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From New to Z to SME in Under a Year: Meet Stephen Johnston

From New to Z to SME in Under a Year: Meet Stephen Johnston

by Influential Mainframer | Apr 28, 2026

Stephen K. Johnson Systems EngineerTrident Services, Inc. Chehalis, Washington, USAThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.For over 20 years, Stephen Johnston’s professional world was defined by the fast-moving landscape of...

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Scott Brod: Proving the Mainframe is a Modern, High-Performance Engine

Scott Brod: Proving the Mainframe is a Modern, High-Performance Engine

by Influential Mainframer | Apr 17, 2026

Scott Brod Product ManagerBroadcom Port Monmouth, NJ, USAThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.In the world of enterprise computing, "legacy" is often used as a polite synonym for "outdated." But for Scott Brod, a Product...

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▶️ Not Nostalgia. Not Hype. Just Data: Mainframe Trends 2026

▶️ Not Nostalgia. Not Hype. Just Data: Mainframe Trends 2026

by Penney Berryman | Apr 6, 2026

At SHARE Orlando, Amanda Hendley, Managing Editor of Planet Mainframe, shared insights from the 2026 annual Arcati survey. She cut through the industry hype to focus on what the data say about the current state of the platform. The overarching theme? While the core...

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Extending the Security Stack: Red Teaming, Scenarios, Risks, and Reality

Extending the Security Stack: Red Teaming, Scenarios, Risks, and Reality

by Kevin Milne | Jan 12, 2026

Mainframes hold the heart of the most critical business processes in finance, healthcare, and government. Yet many security programmes still draw a neat line around them, treating z/OS as out of scope for red teaming, scenarios, and cyber risk quantification. This...

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IBM’s decision to discontinue support for the zPDT standalone offering threatens the mid-tier ISV market

IBM’s decision to discontinue support for the zPDT standalone offering threatens the mid-tier ISV market

by Mark Wilson | Nov 24, 2025

IBM’s zPDT Decision Risks Mid-Tier ISVs and Mainframe Innovation I’ve been a passionate mainframe (System z) advocate for over 45 years and a staunch supporter of IBM and most of their decisions. However, when I received an email from IBM on 30 September 2025...

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With Geniez, You Can Talk to Your Mainframe in Natural Language

With Geniez, You Can Talk to Your Mainframe in Natural Language

by Penney Berryman | Nov 21, 2025

How Geniez Is Turning Real-Time Mainframe Data Into Fuel for Modern LLMs Amanda Hendley, Managing Editor of Planet Mainframe, met with Gil Peleg, CEO of Geniez, for a conversation about artificial intelligence (AI)—specifically, the future of AI on the mainframe.Read...

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The Spectrum of Trust: How Mainframers Are Embracing Agentic AI

The Spectrum of Trust: How Mainframers Are Embracing Agentic AI

by Eric Odell | Nov 10, 2025

A few years ago, the idea of letting artificial intelligence (AI) tweak a production mainframe system on its own would’ve made even the most daring system programmer break out in a cold sweat. We would have heard, “Let the machine make the change? Not on my watch.” ...

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Actual Intelligence in z/OS Performance and Capacity Planning

Actual Intelligence in z/OS Performance and Capacity Planning

by Peter Enrico | Nov 5, 2025

It is exciting to be part of the world of computer performance at the dawn of AI. Many companies are heavily investing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) with only a few crude implementations having materialized thus far. As a performance guy, I can say it is important...

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Modernizing Mainframe Security: RACF and MFA Misconceptions

Modernizing Mainframe Security: RACF and MFA Misconceptions

by Julie Bergh | Oct 28, 2025

Passwords Aren’t Enough to Modernize Mainframe Security Security is the backbone of any organization’s control environment. In today’s hyper-connected economy, protecting against IT threats is not just a technical requirement—it’s a business imperative. A single...

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Mainframe Penetration Testing: Why It Matters More Than Ever

Mainframe Penetration Testing: Why It Matters More Than Ever

by Mark Wilson | Oct 6, 2025

The goal is not disruption but discovery. For decades, mainframes have been at the heart of critical industries such as finance, healthcare, government, and retail. Since IBM introduced the System/360 in 1964, these systems have earned a reputation for being reliable,...

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