Transition Architecture: Modernization’s Missing Discipline?
July 16, 2026
Inspired by road construction season, veteran enterprise architect Bruce McKnight explains why the modernization journey deserves as much attention as the destination
ArticlesIBM Announces Smaller z17 and LinuxONE 5 Configurations
July 10, 2026
As enterprises reckon with a data center squeeze, the new hardware brings the mainframe to a new type of customer
Press ReleasesJoseph Gulla’s New Book, ‘A Mainframe Computing Reader’ Available June 26
June 24, 2026
Originally appearing as a series of TechChannel articles, "A Mainframe Computing Reader" is for those new to the platform as well as technologists who want to update their knowledge
ArticlesWhy Mainframe Data Is Becoming the Most Valuable Data in the Enterprise
June 2, 2026
Craig Mullins outlines the factors that make mainframe data a strategic asset, including operational discipline, data gravity and AI readiness
ArticlesAgentic AI Safety: 7 Essential Guardrails
May 21, 2026
Pat Stanard, Distinguished Engineer and chief mainframe architect for Kyndryl US, shares the most important safety measures for AI agents in the enterprise
The Grayframer’s Take on the AWS AI Practitioner Exam
May 15, 2026
Bruce McKnight explains what passing means, and what it does not
PodcastsThese Are the Mainframe’s Good Old Days: Mark Schettenhelm on IT Social Hour
May 14, 2026
Mark Schettenhelm, principal product manager at BMC, explains how mindsets on the platform are changing and why the mainframe is currently basking in a "golden age"
ArticlesOvercoming the Semantic Gap in Mainframe-to-AWS Schema Mapping
May 13, 2026
Connecting enterprise data to cloud platforms is the first step—understanding what it means is the next challenge, Tim Bond of Adeptia and Rohan Gupta of R Systems explain
E-BooksAI and the MainframeModernization Express Lane
May 11, 2026
How AI is aiding in mainframe modernization through code analysis, and why the mainframe's "Legacy" is an advantage in scaling AI
ArticlesTurning Undocumented Systems Into Usable Knowledge With AWS
April 21, 2026
How enterprises can use AI and cloud services to generate usable documentation from legacy systems, supporting onboarding, maintenance and long-term modernization