IBM Z Mainframe

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 […]

A Rare Education: Budding Mainframers Prepare to Carry the Torch

Students at the school, one of the few in the U.S. offering mainframe instruction, prepare to carry the torch

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

Introducing GitLab Ultimate for IBM Z: Next-Gen Tooling in DevOps for IBM Z

This powerful integration delivers a unified experience for mainframe and cloud-native development, helping enterprises modernize their software delivery and unlock new levels of speed, security and scalability.

How Hacking Got Easy

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

New Mainframe Market Survey Reveals Fresh Focus on Silos, Strategic Goals and Specialization

Results underline modernization appetite to address Topical challenges while leveraging new mainframe capabilities

With z17’s New Chips, AI Is No Longer an Add-on

Mukesh Khare, GM of IBM Semiconductors, provides a closer look at IBM's AI efforts, highlighted by the introduction of the z17

Mainframe Engineering: The Heavy Weight of Debugging

The complexities and nuances of finding and fixing mainframe code errors

IBM Unleashes the z17 

The public got its first look at the z17 in April, when it was introduced with a heavy focus on the new hardware's AI capabilities.