Performance & Tuning Month
Parallel Sysplex: Synchronizing In-Memory Data
Keeping in-memory data consistent across multiple LPARs introduces coordination challenges. This design separates local reads from Sysplex-wide updates, using native z/OS services to synchronize changes. Synchronizing In-Memory Data Across a Parallel Sysplex Parallel...
Closing the Gap: Advancing Cost Transparency to Strengthen the Z Platform’s Value
This article was previously published on SHARE’d Intelligence.Derek Powe is on the SHARE Board of Directors.The IBM Z platform continues to deliver unmatched reliability, scalability, and transaction efficiency for mission-critical workloads. As organizations...
IBM Bob and VSAM Tuning: Where AI Helps—and Where It Doesn’t
IBM Bob can uncover access patterns and support new mainframer learning. Here’s why every tuning recommendation still needs a reality check. No, this is not the thousandth article about how IBM Bob can convert code from one language to another. What interests me much...
5 Mainframe Performance Tuning Examples That Deliver Quantifiable Value
Mainframe performance tuning does not always require a bigger budget, and lower resource consumption does not always produce a smaller bill. The real opportunity for optimizing mainframe business value lies in understanding where tuning creates usable capacity,...
ROI, Business Case, and Tuning for Value: Round Two
This month at Planet Mainframe Trivia, we've been exploring how organizations maximize the value of their mainframe investments. Creating value doesn't end once a project is approved. Organizations continually look for ways to improve performance, optimize resources,...
The bill for technical debt just came due
“It still runs" no longer means "it’s still safe." Here is why AI-driven exploit discovery is turning decades of unpatched technical debt, legacy frameworks, and hidden API flaws into an immediate target list.This topic has been nagging at me for months, because it...
Stop Defending Mainframe Costs. Start Demonstrating Mainframe Business Value.
Every budget cycle, IBM Z teams are asked to justify the platform's cost. The strongest answer isn't about hardware or software. It’s about measurable business value.Come budget season, and somewhere, a technology leader is asked a familiar question: "Why does the...
The General Ledger, the Mainframe, and the Programmer Who’s Taking Up Golf
Why Finance and Mainframe Teams Need to Stop Talking About Cost Savings and Start Talking About Business ValueThere is an old accounting joke: An accountant is someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand. For decades, many...
Performance & Tuning Month
Parallel Sysplex: Synchronizing In-Memory Data
Keeping in-memory data consistent across multiple LPARs introduces coordination challenges. This design separates local reads from Sysplex-wide updates, using native z/OS services to synchronize changes. Synchronizing In-Memory Data Across a Parallel Sysplex Parallel...
Closing the Gap: Advancing Cost Transparency to Strengthen the Z Platform’s Value
This article was previously published on SHARE’d Intelligence.Derek Powe is on the SHARE Board of Directors.The IBM Z platform continues to deliver unmatched reliability, scalability, and transaction efficiency for mission-critical workloads. As organizations...
IBM Bob and VSAM Tuning: Where AI Helps—and Where It Doesn’t
IBM Bob can uncover access patterns and support new mainframer learning. Here’s why every tuning recommendation still needs a reality check. No, this is not the thousandth article about how IBM Bob can convert code from one language to another. What interests me much...
5 Mainframe Performance Tuning Examples That Deliver Quantifiable Value
Mainframe performance tuning does not always require a bigger budget, and lower resource consumption does not always produce a smaller bill. The real opportunity for optimizing mainframe business value lies in understanding where tuning creates usable capacity,...
ROI, Business Case, and Tuning for Value: Round Two
This month at Planet Mainframe Trivia, we've been exploring how organizations maximize the value of their mainframe investments. Creating value doesn't end once a project is approved. Organizations continually look for ways to improve performance, optimize resources,...
The bill for technical debt just came due
“It still runs" no longer means "it’s still safe." Here is why AI-driven exploit discovery is turning decades of unpatched technical debt, legacy frameworks, and hidden API flaws into an immediate target list.This topic has been nagging at me for months, because it...
Stop Defending Mainframe Costs. Start Demonstrating Mainframe Business Value.
Every budget cycle, IBM Z teams are asked to justify the platform's cost. The strongest answer isn't about hardware or software. It’s about measurable business value.Come budget season, and somewhere, a technology leader is asked a familiar question: "Why does the...
The General Ledger, the Mainframe, and the Programmer Who’s Taking Up Golf
Why Finance and Mainframe Teams Need to Stop Talking About Cost Savings and Start Talking About Business ValueThere is an old accounting joke: An accountant is someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand. For decades, many...
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Virtual CICS User Group | CICS Security Discovery
Zoom - Virtual MeetingMany CICS environments continue to rely heavily on transaction-level security, often resulting in users retaining access privileges that are no longer appropriate for their current roles. This session will provide an end-to-end overview of the CICS Security Discovery workflow and demonstrate how the tooling can help organizations better understand and modernize security configurations within production […]
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Virtual Db2 User Group | My All-Time Db2 Top Ten Lists
Virtual MeetingDate: November 17, 2026 - 11:30am ET Presenter: Craig Mullins What do Db2 performance, application development, database administration, and David Letterman have in common? Top Ten lists, of course! Join […]
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Virtual Db2 User Group | November 17, 2026
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Mainframe News Roundup: Rocket Software Acquires Geniez AI, BMC Names New Leader, and IBM Expands AI Initiatives
GS | Forge26 to Bring UK Mainframe Community Together in November Rocket Software Announces Acquisition of Geniez AI to Accelerate Agentic AI for Mainframe Modernization BMC Announces Tarun Chopra as SVP and GM of Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation Marist...
Cybersecurity Trivia Challenge: Spot the Security Gap
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this week’s Trivia Challenge puts you in the reviewer’s seat. Each question presents a short scenario involving mainframe data, applications or operations. Your task is to spot the security gap supported by the given...
IBM Expands Its Digital Banking Infrastructure, Agentic AI on the Mainframe, and more
Kyndryl Report: As AI Broadens Modernization Agenda, Leaders Prioritize Business Outcomes Over Replacing Legacy Systems IBM Expands Its Digital Banking Infrastructure with Swift Integration and Digital Asset Haven On-Premises Rocket Software Advances Governed, Agentic...
Agentic AI on the Mainframe
It’s AI month at Planet Mainframe, and for Round Two of our Trivia Challenge, we’re turning to agentic AI. On the mainframe, this emerging technology is moving beyond answering questions and generating code. Agents can interpret goals, reason through multi-step...
Risk and Compliance Portfolio for IBM Z Environments, IBM Z Datathon, and more
Rocket Software Launches Rocket® z/Assurance™, a Risk and Compliance Portfolio for IBM Z® Environments IBM Z Datathon: Build AI for Good. In 24 Hours. At Global Scale. Broadcom 2026 North American Mainframe Technical Exchange LTM Collaborates with IBM and Red Hat on...
❓Think You Know Mainframe AI
Mainframes have powered intelligent decisions for decades. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) takes that role further – spotting fraud as transactions happen, anticipating workload demands, helping developers understand legacy code, and strengthening system...