Neil Tardy
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Neil Tardy is a contributing writer to TechChannel.
Mainframers Are Getting Younger, and Other Takeaways From BMC’s Annual Survey
January 22, 2026
Eric Odell, director of solutions marketing at BMC, interprets the results, which tell the story of a generational handoff and all-time high positive views of the platform
ArticlesIBM Optical Breakthrough Promises Speedier Data Transfer, More Efficient AI Training
January 16, 2025
The innovation is "bringing the power of fiber optics onto the chip itself," said Mukesh Khare, general manager of IBM Semiconductors
ArticlesRise of Java on the Mainframe Part of Prevailing Enthusiasm for the Platform
December 6, 2024
BMC survey finds satisfaction with the mainframe at near-peak levels, while implementation of Java on the platform continues to rise
Articles3 IBM Z Day Takeaways: Looking Back on IBM’s Largest Tech Event of the Year
October 25, 2024
Mainframe uses are expanding, Ross Mauri, general manager of IBM Z and LinuxONE, said during his keynote presentation
ArticlesTo Close Skills Gap, IBM Z Embraces Gen Z
October 18, 2024
During a keynote panel at IBM Z Day, young mainframers reflected on their cross-generational working environments
ArticlesIBM watsonx AI Solutions Driving Data Value
July 16, 2024
IBM executives highlight IBM Data Gate for watsonx, IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z and watsonx Code Assistant for Enterprise Java Applications—and how they’re driving revenue and productivity
ArticlesAI on IBM i: A POWERUp Roundtable
July 3, 2024
Highlights from a recent AI roundtable featuring IBM i experts Charlie Guarino, Jesse Gorzinski, Alex Roytman and Thomas DeCorte
ArticlesCybersecurity in the Quantum Age
June 5, 2024
IBM’s Anne Dames and NIST’s Andrew Regenscheid offer key cybersecurity considerations as the quantum computing era approaches
ArticlesRedefining Digital Transformation
January 30, 2024
Perhaps the biggest challenge with digital transformation lies in understanding where the transformation occurs. Digital transformation doesn’t begin or end by offloading workloads or moving core systems to the cloud. It doesn’t come about through the development a cool customer-facing app. Paralleling its philosophical forerunner, DevOps, the process of digital transformation begins by looking inward. […]
ArticlesIBM’s watsonx Day 2 Focuses on AI Governance
January 26, 2024
Speakers at the virtual event emphasized the need to use AI responsibly and explained how AI can derive additional value from data