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...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 19, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Paolo Enrique Garcia Ramos Mainframe Chief, Interbank Lima, Peru This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. For Paolo Enrique Garcia Ramos, the future of the mainframe depends on who gets access to it. With 18 years of experience...
by Penney Berryman | Apr 17, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
The mainframe is often referred to as the “backbone of the global economy”. Although that’s true, the mainframe is more than a tired phrase. Its true strength lies in the diverse, global community of experts who push the platform forward. This year, the...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 17, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership, Modernization
Scott Brod Product ManagerBroadcom Port Monmouth, NJ, USA This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. In the world of enterprise computing, “legacy” is often used as a polite synonym for “outdated.” But for...
by Amanda Hendley | Apr 16, 2026
GSE UK Virtual Conference 2026Do More at the Core. Built to Learn, Engineered to Lead. Join the global mainframe community for the GSE UK Virtual Conference 2026, taking place April 21–23, 2026. This multi-day virtual event brings together industry experts,...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 11, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Richelle Anne Craw Software EngineerBeta Systems Software Linz, Austria This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. Richelle Anne Craw is the ultimate “multi-hyphenate” influencer: speaker, instructor, mentor,...
by Penney Berryman | Apr 6, 2026 | Modernization, Research & Surveys, SHARE Conference
At SHARE Orlando, Amanda Hendley, Managing Editor of Planet Mainframe, shared insights from the 2026 annual Arcati survey. She cut through the industry hype to focus on what the data say about the current state of the platform. The overarching theme? While the core...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 3, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Anshul Agrawal Senior Manager, Product DevelopmentBMC Software Pune, Maharashtra, India This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. The mainframe has always been built on trust. Decades of reliability, scale, and performance have...
by Influential Mainframer | Apr 2, 2026 | Influential Mainframers 2026, Innovation, Leadership
Geoffrey Decker Instructor, Northern Illinois UniversityCo-Founder and Lead Instructor, Eli Madison Memorial Apprenticeships (EMMA) DeKalb, Illinois, USA This piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series. The Maestro of the Mainframe...
by Vertali | Mar 25, 2026 | Arcati, IT Strategy, Sponsored
Six talking points for 2026 and beyond A decade ago, who could have predicted we’d be living in a golden age for the mainframe, with major investment and the platform acting as the backbone of today’s hybrid IT strategies? This article summarizes some of the issues...
by Sonja Soderlund | Mar 2, 2026 | News
New Rocket Software Survey Finds 69% of IT Leaders Report Data Security Keeps Them Up at Night Kyndryl Named a Leader in 2025–2026 IDC MarketScape for Mainframe Modernization IBM Introduces Autonomous Storage with New FlashSystem Portfolio Powered by Agentic AI...
by Sonja Soderlund | Feb 25, 2026 | Arcati Navigator 2026, Industry Insights, Trivia
Welcome to this week’s Planet Mainframe trivia quiz! On the heels of the 2026 Arcati Survey Results release, this round of trivia focuses on changes underway. Workforce demographics are shifting, new generations are entering mainframe computing fields (and through...
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
How is mainframe usage changing — and what does that tell us? Across the 2026 survey, respondents report moderate growth or stable mainframe usage, with a smaller group indicating declines. Several forward-looking questions were introduced in 2025 to enhance...
by Planet Mainframe | Feb 18, 2026 | Arcati Navigator 2026
As mainframe environments become more integrated, organizations are not actively expanding headcount. Instead, they are investing in tooling, automation, and process refinement to sustain reliability while accommodating change. Rather than signaling a wholesale shift...
