by Srushti Vachhrajani | Mar 4, 2026 | Cloud, Enterprise IT, Workforce & Training
Training Downtime Is Costly. Cloud Monitoring Prevents It. Workforce training remains a significant topic in the mainframe ecosystem. The trend has shifted from workforce training as a nice-to-have support function to a necessity for operational infrastructure....
by Planet Mainframe | Feb 19, 2026 | Arcati Navigator
Mainframe modernization, upgrade cadence, and tooling decisions are shaped as much by workforce structure as by technology. The 2026 survey reflects a notable shift in respondent mix while reinforcing continuity in operating models. Importantly, the 2026 workforce...
by Amanda Hendley | Jan 29, 2026 | Industry Research, Mainframe Skills, Workforce Development
Why the workforce conversation needs updating Workforce conversations in the mainframe community often default to a familiar concern: who will be left to run these systems in the future? While that question still surfaces, early signals from our 2026 Mainframe User...
by Sonja Soderlund | Jan 13, 2026 | Trivia, Workforce Training
Happy 2026—and welcome to a whole new year of Planet Mainframe Trivia! As our January theme focuses on Workforce and Training, this quiz looks at mainframe pioneers and the early decisions that shaped how mainframe skills are learned and passed on. Mainframe expertise...
by Penney Berryman | Apr 11, 2025 | COBOL, influential-mainframers, Mainframe
Magie Hall, Ph.D., is an associate professor of information systems and quantitative analysis at the University of Nebraska Omaha. She’s also one of the very few tenured professors doing scholarly work in mainframe education. She didn’t plan to build a workforce...
by Penney Berryman | Mar 17, 2025 | careers, Training, Uncategorized, Workforce Development
After perusing blogs, surveys, and insights – and attending SHARE- DC, it’s clear that several big trends are emerging about what’s shaping mainframe careers and training. Here’s what’s standing out—and why it matters right now. 1. Hands-On Learning Is the...
by Darren Surch | Jul 12, 2022 | Management
IBM Z mainframes are the core computing platforms of 92 of the world’s top 100 banks, 10 of the top 10 insurers, 18 of the top 25 retailers, 70% of the Fortune 500 and much of the world’s healthcare, finance, utilities, and governments. These ultimate data servers...
by Craig Mullins | Apr 28, 2016 | Mainframe
A continuing, lingering perception that the mainframe is dead continues on in some parts of the IT industry. It seems that we constantly hear about IT shops that are planning to get rid of their mainframes. But rarely do we ever hear about it after the fact. No, it is...
by Jennifer Nelson | Jun 23, 2026 | Mainframe Skills, Workforce Training
By: Jennifer Nelson, CEO, Izzi Software & Chris Craddock, Chief Architect, Izzi Software The Challenge The financial services industry, long a cornerstone of the global economy, is facing a challenge: the accelerating loss of critical operational skills...
by Sonja Soderlund | Jun 22, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, News
Kyndryl Launches AI Orchestration for Business to Accelerate Agent-Driven Transformation Rocket Software Joins HPE Unleash AI Partner Program to Accelerate AI Adoption IBM Launches Global AI Builders Challenge With IBM Bob for University Students, Expanding...
by Penney Berryman | Jun 10, 2026 | Events, IBM Z, Leadership, Sponsored, Workforce Development
In a new three-part webinar series, PopUp Mainframe explores how SysProgs, training leaders, developers, and QA professionals tackle the challenges of modern z/OS environments. Mainframe teams rarely experience the platform in the same way. A systems programmer...
by Planet Mainframe | Jun 2, 2026 | Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter, Featured, Performance, z/OS
What happens when an IMS logger fills up in production? How do you prepare for z/OS 3.2? Is Coupling Facility encryption worth the effort? And what does AI really mean for the future of the mainframe workforce? The latest issue of Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter tackles...
by Sonja Soderlund | May 15, 2026 | News
BMC Expands AI-Powered Mainframe Solutions IBM Introduces IBM Bob Premium Package for Z Kyndryl to modernize systems for North Carolina DMV AI Helped a Company Transition Off the Mainframe – and the Project Won an Award Kyndryl named a Leader in 2026 ISG...
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 Influential Mainframer | Apr 20, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Modernization, Professional Development, Top Influential Mainframer
Shelly J. Meierarend, PMP IBM Z and LinuxONE Client and Academic Global Skills LeaderIBM Z Ecosystem – InfrastructureIBM Buford, Georgia, United States This article features Shelly J. Meierarend, one of the top four 2026 Influential Mainframers. Editor’s Note: We...
