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Data Integrity Award Winners, Workload Automation in Industry Report, and more
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Mainframes Bring AI to the Data When the general public hears“mainframe,” they may picture a massive machine from the early days of computing, a relic of a bygone era. However, we know that perception is flawed. The mainframe isn’t a museum piece; it’s the...
Upcoming Webinar: AI-Driven Insights – Transforming Application Performance Management in a Hybrid IT Environment
Join this webinar June 20, 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET! Registration is open now. In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, managing mainframe application performance and availability has become an increasingly complex task. As hybrid computing environments become...
Twentieth-Century Mainframe Icon—Fred Brooks
At Planet Mainframe, we’ve been marking the 60th anniversary of the mainframe by celebrating the lives of influential mainframes of the past and present. This week, we’re turning our attention to a twentieth-century mainframe icon—Fred Brooks. Brooks was a luminary in...
Launching a New Era of Modernization on the Mainframe
The role that modernization holds in the business world today is more important than ever. It’s no longer an aspirational project—or for some, a necessary evil—that is tasked to IT teams by organizational leaders looking to carve out a competitive edge. Modernization...
Mainframe News – Acquisitions and Federal Appeals
Rocket Software Closes Acquisition of OpenText’s Application Modernization and Connectivity Business Rocket Software has successfully finalized the acquisition of OpenText's Application Modernization and Connectivity (AMC) business, formerly part of Micro Focus. The...
Celebrating your 2024 Influential Mainframers
When thinking about how to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the mainframe, our first instinct was to create a series of articles on its history, starting with its earliest iterations and ending with how the technology evolved through today. But perhaps that is a...
How to Navigate the Data Compliance Journey
Author: Perry Jones In today's global landscape, businesses face a multitude of challenges when it comes to data compliance. With regulations evolving rapidly and spanning across various jurisdictions, it's imperative for organizations to review their current data...
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Virtual IMS User Group | All about SMP-E (System Modification Program-Extended)— It’s SiMPlified!!!
Zoom - Virtual MeetingAll about SMP/E (System Modification Program/Extended) — It's SiMPlified!!! SMP/E (System Modification Program/Extended) is the foundation of software maintenance and update management within the z/OS ecosystem. This session provides a […]
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Accelerating Mainframe Efficiency: Development and Testing Webinar
Zoom - Virtual MeetingUnlock the power of instantly available mainframe resources to revolutionize mainframe delivery. The third session in the PopUp Persona Webinar series reveals how application developers, software engineers, and QA teams […]
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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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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 Innovations, Career Webinar, a New APAC Partnership, and more
Hitachi Vantara and BMC Transform Mainframe Innovation Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure, and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has announced a strategic alliance with BMC Software that aims to drive innovation and optimization...
Zowe: History & Significance Trivia
Earlier in February, Planet Mainframe had the opportunity to sit down with Elliot Jalley, Product Manager at Broadcom’s R&D Center in Prague, to discuss Zowe’s pivotal role in mainframe modernization. Zowe is a groundbreaking initiative that enhances...
Acquisitions, Synthetic Data Sets, and the latest Mainframe Security launch
Newly Launched Izzi Software Acquires ColeSoft, Expands Footprint in Mainframe Industry Izzi Software, a newly launched player in the mainframe scene, has made its first move by acquiring ColeSoft, a Virginia-based company known for its debugging tools for IBM...
Mainframe Pioneers: John von Neumann
At the Planet Mainframe trivia challenge, we’re always up for a bit of mainframe pioneer history! Today we’re looking at the life of John von Neumann (1903–1957), a brilliant and versatile thinker whose work touched many areas of science and technology. Born in...
Australian Department of Home Affairs new contract, SHARE Washington Updates, and more
BMC Enriches the Mainframe with January 2025 Updates BMC has announced a January 2025 release that emphasizes the modernization of mainframe operations. The updates promise to “break new ground” in what’s possible on the mainframe, featuring a new approach to...
Mainframe Trailblazers: Jean Sammet
This week’s edition of Trivia Challenge focuses on the career of one of the twentieth century’s legendary mainframe trailblazers, Jean Sammet. Being born a female in 1928 didn’t exactly make for an easy path to an award-winning career in computer technology, but...