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🎧 Today’s Modernization is AI and Mainframes – featuring Venkat Balabhadrapatruni

🎧 Today’s Modernization is AI and Mainframes – featuring Venkat Balabhadrapatruni

by Amanda Hendley | Nov 13, 2025

In a Planet Mainframe podcast, Amanda Hendley, Managing Editor at Planet Mainframe, sat down with Venkat Balabhadrapatruni, a solution architect at Broadcom Software and 2025 IBM Champion. They discussed the company’s strategy for bringing modern AI capabilities to...

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Can you future-proof mainframe IT Careers? Scott McFall says yes.

Can you future-proof mainframe IT Careers? Scott McFall says yes.

by Amanda Hendley | Sep 3, 2025

At SHARE Cleveland, I sat down with Scott McFall, Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at ProTech IT Training & Consulting. Scott has more than 30 years of experience in IT training and development and is a multi-year IBM Champion, so it was no...

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