July 2025 CICS Highlights: AI, APIs, and the Rise of Modern Mainframe
Planet Mainframe brought together thought leaders and experts to celebrate CICS’s 55th birthday. From AI-infused monitoring to API turbocharging, CICS…
How Izzi Software is Flipping Technology Takeovers
In the world of enterprise software, acquisitions often follow a familiar pattern: buy, cut, flip. It’s a process driven by…
How AI and Mainframes Work Together: Breaking the Legacy Myth
Artificial Intelligence Day on July 16 invites a fresh look at an evolving reality: AI and mainframes are no longer at…
Modernizing CICS APIs with z/OS Connect: Fast, Simple, and Code-Light
Mainframe teams need faster, easier ways to modernize COBOL applications. With IBM z/OS Connect 3.0.88, exposing CICS services as REST…
CICS at 55: The Evolution of Mainframe Transaction Processing
Globally, 1969 was a noteworthy year – socially, politically, and technologically. Significant moments included: This July, Planet Mainframe proudly shines…
Time to Rethink Db2 Disaster Recovery
For a long time, disaster recovery (DR) in Db2 z/OS environments was mostly about getting systems back online after a…
z/VSE: The forgotten operating system
In the world of mainframe operating systems, z/VSE is often overshadowed by better-known siblings such as z/OS. But z/VSE has…
Runtime Fees: The Hidden Tax in Your Tech Stack
In COBOL environments, runtime-based licensing imposes recurring costs each time an application is executed—costs that persist well beyond the initial…