by Communications | May 3, 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 are featuring a CEO setting the bar high...
by Penney Berryman | Apr 24, 2024 | Highlight, influential-mainframers, Mainframe
If you want to know what’s going on in the world of COBOL, Dr. Cameron Seay is the expert to turn to. As a semi-retired adjunct professor at East Carolina University (ECU) in Greenville, North Carolina, he calls himself a “practicing technology evangelist.” He...
by Penney Berryman | Apr 16, 2024 | influential-mainframers, Mainframe
Penney Berryman from Planet Mainframe connected with PJ Catalano to uncover how he’s using humor to elevate the mainframe into the mainstream. Pasquale “PJ” Catalano has two passions: mainframe test engineering and mainframe social media humor. A self-identified class...
by Penney Berryman | Apr 10, 2024 | Highlight, influential-mainframers, Mainframe
Penney Berryman from Planet Mainframe connected with Mark for a few minutes between his work in the UK and his hobby of restoring motorcycles.Mark Wilson’s energy and easy laugh infuse the conversation in person or on the phone. He throws his head back and guffaws,...
by Communications | Apr 8, 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 are showcasing an ambassador and leader...
by Sonja Soderlund | Mar 19, 2024 | News
Conversation with IBM’s Meredith Stowell: IBM Mainframe Skills Council At this week’s SHARE conference in Orlando, IBM announced the launch of the Mainframe Skills Council— “a forum where global organizations will foster a skilled, diverse, sustainable workforce...
by Planet Mainframe | Mar 11, 2024
Db2 User Group | March 2024 A Day in the Life of a Db2 for zOS Schema There is a lot of talk about DevOps and agile development and with good reason. But what does this mean for a Db2 for z/OS database administrator? In this presentation I will provide an overview of...
by Amanda Hendley | Feb 22, 2024 | Media, podcast
In this podcast episode, Darren Surch, the CEO of Interskill Learning and a Lifetime IBM Champion, discusses the concept and implementation of internal mainframe talent pools in the IT industry. Darren recently published an article on the subject and its potential to...
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 Penney Berryman | Jan 31, 2024 | Mainframe, Training
What people want in a career has remained fundamentally unchanged for the last 50 years. In a Gallup poll of workforce trends, pay remains the number one consideration. Additionally, people want work-life balance, job stability, interesting work, and opportunities for...
by Darren Surch | Jan 16, 2024 | Mainframe, Talent
Modern mainframe organizations recognize the persistent shortage of external, mainframe-skilled personnel and ensure long-term mainframe workforce vitality and efficacy by building internal mainframe talent pools. The synergy of workforce succession planning,...
by Planet Mainframe | Jan 11, 2024
Db2 User Group | January 2024 Driving Down Database Development Dollars Application developers and database administrators alike are under constant pressure to drive down costs and reduce CPU cycles. This talk suggests some technical tips and cultural changes to...
by Amanda Hendley | Jan 2, 2024 | Mainframe
As we turn the calendar to a new page, Planet Mainframe is thrilled to announce the commencement of Talent and Training Month—a special period dedicated to celebrating and exploring the individuals, programs, and opportunities within the world of mainframe computing. ...
by Broadcom Mainframe Software | Dec 19, 2023 | Featured, Mainframe
Written by: Greg Lotko If you really think about it, the best way to handle an issue is to prevent it from occurring to begin with. However, when things do go wrong, the next step is to minimize overall business impact, and accelerate time to recovery and resolution....
