Messaging and Integration From IBM: A Vital Source of Secure and Fast Application-Level Collaboration
September 16, 2025
In this edition of "z/OS and Friends," Joe Gulla explains the importance of messaging in the exchange of data, focusing on IBM MQ before discussing a collection of other messaging products
ArticlesMcNelly: The Latest From IBM Support, and Changes to Power11 Partition Scoring
September 3, 2025
Occasionally readers will ask about documents that are linked in some of my older articles. As an example, I was recently asked to locate a copy of the IBM document I’d linked to in this 2016 blog. If you’re at all tempted, don’t bother clicking that first link; the doc is no longer available. The […]
ArticlesMainframe and AI: Driving IT Modernization
August 22, 2025
Blair Technology Solutions is at the forefront of mainframe modernization, leveraging the power of IBM’s watsonx Code Assistant for Z to bring artificial intelligence into legacy COBOL environments. By automating COBOL code explanation and documentation, and integrating AI-driven code generation and refactoring workflows, Blair is reducing onboarding time, accelerating development cycles, and preserving the reliability […]
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IBM Trumpets Power11’s Zero Planned Downtime Capabilities
July 25, 2025
Anyone who’s ever managed an IT environment—or even used a personal computer—understands the balancing act involved in systems maintenance: You can stop everything, perform the prescribed housecleaning or download the latest software update, all at the cost of productivity in the short term but stability in the long term. Or, you can keep everything running […]
ArticlesKeeping Agentic AI in Line Through Integration of Governance and Security
July 11, 2025
IBM’s Vishal Kamat and Heather Gentile on the recently announced integration of watsonx.governance and Guardium AI Security
IBM Brings Server Design Changes to OpenSSH
June 6, 2025
Rob McNelly explains what he found helpful about the changes before sharing IBM Support tips and detailing his latest hiking adventure
ArticlesSimplify Mainframe Access and Security with Virtel Web Suite
April 8, 2025
Transform your IBM Z applications with Virtel Web Suite—secure, efficient, browser-based access.
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Pivotor by EPS: Intelligent, Educational and Affordable Performance Reporting
April 1, 2025
Discover how EPS can enhance your performance through education, Health Checks and Pivotor, a comprehensive and affordable z/OS performance reporting service.
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Cloud Coverage: IBM Site Goes In-Depth on AIX Cloud Migration Strategies
February 3, 2025
In his monthly column, Rob McNelly also takes note of several recently posted docs, including one highlighting a new NIM option
ArticlesModernize Forms and Save Costs With TLAForms for IBM i Systems
January 17, 2025
Discover how TLAForms transforms IBM i spool files into high-quality documents, simplifying form generation and saving time and costs.
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