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DevOps Places Software Testing as a Challenge

DevOps Places Software Testing as a Challenge

The speed of digital transformation is already impressive and will only increase. To put this in very concrete terms, consider the following: Suddenly, a large number of people jumped from a very provincial lifestyle directly into digital times - creating a massive...

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Don’t Tell the CFO!

Don’t Tell the CFO!

The general view that mainframers have of senior financial staff in an organization is that they are people who want to stop anything new happening. They are the people who want mainframers – who are happiest when keeping their mainframe working optimally and keeping...

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DevOps Places Software Testing as a Challenge

DevOps Places Software Testing as a Challenge

The speed of digital transformation is already impressive and will only increase. To put this in very concrete terms, consider the following: Suddenly, a large number of people jumped from a very provincial lifestyle directly into digital times - creating a massive...

Don’t Tell the CFO!

Don’t Tell the CFO!

The general view that mainframers have of senior financial staff in an organization is that they are people who want to stop anything new happening. They are the people who want mainframers – who are happiest when keeping their mainframe working optimally and keeping...

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Virtual CICS User Group | September 9, 2025

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The Power of CICS Traces and Metrics September 9, 2025 @ 11:30am ET We will begin this Virtual User Group session with a high-level overview of IBM CICS Transaction Server […]

Essential z/OS Performance Tuning Workshop

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Join 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 […]

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Dusseldorf, Germany

IDUG will be taking place in Dusseldorf for the 2025 EMEA Db2 Tech Conference! Experience the custom Solution Center, workshops & hands-on labs, IBM’s certification & badging opportunities, as well […]

Mainframe Trailblazer Trivia

Mainframe Trailblazer Trivia

This month at Planet Mainframe the focus is on Talent and Training, so here at Trivia Challenge we’re going to test your knowledge of a few mainframe trailblazers. The first person we’re looking at is the formidable Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. Born in 1906, Hopper’s...

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Mainframe News to Close Out the Year

Mainframe News to Close Out the Year

Broadcom Completes Acquisition of VMware, Moves to Subscription Model Having completed its acquisition of VMware, Inc, Broadcom Inc., a provider of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, is moving forward with plans to enable enterprise customers to...

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Evolution of the Mainframe

Evolution of the Mainframe

In 2023, the mainframe is the central technology of the  biggest businesses on earth, but they also have a long and storied history. They’ve been around long enough, in fact,  to have had a cameo appearance in the show Mad Men (shout out to the IBM/360). But...

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Mainframe News to Close Out the Year

Mainframe News This Month

VirtualZ Computing Raises $4.9 Million to Enable Enterprise Innovation With Mainframe Data  VirtualZ Computing, the only woman-founded mainframe company, has announced $2.2 million in seed financing, bringing the total capital raised to $4.9 million. The capital...

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Mainframe News to Close Out the Year

Navigating AI and More

IBM Unveils watsonx.governance to Help Businesses Navigate AI Enterprises use AI to solve problems, but businesses are also finding that AI has ushered in a whole new murky world of risks. IBM has announced that watsonx.governance will be released in early December to...

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