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COBOL Modernization: Lessons From the Government

Tax season in the U.S. served as another reminder of COBOL's critical role in government systems and the ongoing efforts to modernize the language

You Have Z Questions? CDW Mainframe Experts Have the Answers

In this episode of “Ask the Experts,” CDW’s mainframe specialists dive into the pressing questions and challenges faced by mainframe users and administrators. With decades of experience and expertise, the team shares insights on optimizing mainframe environments, implementing best practices, and maximizing the value of zSystems investments. What You’ll Learn: Featured Experts: CDW, a leader […]

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Timing Your Power11 Upgrade

IBM Power consultant Jaqui Lynch lays out the factors that shops need to be considering as they plot their migration

Turning Undocumented Systems Into Usable Knowledge With AWS

How enterprises can use AI and cloud services to generate usable documentation from legacy systems, supporting onboarding, maintenance and long-term modernization

Manage z/OS Storage Without the Green Screen: A Unified Approach with UDM

From Technical Debt to Storage Mastery: Modernizing z/OS Management with UDM In the modern agile enterprise, Storage Resource Management (SRM) serves as the cornerstone of operational resilience. However, many organizations remain shackled to “monolithic legacy debt”, rigid architectures that have failed to evolve alongside the data center. When an infrastructure tool requires more effort to […]

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Your z17 Upgrade Calculus: How Cutting-Edge Do You Need to Be?

Mainframe analyst Steven Dickens and Rick Schoonmaker, director of product management for IBM Z and LinuxONE hardware, explain what you need to be thinking about at this point in the hardware cycle

New Orleans, Here We Come: Previewing POWERUp 2026

Organizers promise more opportunities to make personal connections and learn about the emerging technologies affecting their work

Automation Isn’t Accountability: Why the DBA Still Owns the Outcome on IBM Z

While there is real value in automation and much promise in AI, human expertise will still be required—because humans will still be accountable, Craig Mullins observes

Observability and Telemetry: Why IBM i Shops Should Care

Dawn May outlines IBM i's unique strengths in observability and telemetry while exploring ways to extend those capabilities to other environments

Building Real-Time Data Pipelines to the Cloud Without Disruption

How enterprises can stream data from mainframe and Power systems to the cloud to support real-time analytics and AI applications