by Amanda Hendley | Jun 12, 2024 | Observability, podcast
For observability and resiliency month, Amanda Hendley sat down for the Planet Mainframe podcast with Lifetime IBM Z Champion Darren Surch. Darren is the CEO of Interskill Learning, the world’s most delivered and credentialed mainframe training. Darren and Amanda took...
by Amanda Hendley | May 16, 2024 | Featured, influential-mainframers, Mainframe
When thinking about how to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the mainframe, our first instinct was to create a series of articles on its history, starting with its earliest iterations and ending with how the technology evolved through today. But perhaps that is a...
by Amanda Hendley | May 15, 2024
Recognizing the global need for cybersecurity education, Vanguard Security & Compliance is a premier gathering of cybersecurity professionals from around the world. VSC offers a comprehensive program that balances educational sessions with interactive workshops...
by Planet Mainframe | May 11, 2024
Db2 User Group | May 2024 Can Db2 for z/OS be hacked? In an era where cybersecurity threats loom large, safeguarding your Db2 for z/OS system is paramount.This session delves into the vulnerabilities that might be inherent in Db2 environments and provides actionable...
by Communications | May 6, 2024
This month, Planet Mainframe celebrates influential mainframers nominated by the community. The field benefits from their efforts in making the mainframe what it is today and working towards the mainframe of tomorrow. Today we recognize a seasoned strategist and...
by Communications | Apr 18, 2024
This month, Planet Mainframe celebrates influential mainframers nominated by the community. The field benefits from their efforts in making the mainframe what it is today and working towards the mainframe of tomorrow. Today we showcase a leader and innovator in...
by Julius McGee | Mar 28, 2024 | Cloud, Mainframe
Mainframes handle around 68% of the entire production of the IT workloads of the world. They are the backbone of modern business, any interruptions could devastate companies and customers, cost millions of dollars, and damage reputations. Given the significance...
by Communications | Mar 27, 2024
Below is our list of 2024’s Most Influential Mainframers. Top Mainframe Influencer Cheryl Watson Founder, The Tuning Letter View Featured Article Top Mainframe Influencer Mark Wilson Technical Director, Vertali View Featured Article Top Mainframe Influencer PJ...
by Amanda Hendley | Mar 14, 2024 | Mainframe, Media, Observability, podcast
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...
by Sonja Soderlund | Feb 20, 2024 | News
IBM Brings Big Tech to Small Businesses with LinuxONE 4 Express IBM has started 2024 by unveiling the latest iteration of its LinuxONE servers—the LinuxONE 4 Express. Coming almost a year after the arrival of the LinuxONE Rockhopper 4, this latest offering enables...
by Amanda Hendley | Feb 2, 2024 | Media, podcast
Just a week ago, I had the chance to record two podcasts all about the work being done by universities and industy to tackle the talent shortage in our field. In this podcast, we chat about higher education’s involvement in overcoming the talent shortage and the great...
by Communications | Feb 1, 2024
21CS Product/Service Information:Product families developed by 21CS experts lie in the areas of data and storage management, resiliency, analytics, and system and operational tools. Since 1992, 21CS has been developing solutions for foundational disk and tape...
by Amanda Hendley and Phil Buckellew | Nov 16, 2023 | cyber security, Media, podcast, Security
While at GSE UK, Planet Mainframe’s own Amanda Hendley, the Managing Editor of Planet Mainframe, interviews Phil Buckellew, President of Infrastructure Modernization at Rocket Software, and discusses the importance of mainframe security, emphasizing that while the...
by Broadcom Mainframe Software | Oct 31, 2023 | resiliency
Written by: Ravi Patil How Cybersecurity is More than Protecting Against Bad Actors and Why It Matters Resiliency in a business context is often closely associated with continuity. If something happens, or if there is an outage, businesses depend on the principles of...
by Mark Wilson | Oct 30, 2023 | cyber security
Earlier this year, I presented sessions at SHARE New Orleans on mainframe security, hacking, and security assessments. These spiked quite a bit of interest among attendees. In particular, a conversation kicked off with several leading mainframe-focused software...
