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IBM’s decision to discontinue support for the zPDT standalone offering threatens the mid-tier ISV market
IBM’s zPDT Decision Risks Mid-Tier ISVs and Mainframe Innovation I’ve been a passionate mainframe (System z) advocate for over 45 years and a staunch supporter of IBM and most of their decisions. However, when I received an email from IBM on 30 September 2025...
With Geniez, You Can Talk to Your Mainframe in Natural Language
How Geniez Is Turning Real-Time Mainframe Data Into Fuel for Modern LLMs Amanda Hendley, Managing Editor of Planet Mainframe, met with Gil Peleg, CEO of Geniez, for a conversation about artificial intelligence (AI)—specifically, the future of AI on the mainframe.Read...
Mainframe AI Agents: The Interns Who Never Sleep
A conversation with BMC Anthony Doroand Leah Sokalov.A Knowledge Problem That Can’t Wait Amanda Hendly, Managing Editor of Planet Mainframe, met with Distinguished Engineer Anthony Doro and Senior Product Manager Leah Sokalov, both from BMC. The conversation focused...
Mainframes: The AI Glow-Up
Legacy mainframes remain one of the most underestimated parts of enterprise architecture in large-scale organizations. Every second, they process thousands of transactions, store data, and handle operations. There are still many businesses, including data-critical...
Data Integrity Award Winners, Workload Automation in Industry Report, and more
IBM Announces New Platform for Financial Institutions and Regulated Enterprises Entering the Digital Asset Economy Precisely Announces 2025 Data Integrity Award Winners Driving AI Innovation, Business Impact, and Societal Good BMC Selected as Overall Leader for...
The Biggest Plot Twist? AI is Happening on the Mainframe
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...
🎧 Today’s Modernization is AI and Mainframes – featuring Venkat Balabhadrapatruni
In a Planet Mainframe podcast, Amanda Hendley, Managing Editor at Planet Mainframe, sat down with Venkat Balabhadrapatruni, a solution architect at Broadcom Software and 2025 IBM Champion. They discussed the company’s strategy for bringing modern AI capabilities to...
Is Your AI Modernization Tool a Match? Take the Quiz
A 5-Minute Quiz to Cut Through the Hype Mainframes remain pillars of the global digital economy, clearing transactions, securing data, and keeping industries like banking, insurance, and healthcare running 24/7. While the hardware stays rock-solid, the legacy...
What’s Inside – Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter
The latest Tuning Letter, 2025 No.3, is out now! Subscribers to Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter can find the latest issue, 2025 No.3, on our Tuning Letter website. If you are not a current Tuning Letter subscriber, check the website for information about subscription...
The Spectrum of Trust: How Mainframers Are Embracing Agentic AI
A few years ago, the idea of letting artificial intelligence (AI) tweak a production mainframe system on its own would’ve made even the most daring system programmer break out in a cold sweat. We would have heard, “Let the machine make the change? Not on my watch.” ...
