AI Month
Presented by Rocket Software
Mainframe’s New Era: AI, Youth, and the Future of SHARE
If you've ever been to a SHARE conference, you know the energy. There's this buzz of people who are genuinely passionate about what they do. Orlando was no different, and sitting down with Tony Anter in the middle of all that felt right at home. Tony and I have had...
The Real Opportunity for AI on the Mainframe Isn’t Code
AI for the Mainframe: Turning System Data Into Answers For the past year, nearly every conversation about artificial intelligence and the mainframe has centered on one question: What will AI do to COBOL? Will it modernize legacy applications? Generate new programs?...
Who is Afraid of the AI Big Bad Wolf
The other day, I was on my couch watching TV, stuck in front of the countless commercials that delayed the evening movie, when an ad spot caught my attention. A female voice extolled the virtues—if there are any—of a car that was supposed to allow me to pursue my...
A Tale of Two Systems: AI and Mainframe Computing
“I have great expectations for the growth of the mainframe because of AI.” Cheryl Watson, CEO and co-founder, Watson & Walker The reliable and powerful mainframe might have stayed a contented Clydsdale, efficiently crisscrossing the computing arena and doing its...
It’s a Gamble: Limits to Generative AI and the Mainframe
By using AI with the mainframe, organizations can potentially uncover insights, optimize operations, and stay ahead of competitors. A study by Accenture reported that AI can boost profitability by an average of 38 percent. Approximately 25% of the 2024 Arcati...
8 Generative AI use cases for the mainframe
The modern field of artificial intelligence (AI) was formally founded in 1956 at a conference in New Hampshire, United States, where the term "artificial intelligence" was coined. That puts modern AI only a few years younger than the mainframe, first used in 1943....
IBM watsonX makes it Easier and Cheaper to rewrite Code
Artificial Intelligence (AI) aims to empower computers, or computer-controlled robots, to perform tasks that are usually performed by humans, imitating the human ability to solve problems and make decisions. This goal is now achievable—in part—thanks to a combination...
The Antikythera reminds us that humanity shall always prevail over Artificial Intelligence
In the last 2,500 years human civilization has made great strides; and in merely the last 80 of these, technology has advanced to the point where machines, endowed with artificial intelligence, are causing mankind to question its very role on the planet. Nevertheless,...
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IBM Z® OMEGAMON® Virtual Technical Summit: From Operational Visibility to Actionable Insight
The future of IBM Z operations will require more than monitoring. As organizations prepare for increasingly data-driven and AI-enabled operations, having the right visibility into performance and application behavior is […]
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Virtual IMS User Group | Data Gravity and IBM Z: Bringing Processing to the Data
Zoom - Virtual MeetingAs data volumes grow, they naturally attract applications, services, and processing toward them—a concept commonly referred to as data gravity. In hybrid cloud environments, understanding data gravity has become increasingly […]
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An Introduction to SYSVIEW Performance Management
Monitoring and Managing z/OS and its Subsystems Content by Broadcom Mainframe Software New to SYSVIEW? Discover how to maximize your performance management tool in this foundational session. We will cover SYSVIEW's […]
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Virtual CICS User Group | Latest Update on Security in CICS TS 6.3: The Journey to Zero Trust
Zoom - Virtual MeetingCICS has been advocating zero trust principles and introducing security-focused enhancements since CICS TS 6.1. This session will explore the latest security capabilities available in CICS TS 6.3 and how […]
❓Mainframe History Trivia: Mauchly and Eckert
This week at Planet Mainframe Trivia we’re dipping back into the deep history of computing with a quiz on the work of John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert—two of the most influential pioneers in the history of computing. Their work helped move electronic computers from...
Accelerate Agent-Drive Transformation, a New AWS Transform Integration, and more
Kyndryl Launches AI Orchestration for Business to Accelerate Agent-Driven Transformation Rocket Software Joins HPE Unleash AI Partner Program to Accelerate AI Adoption IBM Launches Global AI Builders Challenge With IBM Bob for University Students, Expanding...
❓Everything CICS Trivia
While most people you know probably haven’t even heard of CICS, anyone that banks, travels, or does business in the modern world has benefited from this cornerstone of enterprise transaction processing. Evolving alongside changes in hardware, operating systems,...
A New AWS Deployment, Project Glasswing, and more
IBM installs €11.5m Mainframe at South East Technological University to Mark 70th Anniversary in Ireland Precisely Powers Customer Communications with AWS Deployment IBM Brings Its Most Advanced AI-Powered Security Portfolio to Clients, and is Strengthened by Ongoing...
❓Windows Meets the Mainframe
When Microsoft Windows emerged in the 1980s, it represented a very different vision of computing from the centralized, highly structured world of the mainframe. Windows powered the rise of personal computers and client-server systems, while mainframes continued...
Think 2026, Vertica Acquisition, and more
Think 2026: IBM Positions Mainframe Environments as Governed AI Infrastructure Rocket Software Completes Acquisition of Vertica®, Expanding High-Performance Analytics and AI for Mission-Critical Systems Kyndryl unveils agentic AI capability that proactively prevents...