Tools and Utilities

McNelly: The Latest From IBM Support, and Changes to Power11 Partition Scoring

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 […]

Mainframe and AI: Driving IT Modernization

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

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 […]

Keeping Agentic AI in Line Through Integration of Governance and Security

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

Rob McNelly explains what he found helpful about the changes before sharing IBM Support tips and detailing his latest hiking adventure

Simplify Mainframe Access and Security with Virtel Web Suite

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

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

In his monthly column, Rob McNelly also takes note of several recently posted docs, including one highlighting a new NIM option

Modernize Forms and Save Costs With TLAForms for IBM i Systems

Discover how TLAForms transforms IBM i spool files into high-quality documents, simplifying form generation and saving time and costs.

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With Power11 Coming, the Time to Prepare Is Now

Rob McNelly on planning for Power11 and the end of standard service for Power9; plus, he outlines freely available AIX resources and more