IBM TechU Talks Deliver Free, Technical Training Webcasts
April 9, 2020
During this unprecedented challenge, our dependency on IT professionals and technology is higher than ever. As face-to-face events continue to be postponed, IBM TechU is offering a free 12-week training series, IBM TechU Talks, to accelerate essential recovery and transformation of global businesses. The series provides technical insight on key topics ranging from cloud, security […]
ArticlesTheresa Hans on IBM Champions and New to Z
April 1, 2020
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Theresa Hans who is the key person for a whole bunch of different mainframe and new mainframer and IBM Champion things. Well rather than introducing her myself, Theresa tell us what's your role at IBM and how did you end up in such […]
ArticlesImprove Workload Resilience With z/OS Workload Interaction Correlator and z/OS Workload Interaction Navigator
March 24, 2020
IBM has two new contributions to the IBM Z family: A data infrastructure provided by z/OS Workload Interaction Correlator and a visualization engine driven by z/OS Workload Interaction Navigator.
ArticlesModernization Carries Varied Meanings for Different People
March 23, 2020
When the IBM z15 was announced I couldn’t wait to read the information about the advancements and changes that we would all see. I quickly read about System Recovery Boost, integrated zEDC compression, standard rack space frame, double cache density on each chip, etc. The modern mainframe; the fastest, most resilient and high availability, commercially-available […]
ArticlesHomer Ahr Reflects on Working Mission Control for the NASA Apollo Space Program
March 2, 2020
Growing up in the midst of Sputnik and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Homer Ahr’s interests in the space program were piqued early. Ahr became a computer operator for a construction company in his early college years. Inspired to further his career, he taught himself how to program in FORTRAN. Ahr was later asked to work […]
‘Mainframe Mike Myers’ on IBM Z System Programming
February 27, 2020
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Mike Myers, the mainframe Mike Myers, who has been involved with the mainframe basically since the very beginning. Mike, maybe if you could introduce yourself to us and tell us, how did you end up on the mainframe? Mike Myers: Well it's […]
ArticlesHow Millennial Mainframers Can Solve Technology Problems
January 23, 2020
In the book “Stop Guessing: The 9 Behaviors of Great Problem Solvers,” author Nat Greene asserts that poor problem-solving skills cost individuals and society incalculable amounts of time and money. “We waste so much time, money and frustration on bad solutions,” Greene said during a 2017 interview. “I hate that good people have to put up […]
ArticlesBringing New Talent to the Mainframe Workforce
January 2, 2020
IBM Z Champion Marc I. Smith on how to engage next-generation mainframers
ArticlesWomen in IT Value Community and Mentorship
December 19, 2019
As anyone associated with the industry can tell you, far more men than women have followed career paths in IT—but that trend has been shifting. To amplify the voices of women who are making their own path in IT and innovating on the IBM Z platform, IBM Systems magazine interviewed a group of IT professionals […]
PodcastsDusty Rivers on IMS, CICS, Db2 and IBM Z
December 5, 2019
Reg Harbeck: Hi, this is Reg Harbeck and today I'm here with Dusty Rivers, an experienced IBM mainframe expert, an IMS person who has been working all across the mainframe ecosystem especially in areas that has gotten enough attention that he has been able to be an IBM Champion for the past 10 years as […]