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Australia Gains First Real-Time Mainframe Ransomware Defense with Vertali APAC and MainTegrity CSF

Australia Gains First Real-Time Mainframe Ransomware Defense with Vertali APAC and MainTegrity CSF

by Carolyn Wojtas | Oct 2, 2025

Australian organizations running IBM z/OS systems can now access a new defense for mainframes in the Asia-Pacific(APAC) region. In news welcomed by all enterprises battling cybersecurity threats – which is all of them – MainTegrity Inc. appointed Vertali APAC as its...

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Why Mainframe Observability Matters in Unifying Hybrid IT Operations

Why Mainframe Observability Matters in Unifying Hybrid IT Operations

by Derek Britton | Sep 26, 2025

Let’s be honest: mainframes are mission-critical but often seen as separate technological islands that can get left out of the observability conversation. Distributed-based, leading observability solutions such as DataDog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk et al. have...

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How to Fix Alert Fatigue for SREs and Healthcare Providers

How to Fix Alert Fatigue for SREs and Healthcare Providers

by Penney Berryman | Sep 24, 2025

Alert Fatigue in Healthcare and IT: Why Smarter Notifications Matter Alerts save lives and preserve business functions every day. From smoke alarms to suspected spam emails, we rely on notifications to stay ahead of potential threats. Two groups that rely heavily on...

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The Evolution of IBM OMEGAMON for CICS: AI Insights, DB2 Correlation, and zIIP Optimization

The Evolution of IBM OMEGAMON for CICS: AI Insights, DB2 Correlation, and zIIP Optimization

by Amanda Hendley | Jul 28, 2025

Sign up today! CICS Virtual User Group – Tomorrow, July 29, 2025 Join us on Tuesday, July 29, for the next installment of the CICS User Group series. Colin Pearce, z/OS and CICS Systems Programmer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, will present.  Register for the...

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The Backbone of Resilience: Mainframe DBAs and the Modern Db2 Experience

The Backbone of Resilience: Mainframe DBAs and the Modern Db2 Experience

by Samantha Buhler and Chris Muncan | Jun 24, 2025

Enterprise systems don’t stay online by accident. Behind every seamless ATM transaction, insurance policy update, or healthcare claim processed in milliseconds, there’s a mainframe running—and behind that mainframe, a database administrator (mainframe DBA) ensuring...

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