Misty Decker didn’t plan to build a career evangelizing mainframes. She wanted to be a research mathematician. But grad school wasn’t financially viable, so she pivoted, searching for an opportunity that would pay her tuition. When IBM initially called her to...
Mainframe enterprise software company PopUp Mainframe has released the initial findings of its 2025 Mainframe Market Survey, which reveals the latest market trends and 2025 plans for enterprises utilizing IBM mainframe technology. The survey reveals the continued...
In technology, we often present choices as binary decisions: replace or keep, mainframe or cloud. But what if this either/or mindset is limiting our potential? This realization struck me through an unexpected source: my home security system. A Lesson in Integration...
Vaughn Marshall, Product Manager at Broadcom's Mainframe Software division, shared his insights on the modernization of app development within the mainframe space. As the leader responsible for Broadcom’s product, Endevor, a market-leading software configuration tool,...
Marsh McLennan’s journey to transform a crucial 3270 application into a modern web interface Modernizing business applications is a critical need for many large enterprises that rely on these powerful legacy systems for their core operations. This blog post...
As organizations grapple with modernizing their legacy systems, the path forward for mainframes is no longer solely focused on rushing to the cloud—it’s about embracing flexibility, streamlined workflows, and a fresh perspective on what mainframe environments can...
Mainframes have been with us for decades, and despite advances in cloud computing and enterprise architectures, mainframes will be with us for some time to come. Most of today’s mainframes still run business-critical applications written in COBOL or Fortran that have...
Something I wish everyone understood about COBOL is… Though developed in 1959, COBOL remains the backbone of numerous mission-critical systems. It provides a level of operational stability that's difficult – if not impossible – to match with newer, less mature...
“AI is about data,” Tom Taulli states with emphasis. “The more data, the better; trillions of tokens are in the model. AI goes where the data is. Mainframes are an untapped frontier that gets overlooked when it comes to AI.” Taulli would know. He’s both an experienced...
One of the newest members of IBM’s mainframe partner community, The Smith Group is dedicated to helping their customers modernize as well as reducing or even eliminating many of the high costs associated with maintaining their mainframe platforms. M. Lane...
