticlesEnhancements for AIX 7.3 Live Update With TL3
January 14, 2025
IBM Champion Chris Gibson looks at Live Update enhancements, dynamic modification of system resources and Live Library Update (LLU)
ArticlesNew Computing Environments Breed Simple Questions, Not-So-Simple Answers
November 4, 2024
Rob McNelly shares things young engineers say, his recent work on IBM i issues and some old photos
‘A Fascinating Piece of Machinery’
May 3, 2024
Truth: Sabine Diemt, a Learjet pilot and IBM Champion, said those words about the mainframe
ArticlesRecognizing the Newest IBM Champions
January 26, 2024
Happy new year! It is 2024 and I do not know where the time goes. But I know where I’m going to start—by congratulating the IBM Champions class of 2024. Here are comments from Libby Ingrassia, IBM Champions program director: “It is with great pleasure I can announce this year’s IBM Champions! We had an […]
ArticlesHow Millennial Mainframers Can Solve Technology Problems
January 23, 2020
In the book “Stop Guessing: The 9 Behaviors of Great Problem Solvers,” author Nat Greene asserts that poor problem-solving skills cost individuals and society incalculable amounts of time and money. “We waste so much time, money and frustration on bad solutions,” Greene said during a 2017 interview. “I hate that good people have to put up […]
ArticlesA Lifetime IBM Champion
February 2, 2019
Rob McNelly blogs about being one of eight recipients of the IBM Champion Lifetime Achievement Award.