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The Mainframe’s Renaissance: Why Your System of Record Is the Foundation of AI-Ready Hybrid Cloud
The mainframe never went away. It simply stopped auditioning for attention. While cloud-native startups, hyperscalers, and SaaS platforms dominated enterprise strategy conversations, the organizations running the world’s most critical workloads quietly kept doing what...
AI-Powered WLM Cuts Batch Queue Time by Up to 70%
What happens when Workload Manager can anticipate batch demand instead of simply responding to it? The latest issue of Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter leads off with findings from testing IBM AI-powered Workload Manager (WLM). The test used an AI model trained on 30...
Partnership to Accelerate Secure AI Deployment, Introduction of New Agentic Modernization, and more
IBM Partners with OpenAI to Accelerate Secure AI Deployment for Enterprises Across Core Operations Kyndryl Introduces New Agentic Modernization Services-As-Software Scaled Through Kyndryl Bridge BMC Achieves the AWS AI Competency Kyndryl Named 2026 CIO 100 Award...
You Can Now Carry a Teaching Mainframe in Your Bag
For years I have told mainframe security newcomers the same thing: If you want to learn how to attack and defend a system, you need to use that system. Unfortunately, z/OS is not something you spin up on a laptop over lunch or throw into your home lab. Mainframe...
Mainframe Training Needs Real Hands-On Access
Mainframe organizations are investing in modernization, but new tools and processes only go so far if people do not have a place to learn and practice. That was the focus of the second session in the Pop-Up Mainframe Persona Webinar Series, hosted by Planet Mainframe...
Mainframe Jargon Challenge
Every technical field develops its own language, and the mainframe world is no exception. Whether we’re talking about the alphabet soup of multi-letter acronyms or terms that have been part of the platform for decades, mainframe jargon serves as a kind of shorthand...
Why Y2K38 Could Bring Temporal Governance Back to the Mainframe
In my January 2026 article, I deconstructed the mathematical inevitability of the Y2K38 rollover—that critical moment on January 19, 2038, when 32-bit signed counters reach their limit. However, in our modern, hyper-connected landscape, Y2K38 is far more than a...
Git on IBM Z: Modernize the Workflow, Not Just the Repository
Moving IBM Z source code into Git should simplify development. But when Git still feeds a legacy library manager, teams often end up maintaining two systems, two workflows, and two versions of the truth. For many IBM Z clients, the journey to modern development...
AI Ranked as Top Priority, Lightwell at No Cost to Universities, and more
Rocket Software Study Reveals 94% of Financial Services Leaders Rank AI as a Top IT Priority IBM Study: One in Four Malicious Breaches are AI-Enabled, Costing Companies $6 Million on Average IBM and Red Hat Offer Lightwell at No Cost to Universities, NGOs and Think...
Mainframe Trust in the AI Era: Why Human Judgment Still Matters
Building on his earlier article, in this second part, Allan Zander explores how AI can analyze data and recommend actions, but it cannot accept responsibility. Trusted mainframe systems and accountable leaders will shape the decisions that define the AI era. ...
