When Novels Meet Postcards: XCOM Teaches Distributed to Speak z/OS
When done right, z/OS and distributed systems look like lifelong pen pals, even when they secretly write in completely different languages.
Turning Curiosity Into a Career Path: A Mainframe Journey
Read to discover how a passion for technology and relentless curiosity led Joseph to a rewarding mainframe career through Broadcom’s Vitality Program.
The System No One Owns—But Everyone Depends On
Every enterprise has a system that delivers reports and information, working seamlessly in the background, unseen, taken for granted, and assigned no true owner. It isn’t the application that processes transactions. It isn’t the database that stores records. It’s the system that turns data into information people can actually use.
Wired by Experience: A Combat Veteran’s Path to Mainframe Security
Discover how a Marine Corps combat veteran turned his curiosity with code into a career protecting critical systems in mainframe cybersecurity.
Zero Trust Deep Dive, Part 4: Fine-tuning Your Mainframe Zero Trust Strategy
Implementing the foundational elements of Zero Trust on the mainframe is a huge accomplishment, but your journey doesn’t end there.
Choosing the Right Platform for Modernization
The computing landscape has broadened significantly in recent years, with many more types and styles of computers powering new business processes, resulting in the need for organizations to redesign and modernize their existing systems.
Why Python on the Mainframe? A Platform Engineer’s Perspective
If you’ve been around the z/OS operating system long enough, you’ve probably asked: Why bother with Python?
Zero Trust Deep Dive, Part 3: How Exactly Do You Implement Zero Trust on the Mainframe?
In Part 3, we’re going to outline the three primary components of a mainframe Zero Trust strategy.
Modernize Security with ACF2 and Top Secret Version 17.0
In the world of security, many things have changed since the last release of ACF2 and Top Secret.
Mainframe: A Career Grounded in Real-World Impact
Looking back, the impact of the Vitality program is clear. Broadcom delivered the technical foundation needed to succeed, the management team made the transition possible, and the Datacom community continues to support the growth of new talent.
Zero Trust Deep Dive, Part 2: So, You’re Ready for Zero Trust — But Is Your Mainframe?
Today’s threat landscape leaves little room for assumptions. Attackers are faster, regulations are stricter, and IT environments are more complex than ever.
The Value of Mainframe Data for AI Projects
Mainframes run many significant commercial applications and are a key part of strategic investments for digital transformation, hybrid cloud computing, APIs, and, more recently, a rapidly growing number of generative AI and agentic AI projects.