Mainframes are the grown-up solution

Mainframes are the grown-up solution

Why Reliable Tech Never Goes Out of Style Security and reliability aren’t sold in the app store. They come standard with a mainframe.Remember the recent “CrowdStrike breach” situation that we had? Yeah, a bit of an oopsie, wouldn’t you say? All that “cutting-edge” of...

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Get ready for DORA

Get ready for DORA

In my last article about ransomware, I mentioned how important it was for chief financial officers (CFOs) to ensure that the IT in their organizations was as secure as possible—particularly now that attacks can come from artificial intelligence (AI) bots that could be...

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z/OS Application Developers Trivia

z/OS Application Developers Trivia

Broadcom has released some highlights from its recently conducted survey of z/OS application developers. Conducted by Forrester Consulting in June 2024, the survey “gives an unfiltered voice to enterprise developers of z/OS-based applications across organizations,...

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Planet Mainframe at SHARE Kansas City

Planet Mainframe at SHARE Kansas City

The Planet Mainframe team attended the SHARE conference in Kansas City. This year’s event was a whirlwind of insightful conversations, networking opportunities, and exciting announcements that will shape the future of the mainframe community. The connections made at...

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A wild ride: mainframes, motorcycles and me

A wild ride: mainframes, motorcycles and me

As a teenager, I fell in love with mainframes and motorcycles. In the latter case, to be more precise, with classic Kawasaki bikes of the 1970s and 80s. And for me, there are important crossovers.  The first point is that I love building and fixing things. The...

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What You Said – (ClownStrike) CloudStrike

What You Said – (ClownStrike) CloudStrike

According to The Guardian, the Crowdstrike outage crashed an estimated 1% of all Windows PCs worldwide—or about 8.5 million—and is estimated to have cost the US Fortune 500 USD $5 billion. We asked you, Planet Mainframe readers, to share your thoughts on the...

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Top 5 Reasons Mainframers Have a Promising Future

Top 5 Reasons Mainframers Have a Promising Future

We’ve all heard the saying “if it ain't broke, don’t fix it”. While this rings true in the practical sense, it also is a direct reflection of the dynamic some organizations are finding themselves in regarding internal mainframe talent. Commonly, the emphasis pivots to...

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