z/OS

A Rare Education: Budding Mainframers Prepare to Carry the Torch

Students at the school, one of the few in the U.S. offering mainframe instruction, prepare to carry the torch

z/OS and Friends: IMS Transaction Manager and Database Manager Support Tens of Thousands of Transactions a Second

This comprehensive overview highlights the exceptional performance and reliability of IMS, explains the hierarchical database model, details the various types of IMS databases and more

IBM and Salesforce Activate Enterprise Data on IBM Z, Preview New AI Agents

To use it as a catalyst for agentic AI, IBM and Salesforce are providing customers access to their business data in IBM Z mainframes and Db2 databases.

Lumen and IBM Collaborate to Unlock Scalable AI for Businesses

Lumen Technologies and IBM announced a new collaboration to develop enterprise-grade AI solutions at the edge—integrating watsonx, IBM's portfolio of AI products, with Lumen's Edge Cloud infrastructure and network.

How Hacking Got Easy

Robert Half Research Reveals Key Priorities and Challenges Facing Today’s Technology Leaders

Focus areas include closing skills gaps, addressing technical debt and advancing tech modernization and digital transformation

Understanding the Nuances of Database Systems on the IBM Z Mainframe

Craig Mullins looks at the characteristics that make mainframe databases unique, and how understanding them is key to database management

z/OS and Friends: Rich Functionality Is What CICS Is All About—Then and Now

Joe Gulla traces the evolution of the Customer Information Control System (CICS), harkening back to its first release and providing a comprehensive accounting of its modern-day application development capabilities

New Mainframe Market Survey Reveals Fresh Focus on Silos, Strategic Goals and Specialization

Results underline modernization appetite to address Topical challenges while leveraging new mainframe capabilities

Tips for Leveraging Your GenAI Code Assistant

Brenno Oliveira of Kyndryl explains how to craft prompts that will maximize the effectiveness of AI coding sidekicks