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IBM’s z17 Embraces the Quantum Countdown With Safety in Mind

There is the ever-so-slight possibility that by the time you read this, quantum computers will have become capable of breaking cryptography that, as of this writing in summer 2025, is considered unbreakable. “We don’t really know when a quantum computer is going to actually be present that can break the cryptography that we’re using,” said […]

The Team Effort That Led to the z17

The IBM z17’s 43 billion transistors, 24 million miles of wire and 18 layers of metal form a system capable of 35 billion transactions a day. It’s safe to say it took a team effort to build it. In fact, the process of creating IBM’s new mainframe, hitting general availability June 18, was so extensive […]

z17 Tries to Top the GOAT

IBM looks to keep the momentum going with its new mainframe and a focus on future use cases

The Declaration of Mainframe: A United Community Celebrates a Revolutionary Platform

The Declaration of Mainframe serves as a tribute to the powerful platform and amazing community that, together, deliver unmatched value

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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 […]

Emerging Security Threats Need Tomorrow’s Solutions

Puneet Kohli, president of the application modernization business unit at Rocket Software, explains how companies can protect themselves today

My Hands-on Experience With IBM Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) on z/OS

Afroz Alam, senior product developer at BMC Software, outlines three authentication methods he tested

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

Automating AIX Recovery With Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Zabbix

Andy Wojnarek of ATS Group explains how AIX teams integrate Zabbix with Red Hat Ansible Automation and Event-Driven Ansible to automate filesystem recovery, performance tuning and adapter reconfiguration

IMS Transaction Manager: From Its Moonshot Roots to More Recent Product Enhancements

In this installment of "z/OS and Friends," Joe Gulla examines IMS Transaction Manager's beginnings, then considers how modern enhancements continue to make it an important component of z/OS