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The Mainframe’s Martini Moment
The mainframe is a must-have for enterprise IT, but for many development teams, ready access to it can feel frustratingly out of reach. Now, fresh innovation aims to change that, offering a “Martini moment” for mainframe delivery teams. The Inspiration Behind...
Runtime Fees: The Hidden Tax in Your Tech Stack
In COBOL environments, runtime-based licensing imposes recurring costs each time an application is executed—costs that persist well beyond the initial compiler purchase. While initially tolerable in controlled, limited use environments, runtime-based licensing fees...
Impartial z/OS and MVS tuning and measurement advice: Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter is live
If you work with mainframes, keep reading and catch the latest from Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter. The quarterly Tuning Letter offers comprehensive, practical, and impartial z/OS and MVS tuning and measurement advice. We deliver the insights you need in an...
GS UK Virtual Conference 2025: Event Recap
Last week, the GS UK Virtual Conference 2025 brought the global mainframe community together for three packed days of learning, networking, and celebrating over six decades of innovation. With a lively mix of tech sessions, real-world insights, and thoughtful...
Celebrating the People: A Look at the 2025 Influential Mainframers
Mainframe is more than a technology; it’s a community. From educators and engineers to quiet experts keeping systems running, Planet Mainframe spent the month sharing stories – your stories. Welcome to the wrap-up of our second annual Influential Mainframers...
Influential Mainframer – Tim Full
Today, we celebrate someone has been a champion for customer-centric innovation for forty years. Tim Full Technical Services Manager, Software Diversified Services (SDS) Minnesota, United States Connect with Tim on: View the entire 2025 Influential Mainframers group...
Vikas Sinha: Strategy, Stewardship, and Service – Influential Mainframer
A New Mainframe BelieverVikas Sinha nearly turned down the opportunity that would define the second half of his career. Before pivoting to mainframe, Sinha led predictive analytics at IBM. He relished helping shape a future where data science would transform...
Fresh Mainframe Market Insight Reveals Pressing Objectives for Decision Makers
The mainframe industry is no stranger to market surveys, and a variety of organizations aim to determine trends and attitudes using regular market inquiries. A brand-new market survey, instigated by mainframe software specialists PopUp Mainframe, recently set about...
Influential Mainframer – Sujit Neb
A modernizer at heart, Sujit Neb is helping reshape what’s possible on the mainframe. Sujit Neb Senior Automation Engineer, BMC Software Pune, Maharashtra, India Connect with Sujit on: View the entire 2025 Influential Mainframers group here. Sujit Neb is a builder,...
AI Innovation, Mainframe Leadership, and Big Moves Ahead: Highlights from IBM Think, Terminal Talk, and Kyndryl’s 2025 Success
IBM Think 2025 in Boston IBM’s annual Think conference will be in Boston this year, and it’s only a couple of weeks away, taking place May 5-8, 2025. Join 5,000+ senior business and technology leaders to gain exclusive insights, breakthrough strategies, and real-world...
