What’s Replacing Your Last COBOL Expert
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…
Read MoreYour IT Infrastructure Is Secure. What About Your Storage?
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…
Read MoreThe Case for IBM watsonx: AI That Fits the Realities of Technical Support
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…
Read MoreWhat Mainframe Users Need to Know About the Single Stack System for z17 and LinuxONE
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…
Read MoreHow to Overcome Supply Chain Economic Challenges with LinuxONE
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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