Observability Month
The Evolution of IBM OMEGAMON for CICS: AI Insights, DB2 Correlation, and zIIP Optimization
Sign up today! CICS Virtual User Group – Tomorrow, July 29, 2025 Join us on Tuesday, July 29, for the next installment of the CICS User Group series. Colin Pearce, z/OS and CICS Systems Programmer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, will present. Register for the...
The Backbone of Resilience: Mainframe DBAs and the Modern Db2 Experience
Enterprise systems don’t stay online by accident. Behind every seamless ATM transaction, insurance policy update, or healthcare claim processed in milliseconds, there’s a mainframe running—and behind that mainframe, a database administrator (mainframe DBA) ensuring...
Mainframe Observability with the WatchTower Platform
Tune in with Nicole Fagen, Director R&D, AIOps and Automation, as she hosts a thought-provoking conversation on real-world use cases of the WatchTower Platform™—an observability platform covering all your mainframe and enterprise observability needs. Nicole is...
Cost Allocation: Maximize Your Mainframe Value
In many organizations, the mainframe is often perceived as an expensive ‘black box’. Questions about usage, costs, and impact loom large: Who is using how much capacity, when, at what cost, and for what purpose? These questions extend beyond technical concerns; they...
The Importance of Observability in Modern IT: A Comprehensive Guide
With the quick-paced advances in tech today, managing IT well is crucial. One key factor in top-notch IT plans is observability. But what does observability mean exactly in today's IT terms? How can it help people like tech bosses, DevOps techs, and other...
Mainframe Resiliency Trivia
This month at Planet Mainframe we’ve been focusing on the topic of observability and resiliency - a topic that is evergreen in a world rife with cyber-hazards. Our last trivia quiz was on observability, so we’re dedicating this week’s quiz to resiliency. In business,...
Career Resiliency
For observability and resiliency month, Amanda Hendley sat down for the Planet Mainframe podcast with Lifetime IBM Z Champion Darren Surch. Darren is the CEO of Interskill Learning, the world’s most delivered and credentialed mainframe training. Darren and Amanda took...
WatchTower Platform Overview
Watch now to learn how the WatchTower Platform™ enables you to deliver breakthrough advances in mainframe problem identification and resolution. See how WatchTower streamlines mainframe observability by ingeniously integrating operational tools, workflows, data, and...
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A Decade in Purple Chucks: Celebrating Planet Mainframe
When a group of mainframers started a part-time mainframe blog 10 years ago, they never imagined it would become a leading website for mainframe industry news. For over a decade, we’ve shared ideas, explored new innovations, and highlighted the people shaping the...
How to Bolster Resiliency Through Succession Planning
How do you build an IT organization that is truly resilient and ready for anything, from unexpected retirements to the rapid integration of AI? Join Greg Lotko, SVP and GM of Broadcom’s Mainframe Software Division, and Daniel Newman, CEO of Futurum, as they have a...
Join Planet Mainframe at SHARE Cleveland for Trivia, Prizes, and More
Next week, SHARE is taking over Cleveland, Ohio, and we’re bringing the party to Booth #612! If you’re going to be there, here’s what we’ve got planned: Look for these friendly faces: Amanda Hendley, Mark Wilson, and Penney Berryman Celebrating the 2025 Influential...
Mainframes and Their Rivals
For decades, mainframes have stood quietly at the heart of global enterprise computing, but they haven’t been without competition. From the rise of minicomputers to the spread of UNIX systems and the open-source movement, each wave of innovation has challenged the...
Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter Delivers z/OS Tuning, Hardware Picks, and Performance Tips
We are delighted to announce that Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2025 No.2 is now available. If you haven't already subscribed, now is your chance to discover the most comprehensive body of practical and impartial z/OS, and MVS tuning and measurement advice ever...
Industry-Wide Security Event, Accelerate Mainframe Migrations, and more
IBM Announces z/OS 3.2 to Power AI-Driven, Secure Hybrid Cloud Workloads Vertali APAC brings MainTegrity® CSF to Australia Industry-Wide Security Event: Vanguard Security & Compliance 2025 Kyndryl Launches New AI-Powered Services to Accelerate Mainframe Migration...
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 proudly proved it was anything but obsolete. Here’s what stood out and why CICS users should be excited about what’s...
Demystifying CICS COBOL Transaction Debugging with Colin Pearce
In a recent virtual user group session I had the pleasure of hosting, we explored the intricate world of CICS COBOL transaction debugging with the help of Colin Pearce—an exceptionally experienced mainframe systems programmer whose career spans over three decades,...
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Vanguard Security & Compliance 2025
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Understanding SMF 98 Address Space Consumption Measurements –
Zoom - Virtual MeetingUnderstanding SMF 98 Address Space Consumption Measurements ..... September 17th ..... Sign up using this link As we have previously discussed, the SMF 98 records are still a fairly new record, […]
Essential z/OS Performance Tuning Workshop
Virtual MeetingJoin Scott Chapman in this 4-day z/OS Performance Tuning Essentials Workshop that focuses on the foundational terminology, metrics, and practices necessary to measure, understand, and improve z/OS system performance. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the factors driving performance and […]
Introducing Syncsort™ Storage Management
Recently, Precisely added the Storage Management solutions from DTS Software to our product lineup. These products represent a significant addition to Precisely’s already robust IBM Z software portfolio. The newly […]
Mainframe Firsts
Mainframes have a reputation for being rock-solid, reliable…and maybe a little mysterious (to outsiders at least). But behind the green screens and acronyms lies a rich history of innovation that has shaped the modern computing world. From groundbreaking hardware...
Announcements at SHARE, Job-Ready Talent training, and more
IBM and Arivonix Announce Deep watsonx.ai Integration at SHARE Cleveland YUPRO Placement and Franklin Skills Launch SKILLSFIT™ to Deliver Job-Ready IT Talent, Filling Urgent Gaps Hitachi Vantara Recognized by GigaOm for Innovation in Object Storage Royal Cyber Unveils...
A Decade in Purple Chucks: Celebrating Planet Mainframe
When a group of mainframers started a part-time mainframe blog 10 years ago, they never imagined it would become a leading website for mainframe industry news. For over a decade, we’ve shared ideas, explored new innovations, and highlighted the people shaping the...
Join Planet Mainframe at SHARE Cleveland for Trivia, Prizes, and More
Next week, SHARE is taking over Cleveland, Ohio, and we’re bringing the party to Booth #612! If you’re going to be there, here’s what we’ve got planned: Look for these friendly faces: Amanda Hendley, Mark Wilson, and Penney Berryman Celebrating the 2025 Influential...
Mainframes and Their Rivals
For decades, mainframes have stood quietly at the heart of global enterprise computing, but they haven’t been without competition. From the rise of minicomputers to the spread of UNIX systems and the open-source movement, each wave of innovation has challenged the...
Industry-Wide Security Event, Accelerate Mainframe Migrations, and more
IBM Announces z/OS 3.2 to Power AI-Driven, Secure Hybrid Cloud Workloads Vertali APAC brings MainTegrity® CSF to Australia Industry-Wide Security Event: Vanguard Security & Compliance 2025 Kyndryl Launches New AI-Powered Services to Accelerate Mainframe Migration...