Runtime Fees: The Hidden Tax in Your Tech Stack
In COBOL environments, runtime-based licensing imposes recurring costs each time an application is executed—costs that persist well beyond the initial…
New PopUp Mainframe Market Survey Lifts Lid on Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
Mainframe enterprise software company PopUp Mainframe has released the initial findings of its 2025 Mainframe Market Survey, which reveals the latest…
2024 Planet Mainframe Hits and Highlights
In 2024, the mainframe world saw remarkable developments in market growth, workforce trends, modernization efforts, and security considerations—and you were…
GSE UK 2024: Insights, Innovations, and Unforgettable Connections
Upholding its stellar repuation, GSE UK 2024 was a truly rewarding event for me and Planet Mainframe. For anyone working…
Upskilling Mainframe Professionals for a Modernized IT Landscape
Many of today’s mainframe professionals realize they must update their skills to align with the changing IT infrastructures and the…
Accessing skills and resources for the modern mainframe: what are your options?
Once upon a time, senior management believed the mainframe was a dying platform, and far too expensive to run. So…
Extra Extra Read All About Mainframe
BMC acquires mainframe data management company Model9 IT Firm BMC recently announced the acquisition of Model9, a data management technologies…
Mainframe News We’re Talking About!
IBM mainframe licenses a “value vector” for IBM: CFO Despite the murmurings about the end of the mainframe, IBM’s Q1…