by Eric Odell | Nov 10, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Modernization, Skill Building, Workforce Development
A few years ago, the idea of letting artificial intelligence (AI) tweak a production mainframe system on its own would’ve made even the most daring system programmer break out in a cold sweat. We would have heard, “Let the machine make the change? Not on my watch.” ...
by Peter Enrico | Nov 5, 2025 | AIOps, Artificial Intelligence, Capacity, Featured, Performance
It is exciting to be part of the world of computer performance at the dawn of AI. Many companies are heavily investing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) with only a few crude implementations having materialized thus far. As a performance guy, I can say it is important...
by Nancy Grimes | Oct 22, 2025 | careers, cyber security, Mainframe Skills, Women in Tech
From Mainframe to Cybersecurity: Experience Is the New Superpower If you’ve written COBOL, debugged Assembler, or know how to resolve an S0C7 abend, chances are you belong to an older—and increasingly rare—demographic in tech. If you’re a woman, that group is even...
by Sonja Soderlund | Oct 7, 2025 | News
IBM Introduces the Spyre Accelerator for Commercial Availability Kyndryl Survey 2025: Mainframe Modernization Projects Deliver 2-3X ROI BMC 2025 Mainframe Survey: Confidence, Generational Shift in Views on Mainframe Development Rocket Software Advances COBOL...
by Hunter Johnson | Sep 25, 2025 | careers, Industry Insights, Mainframe Skills, Sponsored, Video, Workforce Development
Mainframe talent is in demand. Broadcom reports that 91% of organizations plan to hire mainframe system administrators or application developers within two years. For IT leaders, the need for skills development, mentorship, and knowledge transfer is urgent. In this...
by Donna Amaral | Sep 16, 2025 | continuity planning, future-ready, Sponsored, Workforce Development
What if your biggest business continuity risk isn’t tied to technology at all, but to talent? That’s the premise behind the Mainframe Talent Succession Playbook, a research-backed guide from CCS Insight. Based on direct interviews with Broadcom customers and education...
by Greg DeBo | Sep 9, 2025 | Assembler, Education, Featured, Mainframe Skills, Talent, Training, Workforce Development
Across the country, organizations are feeling the squeeze of a shrinking mainframe skills pipeline. Last year, I shared how Illinois universities were stepping up to teach mainframe skills and how employers could tap into that pipeline. The story continues, starting...
by Penney Berryman | Sep 4, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Mainframe Operations, Observability, SHARE Conference, Site Reliability Engineering
At SHARE Cleveland 2025, BMC’s Jeremy Hamilton sat down with Planet Mainframe to discuss the biggest shifts in mainframe operations. From observability and SRE to the practical use of generative AI, Hamilton shared why the platform is evolving faster than ever, and...
by Amanda Hendley | Aug 28, 2025 | IMS, z/OS
The Virtual Mainframe User Group on IMS recently gathered to talk about Z Xplore. IBM Z XPlore is the successor to Master the Mainframe, the competition-style program that introduced thousands of students to IBM Z. Where Master the Mainframe ran only a few months each...
by Sonja Soderlund | Aug 25, 2025 | News
IBM and Arivonix Announce Deep watsonx.ai Integration at SHARE Cleveland YUPRO Placement and Franklin Skills Launch SKILLSFIT™ to Deliver Job-Ready IT Talent, Filling Urgent Gaps Hitachi Vantara Recognized by GigaOm for Innovation in Object Storage Royal Cyber Unveils...
by Communications | Aug 14, 2025
Write for Planet Mainframe — Contribute Your Voice Want to share your mainframe experience with thousands of industry professionals?Planet Mainframe is the voice of the mainframe community, ranked the #1 mainframe blog by Feedspot.com, with 8,000 monthly readers and...
by Greg Lotko | Aug 14, 2025 | Broadcom, IT Leadership, Mainframe Workforce Development, Sponsored, Succession Planning
How do you build an IT organization that is truly resilient and ready for anything, from unexpected retirements to the rapid integration of AI? Join Greg Lotko, SVP and GM of Broadcom’s Mainframe Software Division, and Daniel Newman, CEO of Futurum, as they have a...
by Phil Buckellew | Jul 23, 2025 | CICS, Enterprise Infrastructure, IT Operations, Performance, Regulatory Compliance, System Resilience
IT environments are increasingly complex to manage, and overburdened administrators are tasked with refining them, keeping them secure, and preventing downtime.Mainframes are critical to that infrastructure, as they process and store billions of transactions worth of...
by Greg DeBo | Jul 22, 2025 | Education, Employer Engagement, Talent and Training, Workforce Development
Mainframe Talent Is Growing: Access It Next Month Hopefully, you caught my 2024 Planet Mainframe piece on the growing mainframe curriculum at Northern Illinois University (NIU), Illinois State University (ISU), and Eastern Illinois University (EIU). Great news: it’s...
by Sonja Soderlund | Jul 7, 2025 | News
BMC Recognized for Artificial Intelligence Innovation in 8th Annual AI Breakthrough Awards Program AI Breakthrough has named BMC the winner of its 2025 “Conversational AI Innovation Award,” recognizing the company’s BMC AMI Assistant for its innovative use of...
