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The Crippling Pain of Data Loss
Mainframe Reporting and Saving Data: Why Backups Are Non-Negotiable I’ve spoken with countless output management customers, and I’m alarmed by a recurring theme: many lack not only a robust backup strategy but also fail to practice their restores. This gap leaves them...
Caching Query Results with QuickSelect Improves Db2 z/OS Workload Performance
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, the ability to access and process data as quickly as possible is of utmost importance for businesses striving to gain a competitive edge. As such, a significant trend in the database world is utilizing memory for more types of...
Summer IBM zSkills Fest: Mainframe Mania
Summer is for festivals, and this year IBM is inviting us all to experience Mainframe Mania at the IBM zSkills Fest. Taking place between July 10th - August 7th, this four-week skill-building initiative is designed to help you earn industry-recognized IBM Z Xplore...
Make Security Your Competitive Advantage
“If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked.” That was according to Richard Clarke, former special advisor on cybersecurity to the US President. He added, “What’s more, you deserve to be hacked,” which does seem a little harsh. Maybe...
When Generative AI Takes Over Healthcare and the World
It’s been said that 40% of all businesses will die in the next 10 years… if they don’t figure out how to change their entire company to accommodate new technologies. Large language models are driving the next generation of AI with predictions of massive industry...
Do You Know The New Trends In Mainframe? Test Your Expertise!
We’re halfway through the year, which seems like a good time to reflect on what’s happening in the world of mainframe in 2023, and to what degree Big Iron is ready to take on the future. Keith Allingham does just that in his article: The Mainframe: A Look Back at...
When Italy had the Technological Edge over the United States: Olivetti Elea
2021 marked the 60th anniversary of the death of Mario Tchou, the Olivetti engineer who designed the Elea 9003, the first Italian computer, who died in a car crash at the age of only 36. However, the circumstances around his death, a car crash, remain suspicious....
Another Mainframe News Minute!
Breaking into the Mainframe: 50 Years of (Mostly Stupid) Computer Scenes in Movies It’s not too often that the mainframe is explored in an entertainment publication. This week, though, Movieweb features an article that takes a look at how the mainframe shows up in the...
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Zoom - Virtual Meeting📅 June 16, 2026 🕦 11:30 AM ET When an IMS database fails, there is no time to learn recovery on the fly. In this practical and technically grounded session, […]
People and History of the Mainframe Trivia
This month at Planet Mainframe, we’re looking at the people and history of the mainframe. If you’re not a mainframer, that may not sound particularly titillating—but it’s a story of innovation, evolution, and resilience. Originating in the mid-20th century,...
Upcoming Career Fair and Women in Tech
Virtual IBM Z Career Fairs in April If you’re looking for work in a mainframe role, make sure to register for your local upcoming IBM Z Computing Career Fair, sponsored by IBM in partnership with CareerEco. Candidates will have the opportunity to meet with...
Hybrid Cloud Trivia
You don’t have to know much about mainframes to understand that they don’t exist in the splendid isolation of the past, and the last decade has brought the mainframe into a whole new level of connectivity. For many businesses, embracing the modern mainframe...
Today’s News – IBM Skills Council and Advancements with watsonx
Conversation with IBM’s Meredith Stowell: IBM Mainframe Skills Council At this week’s SHARE conference in Orlando, IBM announced the launch of the Mainframe Skills Council— “a forum where global organizations will foster a skilled, diverse, sustainable workforce...
Next Gen Tech Trivia
This month at Planet Mainframe, the focus is on Next Gen Tech. When it comes to mainframes or even whatever handheld device you find yourself attached to, artificial intelligence is probably the first thing that comes to most of our minds when we think of the cutting...
Cyber Threat Reports, Pragmatic Modernization, and 60 Years of Mainframe
IBM Cyber Threat Index Report: Stolen Credentials Top Risk, Threat of AI Attacks Continue to Loom Every year, IBM X-Force (IBM Consulting’s offensive and defensive security services arm) releases a report that surveys the cyber threat landscape and reports on emerging...