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Redefining Legacy Modernization Around Customer Outcomes | On-Demand Webinar

Redefining Legacy Modernization Around Customer Outcomes | On-Demand Webinar

by Barry Tait and Greg Ogburn | Dec 19, 2025

Learn why legacy modernization stalls and how hybrid strategies reduce risk. Watch AveriSource experts explain refactor, reimagine, and replace approaches.

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Turning Nightly Downtime into a Competitive Advantage with VSAM File-Sharing

Turning Nightly Downtime into a Competitive Advantage with VSAM File-Sharing

by Eric Letourneau | Dec 9, 2025

If you run on IBM Z, you may still stop CICS overnight so batch jobs can update VSAM files. That pause might be necessary today, but it is no longer a requirement.  We will show you how to remove the trade-off between fresh data and uninterrupted access with VSAM...

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SQL & SQL PL Enhancements in Db2 12 and 13 — Technical Insights from the Virtual Mainframe User Group with Chris Crone

SQL & SQL PL Enhancements in Db2 12 and 13 — Technical Insights from the Virtual Mainframe User Group with Chris Crone

by Amanda Hendley | Dec 4, 2025

In this session of the Mainframe Virtual User Groups, Broadcom Distinguished Engineer Chris Crone provided a practical walkthrough of SQL and SQL PL enhancements across Db2 12 and Db2 13. Drawing on 35 years of experience working in Db2 internals, including SQL...

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PowerTerm End-of-Life: Why Organizations Must Act Now – And Why the December 10 Webinar Is Critical

PowerTerm End-of-Life: Why Organizations Must Act Now – And Why the December 10 Webinar Is Critical

by Sam Barker | Dec 2, 2025

In March 2025, Ericom PowerTerm, a terminal emulator still used by thousands of organizations to access mainframes, IBM i systems, Unix hosts, VMS machines, and other mission-critical environments, officially entered End-of-Life (EOL).  For decades, PowerTerm provided...

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▶️ Don’t Let FOMO Drive Your AI Mainframe Strategy – 9 Leaders Weigh In

▶️ Don’t Let FOMO Drive Your AI Mainframe Strategy – 9 Leaders Weigh In

by Penney Berryman | Nov 25, 2025

Purpose beats panic. Don’t let FOMO define your AI roadmap. Artificial Intelligence (AI) conversations are happening throughout the industry right now. With that momentum comes something less helpful: the fear of missing out, or FOMO. You may hear it in side...

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IBM’s decision to discontinue support for the zPDT standalone offering threatens the mid-tier ISV market

IBM’s decision to discontinue support for the zPDT standalone offering threatens the mid-tier ISV market

by Mark Wilson | Nov 24, 2025

IBM’s zPDT Decision Risks Mid-Tier ISVs and Mainframe Innovation I’ve been a passionate mainframe (System z) advocate for over 45 years and a staunch supporter of IBM and most of their decisions. However, when I received an email from IBM on 30 September 2025...

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With Geniez, You Can Talk to Your Mainframe in Natural Language

With Geniez, You Can Talk to Your Mainframe in Natural Language

by Penney Berryman | Nov 21, 2025

How Geniez Is Turning Real-Time Mainframe Data Into Fuel for Modern LLMs Amanda Hendley, Managing Editor of Planet Mainframe, met with Gil Peleg, CEO of Geniez, for a conversation about artificial intelligence (AI)—specifically, the future of AI on the mainframe.Read...

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🎧 Today’s Modernization is AI and Mainframes – featuring Venkat Balabhadrapatruni

🎧 Today’s Modernization is AI and Mainframes – featuring Venkat Balabhadrapatruni

by Amanda Hendley | Nov 13, 2025

In a Planet Mainframe podcast, Amanda Hendley, Managing Editor at Planet Mainframe, sat down with Venkat Balabhadrapatruni, a solution architect at Broadcom Software and 2025 IBM Champion. They discussed the company’s strategy for bringing modern AI capabilities to...

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Is Your AI Modernization Tool a Match? Take the Quiz

Is Your AI Modernization Tool a Match? Take the Quiz

by Anshu Saini | Nov 12, 2025

A 5-Minute Quiz to Cut Through the Hype Mainframes remain pillars of the global digital economy, clearing transactions, securing data, and keeping industries like banking, insurance, and healthcare running 24/7. While the hardware stays rock-solid, the legacy...

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The Spectrum of Trust: How Mainframers Are Embracing Agentic AI

The Spectrum of Trust: How Mainframers Are Embracing Agentic AI

by Eric Odell | Nov 10, 2025

A few years ago, the idea of letting artificial intelligence (AI) tweak a production mainframe system on its own would’ve made even the most daring system programmer break out in a cold sweat. We would have heard, “Let the machine make the change? Not on my watch.” ...

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