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Experts at IBM i Modernization

COMMON president Dawn May and CM First Group's John Rhodes discuss current trends and technologies to modernize RPG and COBOL applications on the IBM i

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First Steps for Making Hybrid Cloud a Reality in Your Organization

Rocket Software's Jeff Cherrington discusses key use cases for hybrid cloud and explains how to expand your existing IBM zSystems or Power Systems infrastructure with hybrid cloud strategies

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Top API Security Risks in 2023

“Modernize” seems to be the most popular word to go alongside mainframes these days. We’re always being told to modernize our applications by migrating part or all of them to the cloud. We’re also being told that we can modernize our business-critical mainframe applications by using APIs (application programming interfaces) to expose mainframe-based data and […]

IBM z16 and Power10 Deliver Highest Reliability Among Mainstream Servers for 15th Consecutive Year

The IBM z16 mainframe lives up to its reputation for delivering “zero downtime.” The latest z16 server, introduced in April 2022, delivers nine nines—99.9999999%—of uptime and reliability. This is just over 30 milliseconds of per server annual downtime, according to the results of the ITIC 2023 Global Server Hardware, Server OS Reliability Survey. ITIC’s 2023 […]

Google’s Bard Spins Some Tales About IBM Power Systems and AIX

I assume none of you live under a rock, so you’ve most likely heard about people’s experiences toying around with ChatGPT and other AI solutions. I decided to get in on the fun, so recently I put Google’s bot—it’s called Bard—through its paces. I wanted to see what Bard knows about IBM Power Systems and […]

CISOs: What’s at the Top of Your Cybersecurity List?

While the mainframe may be the most securable platform on the planet, it doesn’t come that way automatically. As the bad actors get smarter and threat vectors increase, the mainframe is at risk for data breaches and other incidents like any other server. Whenever my team and I carry out security assessments and penetration tests, […]

Mainframe Master Innovations

Mainframe technology has come a long way from its origins in the 1960s, and its evolution has been instrumental in addressing the complex and demanding needs of modern businesses. To underscore the importance of the mainframe and its innovators, TechChannel has developed a new interactive content experience, Mainframe Master Innovations, loaded with the stories, context […]

Kai Stroh on Db2: A Not So Simple Relational Database

This transcript is edited for clarity.   Reg Harbeck: Hi, I'm Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Kai Stroh, who is the head of mainframe development at UBS Hainer. Welcome. Kai, tell us how did you end up on the mainframe?   Kai Stroh: Hey Reg, thanks for having me. How did I end […]

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IBM z/OS 3.1 Sets the Stage for an AI-Infused Smart Operating System

Move over ChatGPT. IBM is creating its own AI buzz with IBM z/OS 3.1. In March this year, IBM previewed this momentous release, which introduces AI to the operating system (OS). The company confidently calls it the “AI-infused operating system for the next generation of computing.” IBM z/OS Product Manager Mike Young says, “Including AI […]

Securing Your Business in an Ever-Changing IT Landscape

Fortra's Amy Williams and IBM Security Evangelist Westley McDuffie on how to protect your business from constant security threats, using tactics like penetration testing and strategies like zero trust