by Penney Berryman | Apr 17, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
The mainframe is often referred to as the “backbone of the global economy”. Although that’s true, the mainframe is more than a tired phrase. Its true strength lies in the diverse, global community of experts who push the platform forward. This year, the...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 17, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership, Modernization
Scott Brod Product ManagerBroadcom Port Monmouth, NJ, USA This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. In the world of enterprise computing, “legacy” is often used as a polite synonym for “outdated.” But for...
by Amanda Hendley | Apr 16, 2026
GSE UK Virtual Conference 2026Do More at the Core. Built to Learn, Engineered to Lead. Join the global mainframe community for the GSE UK Virtual Conference 2026, taking place April 21–23, 2026. This multi-day virtual event brings together industry experts,...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 15, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Scott Chapman Chief Information Officer, Director of Software Design and DevelopmentEnterprise Performance Strategies, Inc. Galena, Ohio, United States This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. For Scott Chapman, performance is...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 13, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Sujit Neb Lead Automation EngineerBMC Software Pune, Maharashtra, India This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. Across more than 14 years in the mainframe space, Neb has focused on a challenge that continues to shape the future...
by Sonja Soderlund | Apr 13, 2026 | News
Bringing AI to Mainframe Data: Introducing IBM SQL Data Insights Pro Virtel 4.64 Now Available: Stronger Session Security, Enhanced Japanese Codepage Support, and Key Usability Improvements BMC Advances Trusted AI Orchestration With New Control-M Kyndryl awarded a...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 12, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Kev Milne Instructor – CTI ManagerNeuro Training Ltd Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. The mainframe still powers a vast portion of the world’s critical infrastructure—financial...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 11, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Richelle Anne Craw Software EngineerBeta Systems Software Linz, Austria This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. Richelle Anne Craw is the ultimate “multi-hyphenate” influencer: speaker, instructor, mentor,...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 10, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Emma Skovgård IT Security Engineer, Danske BankFounder, dinoframe.io Copenhagen, Denmark This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. For Emma Skovgård, the path into the mainframe ecosystem has been anything but traditional, but...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 9, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Saurabh Banerjee Senior Manager, Mainframe Innovation and EngineeringEnsono Pune Division, Maharashtra, India This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. Engineering a Human-Centric Mainframe Modernization In today’s parlance,...
by Penney Berryman | Apr 7, 2026 | AI & Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, Influential Mainframers 2026
Gil Peleg Co-founder, CEOGeniez AI London, England, United Kingdom This article features Gil Peleg, one of the top four 2026 Influential Mainframers. While others try to modernize around the mainframe, Gil Peleg is building AI inside it. VCs are paying attention. ...
by Penney Berryman | Apr 6, 2026 | Modernization, Research & Surveys, SHARE Conference
At SHARE Orlando, Amanda Hendley, Managing Editor of Planet Mainframe, shared insights from the 2026 annual Arcati survey. She cut through the industry hype to focus on what the data say about the current state of the platform. The overarching theme? While the core...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 3, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Anshul Agrawal Senior Manager, Product DevelopmentBMC Software Pune, Maharashtra, India This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. The mainframe has always been built on trust. Decades of reliability, scale, and performance have...
by Sonja Soderlund | Apr 3, 2026 | influential-mainframers, Trivia
At Planet Mainframe, April is dedicated to honoring influential mainframers past and present. This week’s quiz dives into the life and times of Bob Evans (1927–2004), who played a central role in shaping modern enterprise computing during his career at IBM. ...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 2, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Geoffrey Decker Instructor, Northern Illinois UniversityCo-Founder and Lead Instructor, Eli Madison Memorial Apprenticeships (EMMA) DeKalb, Illinois, USA This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. The Maestro of the Mainframe...
