PSR Incorporated https://www.psrinfo.com Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:52:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.psrinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-PSR_logo-32x32.png PSR Incorporated https://www.psrinfo.com 32 32 What’s Replacing Your Last COBOL Expert https://www.psrinfo.com/psr-blog/whats-replacing-your-last-cobol-expert/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:00:51 +0000 https://www.psrinfo.com/?p=4118 Every mainframe shop has the same conversation eventually: “Did you know our systems programmer is retiring in 18 months?” “No. Why didn’t anyone make a note of that?” “What do we do now?” For a long time, the answer was “hire more COBOL programmers,” a strategy that gets harder every year, since the talent pool…

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]]> 4118 Your IT Infrastructure Is Secure. What About Your Storage? https://www.psrinfo.com/psr-blog/your-it-infrastructure-is-secure-what-about-your-storage/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:39:15 +0000 https://www.psrinfo.com/?p=4113 Today’s companies strive to meet the highest standards of infrastructure security with encryption and hardened access controls. However, the storage layer underneath even the most secure IT environment hasn’t always kept pace. Until now. In February of 2026, IBM launched IBM FlashSystem.ai, which elevates the data protection capabilities of storage by moving threat detection out…

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]]> 4113 The Case for IBM watsonx: AI That Fits the Realities of Technical Support https://www.psrinfo.com/psr-blog/the-case-for-ibm-watsonx-ai-that-fits-the-realities-of-technical-support/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:54:30 +0000 https://www.psrinfo.com/?p=4089 AI adoption is accelerating. However, many AI tools are optimized for creativity and general productivity rather than mission-critical support. Technical support teams need AI systems that can handle structured workflows, compliance requirements, and legacy environments while delivering high availability. As IBM’s end-to-end AI & Data platform, watsonx answers this need for production-level technical support through…

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]]> 4089 What Mainframe Users Need to Know About the Single Stack System for z17 and LinuxONE https://www.psrinfo.com/psr-blog/what-mainframe-users-need-to-know-about-the-single-stack-system-for-z17-and-linuxone/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:33:30 +0000 https://www.psrinfo.com/?p=4072 IBM is continuously innovating to deliver more flexibility, functionality, and operational efficiency for System Z users. Recently IBM announced the launch of their new IBM z17 and LinuxONE 5 configurations, which enable single-frame and rack-mount deployment options.  With the new single stack system for z17 and LinuxONE, IBM mainframe users have more ways to design…

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]]> 4072 How to Overcome Supply Chain Economic Challenges with LinuxONE https://www.psrinfo.com/psr-blog/how-to-overcome-supply-chain-economic-challenges-with-linuxone/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:21:00 +0000 https://www.psrinfo.com/?p=4018 CNBC reports that demand for memory has increased to the point that it has triggered a chip shortage in the semiconductor industry, driving prices up, an economic crisis that will impact the technology industry into 2027. Due to supply chain issues, x86 server prices have skyrocketed between 2025 and 2026. Severe Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM)…

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]]> 4018 What IT Leaders Should Know About Flash Storage and Cyber Resilience https://www.psrinfo.com/psr-blog/what-it-leaders-should-know-about-flash-storage-and-cyber-resilience/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:08:24 +0000 https://www.psrinfo.com/?p=4004 In today’s business climate, IT leaders are under pressure to meet high levels of availability. Companies that rely on distributed environments to conduct mission-critical workloads need to ensure that their systems are always up and running, and the data that powers them is complete, accurate, and up to date. To meet these standards of availability,…

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]]> 4004 Why Your Company Needs IBM Z Systems Advocacy Services https://www.psrinfo.com/psr-blog/why-your-company-needs-ibm-z-systems-advocacy-services/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:00:11 +0000 https://www.psrinfo.com/?p=3947 Dedicated IBM Z Systems Advocacy to Support, Monitor, and Maintain Your Mainframe Many companies that rely on mainframes are facing a crisis as systems programmers retire. The mainframe skills gap is widening because there aren’t enough younger IT professionals training to fill the growing number of vacant positions. Without systems programmers, mainframe users have no…

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]]> 3947 What the Release of IBM Spyre Accelerator Means for Mainframe Users https://www.psrinfo.com/psr-blog/what-the-release-of-ibm-spyre-accelerator-means-for-mainframe-users/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.psrinfo.com/?p=3953 Low-Latency AI Inference for IBM Z17 and LinuxONE Systems IBM has announced the release of the IBM Spyre Accelerator, which supports generative and agentic AI through low-latency inferencing. Drawing on their legacy of innovation in mainframe computing, IBM has accommodated the need to run AI models on IBM Z and LinuxONE by making Spyre Accelerator…

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]]> 3953 Debunking Disaster Recovery Myths for Mainframe Users https://www.psrinfo.com/psr-blog/debunking-disaster-recovery-myths-mainframe/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:53:28 +0000 https://www.psrinfo.com/?p=3938 While the IBM Mainframe is regarded as the Gold Standard for handling mission critical workloads and offering five nines of uptime, Disaster Recovery is critical in the event of a natural disaster, data center outage, or simply a hardware failure. However, the extreme reliability of IBM Z may prevent companies from developing effective strategies for…

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]]> 3938 Closing the Mainframe Skills Gap with IBM Z Global Skills Accelerator Program https://www.psrinfo.com/psr-blog/ibm-z-global-skills-accelerator/ Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:02:18 +0000 https://www.psrinfo.com/?p=3915 The mainframe talent pool needs some new life to flow into it. As System Administrators that specialize in the mainframe retire, and the myth of the death of the mainframe persists, mainframe users need to find staff members with the right expertise to fill the gap. IBM is stepping in by offering the IBM Z…

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