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Why IBM’s New FlashSystem Matters to Mainframe Teams

Why IBM’s New FlashSystem Matters to Mainframe Teams

by Planet Mainframe | Feb 10, 2026

Today, IBM announced its latest FlashSystem models. There’s no new z/OS capability, no IBM Z hardware refresh, and no features aimed directly at system programmers. In fact, IBM confirmed in its media briefing that the new FlashSystem line is not intended for z/OS CKD...

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Collaborating for Modernizing Mainframe Data Protection: A Privacy-First Approach

Collaborating for Modernizing Mainframe Data Protection: A Privacy-First Approach

by Paul Knight | Oct 28, 2025

Collaborating for Modernizing Mainframe Data Protection  As enterprises accelerate their digital transformation initiatives, mainframe environments face unprecedented challenges in balancing mainframe data protection with modernisation. Traditional approaches to...

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From Mainframe to Cybersecurity: Experience Is the New Superpower, Ladies

From Mainframe to Cybersecurity: Experience Is the New Superpower, Ladies

by Nancy Grimes | Oct 22, 2025

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...

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