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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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Observability in Action: Deep Dive into OMEGAMON AI for CICS

Observability in Action: Deep Dive into OMEGAMON AI for CICS

by Ezriel Gross | Sep 18, 2025

Observability Significance “Observability depends on stitching together the story of a transaction as it moves across subsystems.” IBM OMEGAMON suite and software have been a staple of Z monitoring for decades, reducing outages by empowering operations teams and...

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Understanding and overcoming common CICS challenges

Understanding and overcoming common CICS challenges

by Phil Buckellew | Jul 23, 2025

IT environments are increasingly complex to manage, and overburdened administrators are tasked with refining them, keeping them secure, and preventing downtime.Mainframes are critical to that infrastructure, as they process and store billions of transactions worth of...

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Streamlining Your Db2 13 Migration: 7 Steps to Get Ahead

Streamlining Your Db2 13 Migration: 7 Steps to Get Ahead

by Paul Bartak | Jun 25, 2025

Streamline your Db2 13 migration with 7 expert steps from Rocket Software’s Paul Bartak. Plan now to avoid disruption later.

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Launching a New Era of Modernization on the Mainframe

Launching a New Era of Modernization on the Mainframe

by Phil Buckellew | May 21, 2024

The role that modernization holds in the business world today is more important than ever. It’s no longer an aspirational project—or for some, a necessary evil—that is tasked to IT teams by organizational leaders looking to carve out a competitive edge. Modernization...

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