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Influential Mainframer – Richelle Anne Craw
This month, Planet Mainframe celebrates influential mainframers nominated by the community. Today, we recognize a skilled developer and generous mentor whose work is powering progress for the platform and the people behind it. Richelle Anne Craw Mainframe Software...
Influential Mainframer – Niall Ashley
This month, Planet Mainframe celebrates influential mainframers nominated by the community. Today, we recognize an advocate for accessibility, mainframe education, and mentorship. Niall Ashley Security Consultant, Vertali Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom...
Artificial Intelligence, the Future of Humanity and the Technology that is transforming the World
Federico Faggin, the inventor of the microchip, has been turning his gaze ever more toward and inside the human being. He has said in various interviews, in his native Italy, that his new goal, far more than improving computing capacity, is to teach people, regular...
The Six Degrees of Customer Experience
By: Joe Doria Most of us are familiar with the idea that there are no more than five intermediaries between yourself and another person on this planet. (Hello, Kevin Bacon). It's quite ironic, given there are 8 billion of us and yet this incredible expanse of...
Are You a Mainframe Expert? Test Your Knowledge
If you’re looking for a theme running through this week’s mainframe trivia challenge, it’s all about preparing for future mainframe crises before they happen. Making hay while the sun shines, fixing the roof before it rains…you pick your favorite metaphor. When it...
Taking the mainframe back to the future!
By Tim Leader With its unrivalled stability, security and power the mainframe has long offered enormous benefits to the global business community. But as well as this, resilience and business continuation are other major benefits the platform provides. The...
Operational Excellence and the Customer Experience
On this episode of The Main Scoop, co-hosts Greg Lotko (SVP and GM, Broadcom Mainframe Software) and Daniel Newman (CEO and Founder, Futurum Research) are joined by Meral Temel, Mainframe Platform Leader at JFORCE, to discuss the opportunities and risks when pursuing...
Newsworthy Mainframe News!
CMG Honors Broadcom with the IMPACT Innovation Award The Computer Measurement Group (CMG), together with its partner the Mullen Foundation, has announced Broadcom as the winner of its 2023 IMPACT Innovation Award. According to CMG, the increasingly coveted award was...
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Virtual CICS User Group | AI and CICS with Steve Wallin, IBM
Zoom - Virtual MeetingIn today's fast-paced digital landscape, businesses demand seamless, efficient, and secure transaction processing to keep up with evolving customer expectations and market dynamics. On IBM Z, a platform renowned for […]
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Virtual CICS User Group | The IT Stairway to Heaven. CICS Testing Pyramid: From Unit to Integration to Production-Like Environment
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Mainframe Modernization, Migrations and More
IBM Buys Advanced’s Mainframe Modernization Division For its first acquisition of 2024, IBM has announced that it will acquire application modernization capabilities from Advanced, a UK-based provider of mainframe modernization services. The pending acquisition will...
Mainframe Trivia – Trailblazers Part 3
January is Talent and Training month at Planet Mainframe, so here at Trivia Challenge we’re testing (and hopefully expanding) your knowledge of a few mainframe trailblazers. This week the spotlight is on Gene Amdahl. Born in South Dakota in 1922 and educated in a...
Announcing the 2024 IMPACT Award Finalists and more
CVS, Legal & General, Fidelity Investments Selected as 2024 IMPACT Innovation Award Finalists The 2024 CMG IMPACT conference will take place in Atlanta, GA in February, and - along with education and peer-to-peer exchange of all things digital transformation,...
Mainframe Trailblazer Trivia Part 2
This month at Planet Mainframe the focus is on Talent and Training, so here at Trivia Challenge we’re testing (and hopefully expanding) your knowledge of a few mainframe trailblazers. Today we’re looking at the life of Thomas J. Watson Jr., the transformational...
Mainframe News – January 11, 2024
Kyndryl announces new DVLA mainframe services contract The UK’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has announced a new two-year contract with IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl. Valued at £6.45 million ($8.21 million), the contract follows a previous...
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...




