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AI and ethics and mainframes

AI and ethics and mainframes

When Beliefs Shape Machines Imagine two people talking in a bar—one believes in God, and the other doesn’t. One swears by Apple, the other by Android. One supports Trump, the other can’t stand him. It doesn’t matter which side you’re on; the point is that people...

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8 Generative AI use cases for the mainframe

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....

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COBOL, the incessant number cruncher

COBOL, the incessant number cruncher

Its 2024, so how come COBOL is still crunching the numbers for the world economy? Let’s figure it out... In March 2024 I gave a presentation to the UK MainframerZ group—a mainframe user forum—on the topic of COBOL. The organizers had asked for a quick-fire “15 facts...

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Podcast: The Evolution of Observability

Podcast: The Evolution of Observability

For our latest episode of the planet mainframe podcast Amanda Hendley sat down with Paul DiMarzio at SHARE Orlando. Amanda and Paul talked about the evolution of observability, what observability means in the mainframe space, and how Broadcom’s new WatchTower platform...

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Mainframe Trailblazers: Jean Sammet

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...

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Broadcom Main Scoop Podcast: Microsoft and Mainframe—Combining Platform Strengths in Hybrid IT The latest episode of Broadcom’s Main Scoop podcast has dropped, and in this episode hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman sit down with Barry Wordell, head and global GTM for...

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Mainframe Trailblazers – Part 4

Mainframe Trailblazers – Part 4

Here at Planet Mainframe, January is the month to focus on talent and training, and this week’s Trivia quiz follows suit with a quiz on some of the big talents that blazed the trail of the mainframe. These innovators have left an indelible mark on mainframe computing,...

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History of Unix Trivia

History of Unix Trivia

It’s an understatement to say that the mainframe has come a long way since its inception in the mid-20th century. And while some of the mainframe’s evolution took place incrementally, other developments were more revolutionary. The introduction of UNIX falls into the...

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