Craig Mullins

Mainframe Master Innovations: Automation and Mainframe Compliance

Modernize the Application, Not Necessarily the Platform

Craig Mullins illustrates why mainframe application modernization should begin with business requirements, not a migration mandate

AI Doesn’t Eliminate Technical Debt—It Amplifies It

Data expert Craig Mullins explains why decades of shortcuts become tomorrow's AI failures as organizations reckon with poor data quality

When AI Learns From Bad Enterprise Data

It's not about the models, the agents or the RAG. It's about the information you feed to these tools, Craig Mullins writes

Why Mainframe Data Is Becoming the Most Valuable Data in the Enterprise

Craig Mullins outlines the factors that make mainframe data a strategic asset, including operational discipline, data gravity and AI readiness

The DBA’s Role in a World That Thinks It Doesn’t Need DBAs

In a world of automation, AI and "self-managing" databases, the role of the DBA has become misunderstood, Craig Mullins writes

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

The Data Quality Renaissance: Why Your AI is Only as Good as Your DBA

Craig Mullins explains why data quality is the ultimate competitive advantage for AI

Mainframe Skills Aren’t Disappearing; They’re Becoming More Valuable

Craig Mullins explains how mainframe skills are indispensable in an AI-driven world as mainframers assume a more strategic role

Governing Agentic AI: The Mainframe DBA as the Architect of Autonomous Data Workflows

Craig Mullins explains how mainframe DBA is becoming the link between autonomous systems and data integrity

The Mainframe DBA: From Custodian to Strategist in the Age of Intelligent Automation

New models and tools mean database administrators can now focus less on routine tasks, and more on higher-level functions, Craig Mullins writes