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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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…