by Alessandro Bruno | Oct 3, 2023 | cyber security
Cybersecurity is a journey. The last three decades show that hackers and security teams have continually competed with each other, adapting to a changing environment. Both have learned from each other, but cybersecurity has—perhaps inevitably—always had to catch up to...
by Lee Sullivan | Jul 28, 2023 | Media, podcast
Each month, z/Action! meets some of the world’s most innovative companies as they share how they’re expanding horizons and driving success with IBM Z. This month we welcome PKWARE’s Jason Dobbs and EJ Pappas. They’re here to discuss cybersecurity: how the...
by Communications | Jul 28, 2023
AI Has Entered the Chat and It’s Shaking Up Cybersecurity By: Lee Sullivan With the sudden onset of AI, data threats have changed and increased in velocity almost overnight. “This wave of change is going be a lot faster than some of the previous waves that have...
by Sonja Soderlund | Jul 6, 2026 | News
Gartner Warns Against Overestimating AI in Mainframe Migrations IBM, Red Hat, and Deloitte Announce Lightwell Collaboration to Help Strengthen Open Source Software Supply Chain Trust BMC to Separate Helix AI ServiceOps Business Kyndryl and AWS sign expanded strategic...
by Sonja Soderlund | Jun 8, 2026 | News
IBM installs €11.5m Mainframe at South East Technological University to Mark 70th Anniversary in Ireland Precisely Powers Customer Communications with AWS Deployment IBM Brings Its Most Advanced AI-Powered Security Portfolio to Clients, and is Strengthened by Ongoing...
by Sonja Soderlund | Apr 27, 2026 | Modernization, News
U.S. Public Sector Applies AI to Mainframe Modernization IBM Announces Strategic Collaboration with Arm to Shape the Future of Enterprise Computing 21CS Establishes Strategic Partnership with Interskill Learning IBM Expands FedRAMP Portfolio with Authorization of 11...
by Sonja Soderlund | Apr 13, 2026 | News
Bringing AI to Mainframe Data: Introducing IBM SQL Data Insights Pro Virtel 4.64 Now Available: Stronger Session Security, Enhanced Japanese Codepage Support, and Key Usability Improvements BMC Advances Trusted AI Orchestration With New Control-M Kyndryl awarded a...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 12, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Kev Milne Instructor – CTI ManagerNeuro Training Ltd Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. The mainframe still powers a vast portion of the world’s critical infrastructure—financial...
by Sonja Soderlund | Mar 16, 2026 | News
IBM 2026 X-Force Threat Index: AI-Driven Attacks are Escalating as Basic Security Gaps Leave Enterprises Exposed Precisely Expands Data Integrity Suite with New AI Agents for Enhanced Data Quality, Data Enrichment, and Location Intelligence BMC Signs Five-Year...
by Penney Berryman | Feb 19, 2026 | Featured, IBM Z, Mainframe Strategy, Research & Surveys
In an era defined by AI hype and cloud-first declarations, the mainframe environment, in contrast, appears quiet and refined. Organizations running IBM Z continue to anchor revenue, enforce governance, and modernize on their own timetable. Nothing is happening...
by Planet Mainframe | Feb 19, 2026 | Arcati Navigator 2026
The 2026 Arcati Mainframe User Survey reinforces a consistent picture of IBM Z as a durable system-of-record platform operating inside mature hybrid environments. Across business dependence, platform currency, workforce structure, tooling investment, security posture,...
by Planet Mainframe | Feb 19, 2026 | Arcati Navigator
Security and risk management remain central to how organizations operate and evolve their mainframe environments. In the 2026 Arcati Mainframe User Survey, respondents describe security as an embedded operational discipline that shapes priorities, tooling, and...
by Kevin Milne | Jan 12, 2026 | Operations & Resilience, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Security
Mainframes hold the heart of the most critical business processes in finance, healthcare, and government. Yet many security programmes still draw a neat line around them, treating z/OS as out of scope for red teaming, scenarios, and cyber risk quantification. This...
by Derek Britton | Jan 9, 2026 | careers, Enterprise IT, Industry Insights, Mainframe Skills
Attendees at GS UK 2025 noticed a new track, WAVEZ 101, dedicated to early-career and undergraduate mainframers. I was delighted to be invited to speak on mainframe skills and what I see for the industry’s future employees. A Gloomy Skills Outlook The IT skills topic...
