by Penney Berryman | Jan 7, 2026 | careers, DB2, Mainframe Skills, Workforce Development
Mainframe careers rarely follow a script. Rather, they grow through curiosity, mentorship, and a willingness to keep learning. This trifecta is especially necessary as tools, platforms, and expectations evolve. Planet Mainframe caught up with Chris Muncan, Lead DB2...
by Sonja Soderlund | Jan 5, 2026 | News
VIRTEL announces release of Virtel 4.63: a major new version to better connect, secure, and simplify access to any mainframe application SHARE Orlando Early Bird Tickets Available Hitachi Vantara’s Virtual Storage Platform One Wins CRN 2025 Products of the Year...
by Sonja Soderlund | Dec 29, 2025 | News
Precisely Accelerates Mainframe Modernization with Real-Time Data Replication to Amazon S3 Kyndryl Unveils Quantum Safe Assessment Service to Enable Enterprise Readiness for the Quantum Era IBM Turbonomic and IBM Kubecost unite to optimize Kubernetes performance and...
by Sonja Soderlund | Dec 22, 2025 | Trivia
As the year draws to a close (whether your days are growing shorter and darker or longer and brighter), December tends to invite a little reflection. Over the past year, Planet Mainframe Trivia has dished out a veritable smorgasbord of topics, from the early days of...
by Greg DeBo | Dec 18, 2025 | Customer Story, data management, DB2, Query
It’s always the right time to talk about my absolute favorite mainframe technology, the IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator (we users like to call it IDAA). As you finalize your wish list for your CFO or Santa, don’t forget this! What’s Not in a Name If you’ve ever heard me...
by Derek Britton | Dec 16, 2025 | Digital Transformation, Enterprise IT, Hybrid IT, IT Strategy
As I reflect on yet another year of tectonic adjustment across the technology sector, I see little evidence that things are about to calm down. If anything, the forces reshaping enterprise IT feel more entrenched, more demanding, and more consequential than ever....
by Theo Ezell | Dec 11, 2025 | Compliance & Governance, Mainframe Strategy, Open Source, Security
Open Mainframe Project Security Concerns I was chatting with a mainframer buddy the other day, and he expressed some concerns about the overall code security of the Open Mainframe Project (OMP), particularly around member vetting. So, I spent a bit of time digging...
by Steve Guendert PhD | Dec 9, 2025 | IBM z Systems, Industry Insights, Infrastructure, Mainframe Operations, Security
In October 2025, Planet Mainframe published the first article of this two-part series on IBM z17 Time Synchronization Enhancements. That article focused on time synchronization resiliency and accuracy enhancements introduced on IBM z17. This article continues with a...
by Sam Barker | Dec 2, 2025 | Host Access, Modernization, Security, Sponsored
In March 2025, Ericom PowerTerm, a terminal emulator still used by thousands of organizations to access mainframes, IBM i systems, Unix hosts, VMS machines, and other mission-critical environments, officially entered End-of-Life (EOL). For decades, PowerTerm provided...
by Amanda Hendley | Dec 1, 2025
Bottom Line: EOL Has Already Arrived, and the Window to Act Is Narrow Ericom’s EOL announcement created a hard stop. From March 2025 onward, every month of continued reliance on PowerTerm increases: Cyber exposure Compliance exposure Operational risk Technical debt...
by Sonja Soderlund | Dec 1, 2025 | News
Kyndryl Cloud Readiness Report: Hybrid Cloud Shapes the Future of AI and Enterprise Agility BMC Selected as Overall Leader for Workload Automation in Industry Report Kyndryl Named a Top 100 Most Loved Workplace® by the Wall Street Journal IBM and Groq Partner to...
by Mark Wilson | Nov 24, 2025 | Dev Ops, Modernization, News, z/OS
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...
