July TechPulse Recap: Hybrid Cloud
August 3, 2026
For July, TechPulse surveyed IBM Power professionals on how they’re distributing workloads across on-premises and cloud infrastructure, where their biggest hybrid cloud headaches lie and whether their IBM i shops could keep printing critical forms and labels if the internet went down—among other questions. The sample size of eight respondents was smaller than TechPulse’s recent […]
June TechPulse Recap: HA/DR Confidence More Common Than Full Validation
July 1, 2026
For June, TechPulse asked IBM Power professionals about the state of their high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) environments, surveying 33 IBM Power professionals on the state of their HA/DR posture. The results point to a community that feels reasonably good about its recovery readiness in the abstract, but that confidence confidence softens once the […]
ArticlesMay TechPulse Recap: AI Is Everywhere in Concept, Not in Production
June 1, 2026
TechPulse asked IBM Power professionals about the state of emerging and adjacent technologies in their organization
ArticlesApril TechPulse Confirms Dominance of Hybrid Cloud for Scaling
May 4, 2026
In the April TechPulse survey, scaling via hybrid cloud was twice as popular as scaling in place, while a vanishingly small minority were replatforming in the cloud exclusively
VideoTechPulse Digest (Mainframe): Unpacking 3 Months of Surveys With John Rhodes of CM First
April 1, 2026
John Rhodes helps Andy Wig interpret three months of results from TechChannel's TechPulse micro-survey program
TechPulse Digest (IBM Power): Analyzing Q1 Surveys With Mike Schuett of TL Ashford
April 1, 2026
The marketing director joins Andy Wig to look at the first three months of TechChannel's new micro-survey program
ArticlesThe Double-Edged AI Threat, Quantum and More: TechPulse Survey Reveals Mainframe Security Sentiments
March 20, 2026
When it comes to security, the emerging threat of AI and the looming threat of quantum decryption are top-of-mind for mainframers, according to the results of the March TechPulse micro-survey. Sixty-seven respondents weighed in on top emerging security threats, the role of security in hardware decisions, barriers to implementing security controls, and the status of […]
ArticlesAI Tops Security Concerns—in More Ways Than One: March TechPulse Results
March 20, 2026
The IBM Power community is closely monitoring the progress of AI as they prepare for emerging security threats, viewing both AI-assisted attacks and the exploitation of AI systems as top security concerns, according to results of the March TechPulse survey on cybersecurity. Meanwhile, the looming threat of quantum decryption also weighs heavily on their minds. […]
January TechPulse Results: IT Trends (IBM Z)
February 24, 2026
TechChannel readers were most encouraged by the move toward hybrid cloud and the adoption of modern development languages and interfaces, while their biggest concerns were skills gaps and "legacy" perceptions
January TechPulse Results: IT Trends (IBM Power)
February 24, 2026
AI adoption and machine learning is the most encouraging development on the platform, TechChannel readers said in the Inaugural TechPulse.