For years I have told mainframe security newcomers the same thing: If you want to learn how to attack and defend a system, you need to use that system. Unfortunately, z/OS is not something you spin up on a laptop over lunch or throw into your home lab. Mainframe...
How monitoring and statistics data turn performance symptoms into evidence When something slows down in a CICS environment, the conversation often starts with a phrase every systems programmer (sysprog) has heard before: "CICS feels stuck." The problem with that...
GSE Nordic Conference 2026, HelsinkiEnergy, insight, innovation After the success of the 2025 event in Gothenburg, the 2026 GSE Nordic conference continued a similar vein and delivered a packed and varied programme - spanning modern mainframe technology, AI...
If you want to use AI with VSEn, you do not have to replace your OLTP/CICS applications first. You have to make it accessible. That is exactly where VSEn Connectors become strategic: they connect proven host transactions with REST, SOAP, MQ, Java, database access, and...
Organizations increasingly want faster, more intelligent business decisions. For enterprises running critical workloads on CICS, artificial intelligence (AI) offers a practical way to improve transaction processing, automate decisions, and uncover patterns hidden...
Uwe Graf Head of ConsultingEasiRun Europa GmbH Hesse, GermanyThis profile features Uwe Graf, one of the top four 2026 Influential Mainframers in the class of 2026.If you ask Uwe Graf to describe himself, he won’t start with a list of certifications or corporate...
Ezriel Gross Senior Technical Staff Member and Product Evangelist Rocket Software Wayne, New Jersey, USAThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.Ezriel Gross, a Senior Technical Staff Member and Product Evangelist at Rocket...
Scott Brod Product ManagerBroadcom Port Monmouth, NJ, USAThis 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Influential Mainframers series.In the world of enterprise computing, "legacy" is often used as a polite synonym for "outdated."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 Scott Brod, a Product...
Gil Peleg Co-founder, CEOGeniez AI London, England, United KingdomThis article features Gil Peleg, one of the top four 2026 Influential Mainframers.While others try to modernize around the mainframe, Gil Peleg is building AI inside it. VCs are paying attention. ...
AI for the Mainframe: Turning System Data Into Answers For the past year, nearly every conversation about artificial intelligence and the mainframe has centered on one question: What will AI do to COBOL? Will it modernize legacy applications? Generate new programs?...
