#mainframe — Public Fediverse posts

Getting #AI to work reliably in production requires not just new tools, but integration with the legacy tools that still run systems of record at many large companies.

Updates over the last two months to workload and #mainframe automation tools from #Broadcom, #BMC and #IBM will begin connecting #agenticAI to systems at the heart of the most critical enterprise workflows.

Check out my roundup of these updates here: https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366642753/Bridging-the-gap-Legacy-tools-gain-enterprise-AI-support

Are you paying for mainframe software nobody uses?

Many enterprises carry unused or obsolete software that still consumes budget and MSU capacity.

With Z Asset Optimizer, you gain visibility to identify unused assets, reduce license costs, and plan modernization more effectively.

Start with clarity before you modernize.
👉https://vrnexgen1.com/blog/z-asset-optimizer-mainframe-cost-reduction/

#Mainframe #ZAssetOptimizer #CostOptimization #DigitalTransformation #zOS #EnterpriseIT

Database layout had been something in the realm of witchery and nightmares.

"VSAM Performance Considerations, William F. Manry, November 1, 1981"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCESAvdvuc
#retrocoomputing #vsam #ibm #mainframe

Database layout had been something in the realm of witchery and nightmares.

"VSAM Performance Considerations, William F. Manry, November 1, 1981"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCESAvdvuc
#retrocoomputing #vsam #ibm #mainframe

Database layout had been something in the realm of witchery and nightmares.

"VSAM Performance Considerations, William F. Manry, November 1, 1981"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCESAvdvuc
#retrocoomputing #vsam #ibm #mainframe

Database layout had been something in the realm of witchery and nightmares.

"VSAM Performance Considerations, William F. Manry, November 1, 1981"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCESAvdvuc
#retrocoomputing #vsam #ibm #mainframe

Database layout had been something in the realm of witchery and nightmares.

"VSAM Performance Considerations, William F. Manry, November 1, 1981"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGCESAvdvuc
#retrocoomputing #vsam #ibm #mainframe

🎈AI-powered mainframe exits are a bubble set to pop: Gartner

“More than 70 percent of mainframe exit projects initiated in 2026 will fail to produce the intended benefits due to an overestimation of generative AI tooling capabilities,”

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/15/gartner_mainframe_exit_analysis/

#mainframe #legacyit #ai #enterprise

Gartner: AI is not a silver bullet for mainframe exit

Market researchers from Gartner warn against overestimating the capabilities of generative AI tools in mainframe exits.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Gartner-AI-is-not-a-silver-bullet-for-mainframe-exit-11259157.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Gartner #KünstlicheIntelligenz #IT #Mainframe #Migration #Wirtschaft #news

Gartner: KI ist kein Wundermittel für den Mainframe-Exit

Marktforscher von Gartner warnen davor, die Fähigkeiten generativer KI-Tools beim Mainframe-Ausstieg zu überschätzen.

https://www.heise.de/news/Gartner-KI-ist-kein-Wundermittel-fuer-den-Mainframe-Exit-11258947.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Gartner #KünstlicheIntelligenz #IT #Mainframe #Migration #Wirtschaft #news

#cobol #mainframe programming is insane, ha. Less really because of the language, and more because of the wild environment. This is old, yeah, but it seems very similar to modern ways. #retrocomputing

Hi, this is my #introduction post. I'm stratos, a guy from #Hungary.

🐧 Ditched Windows years ago and have only #linux at home. I use Arch btw. 😉
💼 At my day job I work with #mainframe computers.
☕ I like my #espresso strong and without sugar or milk.
🎶 I can't really decide about a favourite #music genre, but nowdays I listen a lot of jazz, metal, gospel, barocque classical, christian pop.

Random Old Comic: A Very Orange Comic https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2024/10/25/a-very-orange-comic/ A Very Orange Comic #Mainframe #Nightstrike #Rodimus #Thundertron #Transformers

Random Old Comic: A Very Orange Comic https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2024/10/25/a-very-orange-comic/ A Very Orange Comic #Mainframe #Nightstrike #Rodimus #Thundertron #Transformers

Random Old Comic: A Very Orange Comic https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2024/10/25/a-very-orange-comic/ A Very Orange Comic #Mainframe #Nightstrike #Rodimus #Thundertron #Transformers

Random Old Comic: A Very Orange Comic https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2024/10/25/a-very-orange-comic/ A Very Orange Comic #Mainframe #Nightstrike #Rodimus #Thundertron #Transformers

Random Old Comic: A Very Orange Comic https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2024/10/25/a-very-orange-comic/ A Very Orange Comic #Mainframe #Nightstrike #Rodimus #Thundertron #Transformers

There are two sides to the #mainframemodernization coin, according to Asa Kalavade, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transform, an #agenticAI service that modernizes Windows, mainframe, and VMware environments.

In late February, Asa wrote a blog post about misconceptions regarding AI and mainframe modernization that were revealed by work with more than 400 AWS Transform customers. In that post and during this episode's discussion, she explains why successful mainframe modernization requires both reverse and forward engineering – and why AI is only good at one of those things.

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

· The need for both reverse and forward engineering in #appmodernization

· The intricacies of #mainframe applications that #AI tends to struggle with

· Where #AIagents help the modernization process

· The evolving role of mainframe experts

And more! #enterprisetech #enterpriseIT

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5LVBym9RWsk&si=dsv9jscu9_pT66uF

There are two sides to the #mainframemodernization coin, according to Asa Kalavade, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transform, an #agenticAI service that modernizes Windows, mainframe, and VMware environments.

In late February, Asa wrote a blog post about misconceptions regarding AI and mainframe modernization that were revealed by work with more than 400 AWS Transform customers. In that post and during this episode's discussion, she explains why successful mainframe modernization requires both reverse and forward engineering – and why AI is only good at one of those things.

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

· The need for both reverse and forward engineering in #appmodernization

· The intricacies of #mainframe applications that #AI tends to struggle with

· Where #AIagents help the modernization process

· The evolving role of mainframe experts

And more! #enterprisetech #enterpriseIT

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5LVBym9RWsk&si=dsv9jscu9_pT66uF

There are two sides to the #mainframemodernization coin, according to Asa Kalavade, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transform, an #agenticAI service that modernizes Windows, mainframe, and VMware environments.

In late February, Asa wrote a blog post about misconceptions regarding AI and mainframe modernization that were revealed by work with more than 400 AWS Transform customers. In that post and during this episode's discussion, she explains why successful mainframe modernization requires both reverse and forward engineering – and why AI is only good at one of those things.

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

· The need for both reverse and forward engineering in #appmodernization

· The intricacies of #mainframe applications that #AI tends to struggle with

· Where #AIagents help the modernization process

· The evolving role of mainframe experts

And more! #enterprisetech #enterpriseIT

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5LVBym9RWsk&si=dsv9jscu9_pT66uF

There are two sides to the #mainframemodernization coin, according to Asa Kalavade, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transform, an #agenticAI service that modernizes Windows, mainframe, and VMware environments.

In late February, Asa wrote a blog post about misconceptions regarding AI and mainframe modernization that were revealed by work with more than 400 AWS Transform customers. In that post and during this episode's discussion, she explains why successful mainframe modernization requires both reverse and forward engineering – and why AI is only good at one of those things.

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

· The need for both reverse and forward engineering in #appmodernization

· The intricacies of #mainframe applications that #AI tends to struggle with

· Where #AIagents help the modernization process

· The evolving role of mainframe experts

And more! #enterprisetech #enterpriseIT

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5LVBym9RWsk&si=dsv9jscu9_pT66uF

There are two sides to the #mainframemodernization coin, according to Asa Kalavade, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transform, an #agenticAI service that modernizes Windows, mainframe, and VMware environments.

In late February, Asa wrote a blog post about misconceptions regarding AI and mainframe modernization that were revealed by work with more than 400 AWS Transform customers. In that post and during this episode's discussion, she explains why successful mainframe modernization requires both reverse and forward engineering – and why AI is only good at one of those things.

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

· The need for both reverse and forward engineering in #appmodernization

· The intricacies of #mainframe applications that #AI tends to struggle with

· Where #AIagents help the modernization process

· The evolving role of mainframe experts

And more! #enterprisetech #enterpriseIT

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5LVBym9RWsk&si=dsv9jscu9_pT66uF

RE: https://mastodon.social/@popey/116246124662871973

I recently worked with @popey to get him set up on the IBM LinuxONE OSS Community Cloud, and I was delighted to hear about his experience in the latest episode of Linux Matters! 🐧

Have an open source project you'd like to build for s390x on? Apply here! https://community.ibm.com/zsystems/form/l1cc-oss-vm-request/

(and thanks to @brubarwal for mentioning in the Philly Linux channel that this was out) #mainframe

BMC: Integrating mainframe systems into modern CI/CD pipelines https://www.developer-tech.com/news/bmc-integrating-mainframe-systems-modern-ci-cd-pipelines/ #bmc #mainframe #devops #agile #cicd #technology

Mistodon: this #ANSIart #mainframe and its green terminal quietly ping from the bottom of the fallout shelter in the basement of Convolution BBS at convolutionbbs.org. This #ANSIart screen was drawn by Zeus II and included in the new MIST0226 artpack collection.

#Claude

(3/n)

...zusammenbricht, weil #Claude nun angeblich schon kostengünstig deren #Legacy-Programmiersprache #COBOL für ihre noch immer weitverbreiteten #Mainframe--Arbeitstiere (erstmalig!) kostengünstig optimieren kann, wenn Claude im #US-#Pentagon schon derart tief in Prozesse integriert ist, dass es ein halbes Jahr dauern soll, ihn zu ersetzen & wenn #DonaldTrump gegen die Firma zwecks Offenlegung und Einsatz von #Claude in #KI-Waffensystemen #Anthropic öffentlich medienwirksam wie...

AI to help modernize COBOL systems: IBM stock plummets

After Anthropic introduced a tool for automating time-consuming COBOL modernization, IBM's stock plummeted over 13 percent.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/AI-to-help-modernize-COBOL-systems-IBM-stock-plummets-11186857.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Börse #Finanzen #IBM #IT #Mainframe #Wirtschaft #news

KI soll bei Modernisierung von COBOL-Systemen helfen: IBM-Aktie stürzt ab

Nachdem Anthropic ein Werkzeug für die Automatisierung der zeitaufwendigen COBOL-Modernisierung vorgestellt hat, ist die IBM-Aktie über 13 Prozent abgestürzt.

https://www.heise.de/news/KI-soll-bei-Modernisierung-von-COBOL-Systemen-helfen-IBM-Aktie-stuerzt-ab-11186838.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Börse #Finanzen #IBM #IT #Mainframe #Wirtschaft #news

Hilarious sentence from Josh Tyrangiel in an essay for the March Atlantic:

“Mainframes are like Christopher Walken: They’ve been going nonstop since the 1960s, they’re fantastic at performing peculiar roles (processing payment payments, safeguarding data), and nobody alive really understands how they work.”

#TheAtlantic #mainframes #mainframe #computers #ChristopherWalken

When someone says mainframe teams are agile, I just imagine a batch job doing cartwheels across the data center floor

Mainframes are a different universe—while everyone else is sprinting, we’re double-checking line by line to make sure nothing extra gets undone

https://youtube.com/shorts/a5481gamBhQ

Find out more in Jack's Rant - Batch Job Blues - https://ithorrorstories.eu/#rants

#mainframe #agile #waterfall #devops #batch #technology #podcast

When someone says mainframe teams are agile, I just imagine a batch job doing cartwheels across the data center floor

Mainframes are a different universe—while everyone else is sprinting, we’re double-checking line by line to make sure nothing extra gets undone

https://youtube.com/shorts/a5481gamBhQ

Find out more in Jack's Rant - Batch Job Blues - https://ithorrorstories.eu/#rants

#mainframe #agile #waterfall #devops #batch #technology #podcast

When someone says mainframe teams are agile, I just imagine a batch job doing cartwheels across the data center floor

Mainframes are a different universe—while everyone else is sprinting, we’re double-checking line by line to make sure nothing extra gets undone

https://youtube.com/shorts/a5481gamBhQ

Find out more in Jack's Rant - Batch Job Blues - https://ithorrorstories.eu/#rants

#mainframe #agile #waterfall #devops #batch #technology #podcast

When someone says mainframe teams are agile, I just imagine a batch job doing cartwheels across the data center floor

Mainframes are a different universe—while everyone else is sprinting, we’re double-checking line by line to make sure nothing extra gets undone

https://youtube.com/shorts/a5481gamBhQ

Find out more in Jack's Rant - Batch Job Blues - https://ithorrorstories.eu/#rants

#mainframe #agile #waterfall #devops #batch #technology #podcast

When someone says mainframe teams are agile, I just imagine a batch job doing cartwheels across the data center floor

Mainframes are a different universe—while everyone else is sprinting, we’re double-checking line by line to make sure nothing extra gets undone

https://youtube.com/shorts/a5481gamBhQ

Find out more in Jack's Rant - Batch Job Blues - https://ithorrorstories.eu/#rants

#mainframe #agile #waterfall #devops #batch #technology #podcast

Mainframes power the enterprise.
But do you know who ensures they stay secure, optimized, and ready for modernization?

We’ve published an executive guide on the strategic role of the z/OS system programmer.

Inside:
• responsibilities
• performance management
• compliance
• hybrid integration

Download the free guide:
👉 https://medium.com/@vrnexgentechnologies/z-os-system-programmer-role-responsibilities-skills-ef60a228c253

#Mainframe #IBMZ #zOS #EnterpriseIT #ITLeadership

I just published the January report for open source software packages for Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE 🐧

The team tested nearly two dozen projects, including doxygen, elastic Logstash, and PHP.

Elsewhere in the open source world, Apache Tika and WeKan began releasing s390x containers, and libdfp was on-boarded to our GitHub Actions service 🎉

Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/02/11/linuxone-open-source-report-january-2026 #mainframe

I just published the January report for open source software packages for Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE 🐧

The team tested nearly two dozen projects, including doxygen, elastic Logstash, and PHP.

Elsewhere in the open source world, Apache Tika and WeKan began releasing s390x containers, and libdfp was on-boarded to our GitHub Actions service 🎉

Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/02/11/linuxone-open-source-report-january-2026 #mainframe

I just published the January report for open source software packages for Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE 🐧

The team tested nearly two dozen projects, including doxygen, elastic Logstash, and PHP.

Elsewhere in the open source world, Apache Tika and WeKan began releasing s390x containers, and libdfp was on-boarded to our GitHub Actions service 🎉

Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/02/11/linuxone-open-source-report-january-2026 #mainframe

I just published the January report for open source software packages for Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE 🐧

The team tested nearly two dozen projects, including doxygen, elastic Logstash, and PHP.

Elsewhere in the open source world, Apache Tika and WeKan began releasing s390x containers, and libdfp was on-boarded to our GitHub Actions service 🎉

Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/02/11/linuxone-open-source-report-january-2026 #mainframe

I just published the January report for open source software packages for Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE 🐧

The team tested nearly two dozen projects, including doxygen, elastic Logstash, and PHP.

Elsewhere in the open source world, Apache Tika and WeKan began releasing s390x containers, and libdfp was on-boarded to our GitHub Actions service 🎉

Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/02/11/linuxone-open-source-report-january-2026 #mainframe

Bonus episode drop: Jack's Rants - Batch Job Blues.

When banking mainframe batch jobs go wrong, the whole morning feels it. Overnight runs, multiple transactions, very very waterfall.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts - https://links.ithorrorstories.eu/

You are one of us.

#podcast #technology #mainframe #batchjob #banking

I was going to post a link to the discord we're using for development and forgot. Here it is, enjoy!

#Mainframe #Minicomputer #vintagecomputing

https://discord.gg/BhPhg4Hf

I was going to post a link to the discord we're using for development and forgot. Here it is, enjoy!

#Mainframe #Minicomputer #vintagecomputing

https://discord.gg/BhPhg4Hf

I was going to post a link to the discord we're using for development and forgot. Here it is, enjoy!

#Mainframe #Minicomputer #vintagecomputing

https://discord.gg/BhPhg4Hf

I was going to post a link to the discord we're using for development and forgot. Here it is, enjoy!

#Mainframe #Minicomputer #vintagecomputing

https://discord.gg/BhPhg4Hf

I was going to post a link to the discord we're using for development and forgot. Here it is, enjoy!

#Mainframe #Minicomputer #vintagecomputing

https://discord.gg/BhPhg4Hf

Learn what a mainframe computer is, its history, characteristics, examples, and why it remains vital in modern enterprise computing systems.

https://intechfy.com/mainframe-computer-definition/

#computer #tech #technology #mainframe

@mottg All the IBM mainframe folk on here will remember PRISM from the days of MVS.
I suppose, in a way, it is a good fit for AI rehashing a term previously used for something else.
#Mainframe

#mainframers what’s your emulator?

Decades of experience using PCOMM now I’m forced to use Micro Focus Reflection :/

My bloody insert key wasn’t working and other delightful remapping that awaits.

#zseries #mainframe

How did we do at the end of 2025 as far as testing our current collection of open source software packages for Linux on #IBMZ and #LinuxONE?

It was a strong finish! The team worked on over two dozen packages, including cAdvisor, PostgreSQL, and SPIRE.

Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/01/21/linuxone-open-source-report-december-2025 #mainframe