Robert Enochs outlines four essential enterprise security infrastructure capabilities—confidential computing, AI security, resilience, and post-quantum cryptography.

Planet DB2 Blog

03.10.2025

Australia Gains First Real-Time Mainframe Ransomware Defense with Vertali APAC and MainTegrity CSF - Planet Mainframe

MainTegrity CSF arrives in Australia via Vertali APAC, bringing real-time mainframe ransomware defense and automated recovery.

Planet DB2 Blog

27.09.2025

Why Mainframe Observability Matters in Unifying Hybrid IT Operations - Planet Mainframe

Derek Britton reveals why mainframe observability with Broadcom WatchTower is a path to hybrid IT modernization and resilience.

Planet DB2 Blog

26.09.2025

Unlocking Mainframe Talent: Skills, Mentorship, and Hiring Trends ▶️ - Planet Mainframe

91% of organizations plan to hire mainframe talent. In this video, Broadcom interviews John Campbell and Toine Michielse about mainframe careers.

Planet DB2 Blog

25.09.2025

How to Fix Alert Fatigue for SREs and Healthcare Providers - Planet Mainframe

Explore alert fatigue in healthcare and IT. Penney Berryman compares how clinicians and SREs can cut noise, prevent burnout, and act on alerts that matter.

Planet DB2 Blog

24.09.2025

Smarter IBM Z Storage Management Strategies for Modern Enterprises - Planet Mainframe

Discover IBM Z storage management strategies to cut costs, boost resilience, and reduce errors. Sponsored by Precisely.

Planet DB2 Blog

24.09.2025

Unlocking Observability: CICS Traces, Metrics, and Logs in Action - Planet Mainframe

Explore how CICS 6.3 and OpenTelemetry are transforming observability on IBM Z. Insights from Broadcom, IBM, and more.

Planet DB2 Blog

20.09.2025

Inventor, Mother, Creator: Grace Hopper - Planet Mainframe

Grace Hopper shaped COBOL history, from FLOW-MATIC to IBM COBOL 6.5. In celebration of COBOL, we explore her legacy and modernization today.

Planet DB2 Blog

19.09.2025

Observability in Action: Deep Dive into OMEGAMON AI for CICS - Planet Mainframe

Ezriel Gross explores observability in action with IBM OMEGAMON AI for CICS, which provides AI-driven insights for proactive mainframe monitoring.

Planet DB2 Blog

17.09.2025

Your biggest continuity risk isn’t technology, it’s talent - Planet Mainframe

Donna Aramal of Broadcom outlines five strategies from the Mainframe Talent Succession Playbook to build resilience and future-ready teams.

Planet DB2 Blog

13.09.2025

Driving Mainframe Reliability with AIOps, Observability, and Automation - Planet Mainframe

Broadcom’s Stuart McIrvine explains how WatchTower brings observability, AIOps, and automation together to keep IBM Z reliable, cost-efficient, and interoperable across hybrid IT environments.

Planet DB2 Blog

11.09.2025

How OpenTelemetry Brings Observability to IBM Z - Planet Mainframe

Chris Walker explains how OpenTelemetry brings observability to IBM Z, enabling full visibility across hybrid cloud and mainframe.

Planet DB2 Blog

10.09.2025

A Breakthrough in Mainframe Storage Efficiency - Planet Mainframe

Discover how Broadcom’s Virtual Storage Adapter (VSA) for CA 1 Flexible Storage delivers high-performance virtual tape storage while reducing DASD and CPU costs. Learn how this innovation improves efficiency, lowers MLC charges, and secures data with enterprise-grade encryption for hybrid cloud environments.

Planet DB2 Blog

10.09.2025

Four Campuses, One Week: Meet Your Future Mainframe Employees - Planet Mainframe

Greg DeBo highlights Illinois’s four-campus recruiting tour starting September 15. Employers meet mainframe talent in one week to quickly build a talent pipeline.

Planet DB2 Blog

05.09.2025

How Next-Gen Mainframers Benefit from Observability and SRE - Planet Mainframe

Jeremy Hamilton of BMC talks observability, SRE, and Gen AI at SHARE Cleveland, spotlighting what’s next for mainframe operations.

Planet DB2 Blog

04.09.2025

Can you future-proof mainframe IT Careers? Scott McFall says yes. - Planet Mainframe

Watch ProTech’s Scott McFall share insights on IT training, mentorship, and the mainframe’s role in shaping future careers in this video interview.

Planet DB2 Blog

02.09.2025

From Master the Mainframe to Continuous Learning - Planet Mainframe

Discover how IBM Z Xplore—the successor to Master the Mainframe—brings continuous, self-paced mainframe learning to a global audience. With IMS now included, learners gain hands-on experience with COBOL, RACF, Db2, and more in a live sandbox environment.

Planet DB2 Blog

28.08.2025

SHARE Cleveland 2025: Mainframes, Music, and Milestones - Planet Mainframe

SHARE Cleveland 2025 delivered AI insights, cybersecurity updates, and Planet Mainframe’s 10th birthday celebration. Catch the highlights.

Planet DB2 Blog

27.08.2025

Europe’s AI Future: Balancing Regulation, Trust, and Innovation - Planet Mainframe

Uwe Graf shares his experience at the first gathering of the GSE European AI Working Group, with the EU AI Act and generative AI governance top of mind.

Planet DB2 Blog

25.08.2025

A Decade in Purple Chucks: Celebrating Planet Mainframe - Planet Mainframe

Planet Mainframe turns 10! Celebrate milestones, top articles, and discover new ways to join our growing mainframe community.

Planet DB2 Blog

25.08.2025

Open source on z/OS - Don’t let breaking changes break you - Planet Mainframe

Ed Jaffe explains how breaking changes affect z/OS, APIs, and open source integration — and what IBM is doing to modernize enterprise software.

Planet DB2 Blog

25.08.2025

Join Planet Mainframe at SHARE Cleveland for Trivia, Prizes, and More - Planet Mainframe

Join Planet Mainframe at SHARE Cleveland 2025, Booth #612 for Influential Mainframers, trivia, prizes, zRoadshow, and our 10th birthday celebration

Planet DB2 Blog

25.08.2025

How to Bolster Resiliency Through Succession Planning - Planet Mainframe

Greg Lotko, Daniel Newman, and Bola Rotibi discuss IT succession planning, AI readiness, and workforce development as ways to strengthen resiliency.

Planet DB2 Blog

08.08.2025

Industry-Wide Security Event, Accelerate Mainframe Migrations, and more - Planet Mainframe

IBM Announces z/OS 3.2 to Power AI-Driven, Secure Hybrid Cloud Workloads Vertali APAC brings MainTegrity® CSF to Australia Industry-Wide Security Event: Vanguard Security & Compliance 2025 Kyndryl Launches New AI-Powered […]

Planet DB2 Blog

08.08.2025

Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter Delivers z/OS Tuning, Hardware Picks, and Performance Tips - Planet Mainframe

Explore z/OS 3.2 updates, IBM z17 insights, cost-saving tips, and more in the quarterly Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter. Now available to subscribers.

Planet DB2 Blog

02.08.2025

July 2025 CICS Highlights: AI, APIs, and the Rise of Modern Mainframe - Planet Mainframe

Discover the five CICS trends driving mainframe performance and digital transformation. They include AI monitoring, API modernization, and built-in security.

Planet DB2 Blog

01.08.2025

Demystifying CICS COBOL Transaction Debugging with Colin Pearce - Planet Mainframe

In a recent virtual user group session I had the pleasure of hosting, we explored the intricate world of CICS COBOL transaction debugging with the help of Colin Pearce—an exceptionally […]

Planet DB2 Blog

30.07.2025

Mainframes in Pop Culture - Planet Mainframe

We’re in the long, hot days of summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, and while many of us may not be on summer holidays, our Planet Mainframe Trivia Quiz is […]

Planet DB2 Blog

29.07.2025

How Izzi Software is Flipping Technology Takeovers - Planet Mainframe

In the world of enterprise software, acquisitions often follow a familiar pattern: buy, cut, flip. It’s a process driven by short-term gains that often loses the heart of a company […]

Planet DB2 Blog

29.07.2025

IBM Power11, SHARE Cleveland Technical Agenda, and more - Planet Mainframe

IBM Introduces Power11: Purpose-Built Infrastructure for the AI Era A cornerstone of IBM’s AI strategy is building the infrastructure to support it. This month, IBM introduced IBM Power11, the latest […]

Planet DB2 Blog

29.07.2025

Understanding and overcoming common CICS challenges - Planet Mainframe

A user-friendly monitoring and diagnostic tool can help you avoid bottlenecks and downtime in the central mainframe transaction and connectivity engine.

Planet DB2 Blog

29.07.2025

Mainframe Skills in the Heartland: 4 Universities, 4 Days, Hundreds of Students - Planet Mainframe

Employers seeking mainframe talent can connect with students at four Illinois universities in four days during the August 2025 IBM Z Career Connection Tour, sponsored by TeamSWAMI.

Planet DB2 Blog

29.07.2025

How AI and Mainframes Work Together: Breaking the Legacy Myth - Planet Mainframe

On AI Day, Uwe Graf explains why AI and mainframes are a powerful duo, enabling real-time, secure, enterprise-scale intelligence across industries.

Planet DB2 Blog

29.07.2025

The Evolution of IBM OMEGAMON for CICS: AI Insights, DB2 Correlation, and zIIP Optimization - Planet Mainframe

Explore new IBM OMEGAMON for CICS features with Ezriel Gross—AI insights, DB2 thread tracing, zIIP offload, and smarter monitoring for IBM Z.

Planet DB2 Blog

16.07.2025

Mainframe Security Isn’t What It Used to Be - How CICS and LE Are Fighting Back - Planet Mainframe

Modern security threats demand modern defenses. Learn how LE non-executable HEAP and CICS TS 6.1+ protect your mainframe.

Planet DB2 Blog

15.07.2025

CICS Month Trivia - Planet Mainframe

It’s CICS month at Planet Mainframe! That means we’ll spend some time this month exploring the system that’s been the bedrock of enterprise transaction processing since the 1960s. CICS grew […]

Planet DB2 Blog

12.07.2025

Modernizing CICS APIs with z/OS Connect: Fast, Simple, and Code-Light - Planet Mainframe

Modernize CICS apps fast with z/OS Connect 3.0.88. Expose COBOL as REST APIs, reduce setup, and simplify mapping. No deep CICS skills required.

Planet DB2 Blog

10.07.2025

IBM Launches Power11: AI-Ready Enterprise Server with Zero Downtime and Hybrid Cloud Flexibility - Planet Mainframe

IBM unveiled Power11 - an AI-ready, hybrid server with zero planned downtime, on-chip AI, and breakthrough energy efficiency.

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Mainframe Penetration Testing: Why It Matters More Than Ever - Planet Mainframe

The Top Four Infrastructure Capabilities for Enterprise Security and Compliance - Planet Mainframe

Australia Gains First Real-Time Mainframe Ransomware Defense with Vertali APAC and MainTegrity CSF - Planet Mainframe

Why Mainframe Observability Matters in Unifying Hybrid IT Operations - Planet Mainframe

Unlocking Mainframe Talent: Skills, Mentorship, and Hiring Trends ▶️ - Planet Mainframe

How to Fix Alert Fatigue for SREs and Healthcare Providers - Planet Mainframe

Smarter IBM Z Storage Management Strategies for Modern Enterprises - Planet Mainframe

Unlocking Observability: CICS Traces, Metrics, and Logs in Action - Planet Mainframe

Inventor, Mother, Creator: Grace Hopper - Planet Mainframe

Observability in Action: Deep Dive into OMEGAMON AI for CICS - Planet Mainframe

Your biggest continuity risk isn’t technology, it’s talent - Planet Mainframe

Driving Mainframe Reliability with AIOps, Observability, and Automation - Planet Mainframe

How OpenTelemetry Brings Observability to IBM Z - Planet Mainframe

A Breakthrough in Mainframe Storage Efficiency - Planet Mainframe

Four Campuses, One Week: Meet Your Future Mainframe Employees - Planet Mainframe

How Next-Gen Mainframers Benefit from Observability and SRE - Planet Mainframe

Can you future-proof mainframe IT Careers? Scott McFall says yes. - Planet Mainframe

From Master the Mainframe to Continuous Learning - Planet Mainframe

SHARE Cleveland 2025: Mainframes, Music, and Milestones - Planet Mainframe

Europe’s AI Future: Balancing Regulation, Trust, and Innovation - Planet Mainframe

A Decade in Purple Chucks: Celebrating Planet Mainframe - Planet Mainframe

Open source on z/OS - Don’t let breaking changes break you - Planet Mainframe

Join Planet Mainframe at SHARE Cleveland for Trivia, Prizes, and More - Planet Mainframe

How to Bolster Resiliency Through Succession Planning - Planet Mainframe

Industry-Wide Security Event, Accelerate Mainframe Migrations, and more - Planet Mainframe

Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter Delivers z/OS Tuning, Hardware Picks, and Performance Tips - Planet Mainframe

July 2025 CICS Highlights: AI, APIs, and the Rise of Modern Mainframe - Planet Mainframe

Demystifying CICS COBOL Transaction Debugging with Colin Pearce - Planet Mainframe

Mainframes in Pop Culture - Planet Mainframe

How Izzi Software is Flipping Technology Takeovers - Planet Mainframe

IBM Power11, SHARE Cleveland Technical Agenda, and more - Planet Mainframe

Understanding and overcoming common CICS challenges - Planet Mainframe

Mainframe Skills in the Heartland: 4 Universities, 4 Days, Hundreds of Students - Planet Mainframe

How AI and Mainframes Work Together: Breaking the Legacy Myth - Planet Mainframe

The Evolution of IBM OMEGAMON for CICS: AI Insights, DB2 Correlation, and zIIP Optimization - Planet Mainframe

Mainframe Security Isn’t What It Used to Be - How CICS and LE Are Fighting Back - Planet Mainframe

CICS Month Trivia - Planet Mainframe

Modernizing CICS APIs with z/OS Connect: Fast, Simple, and Code-Light - Planet Mainframe

IBM Launches Power11: AI-Ready Enterprise Server with Zero Downtime and Hybrid Cloud Flexibility - Planet Mainframe

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