IBM Z Mainframe

IT Social Hour: Meet the Team Behind ‘Big Iron Bits’ (Including Chaz and Reg!)

In this episode, we look behind the scenes of “Big Iron Bits,” a workplace mockumentary following a misinformed CIO’s mainframe awakening

How to Survive a ‘Missile Attack’ and the Other Latest Cyberthreats

Robi Singh, mainframe architect at Vertali, offers advice for recovering in time and staying in business, including descriptions of the latest attack methods and how they can be defeated by resilient architecture

PopUp Mainframe’s Pay-Per-Use Flex Edition Now Available

Flex Edition provides an instantly available mainframe environment in a pay-as-you-go model

TechChannel Looks Back on a Jam-Packed 2025

The year brought a pair of major hardware releases as the IBM Z and IBM Power ecosystems continued to embrace AI and hybrid cloud while preparing for new challenges in cybersecurity

Introducing TechPulse, a Monthly Micro-Survey From TechChannel

TechPulse will provide a place for technologists on IBM Power and IBM Z to share their opinions and observations

The z/OS Interface Ecosystem: Bridging Networks, Security, Automation and Development

For the final installment of "z/OS and Friends," Joe Gulla catalogs the modern interfaces for networking and integration, security, monitoring and automation, and DevOps

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

Accelerate Application Modernization With watsonx and z17 AI

In this webinar, experts from Novipro and Blair Technology Solutions dig into the new mainframe and its promise of enhanced speed, accuracy and automation When IBM unveiled the new z17 mainframe in 2025, the company doubled down on its AI mission, enhancing the hardware’s AI inference capabilities with the Telum II processor, optional Spyre AI […]

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2025 TechChannel Rising Stars

TechChannel recognizes early-career technologists who have already made outstanding contributions to the IBM Z and IBM Power ecosystems.

A Matter of Trust: Why Your AI Strategy Needs a Librarian

Amid an AI "trust crisis," Nathan Smith, who leads mainframe data replication strategy for customers at Kyndryl, writes about the ways the mainframe can help generative AI produce more reliable results