
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.

2026 Private Cloud Predictions: Cost, Sovereignty, and the New Application Stack
CIOs and CISOs enter 2026 under familiar pressure: reduce costs, optimize headcount, justify every IT investment. Cloud spend faces heightened scrutiny, AI initiatives must demonstrate clear ROI, and boards expect streamlined operations with fewer resources and vendors. Against this backdrop, private cloud emerges not as futuristic tech, but as a practical mechanism to achieve these […]

Kalmar Energi scales up operations with VMware Cloud Foundation
When Kalmar Energi faced a major overhaul of its IT infrastructure, the company chose VMware Cloud Foundation. The result was higher availability, improved performance, and smoother, more secure operations. “It’s been an incredibly positive journey, both technically and organizationally,” says Mattias Hagelin, Head of IT and Digitalization at Kalmar Energi. At the turn of 2024/25, […]

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.

Who Really Controls Your Data? The Test of Sovereign Cloud
Sovereign cloud has become one of the most heavily used terms in enterprise technology. Almost every major provider has gone to great lengths to market their version of it, promising that data is ‘residing locally’ or ‘ringfenced in Europe’, but the key question remains: what does true cloud sovereignty actually mean? For governments, regulators and […]

The Broadcom Partner Difference: IT Modernization for the European Public Sector
Today organizations across industries are grappling with outdated systems, fragmented processes, and inefficiencies. Modernizing IT systems is a priority, especially for the European public sector. Managing a decentralized network spanning over 10 regions and approximately 5,000 devices, a large German public sector organization faced significant operational inefficiencies that impacted data accuracy, collaboration, and overall […]

Zero Trust Deep Dive, Part 1: Does the Mainframe Really Need Zero Trust?
The mainframe, like any other platform, is only as secure as people and processes make it. We should assume that a breach will happen; it’s not a matter of if, but when. Everything should be verified and validated at every stage. Never trust, always verify.

Finding an Unexpected Career at the Heart of Enterprise Computing
I expected to follow a conventional path in modern development, equipped with the latest tools and concepts. That plan shifted the moment I encountered two unexpected words: the mainframe.

An Unexpected Career Shift: Swapping Engineering for Coding
The Mainframe Vitality Program gave me the tools, confidence, and direction to build a long, sustainable career in an industry that truly matters.

A CTO’s View: The Blind Spots Slowing Enterprise Transformation
Enterprise IT is reaching a critical inflection point. While years of rapid innovation have led to the development of unprecedented capabilities, they have also introduced an equal amount of complexity. Enabling faster innovation without increasing the operational burden for IT has become a leadership challenge. This next phase of transformation isn’t about adding more technology; […]

The Broadcom Partner Difference: The Power of Professional Services
In the beginning of 2025, Broadcom committed to shifting professional services to a partner-led motion. This shift represents a significant opportunity for our partners to lead and deliver critical implementation, consulting, and optimization services to customers. By taking a “holistic approach” to serving our joint customers, Broadcom partners are delivering measurable business outcomes. A Holistic […]

Getting 2026 Right in Federal IT Modernization: Progress and Opportunity
As the new year started, the Federal government also kickstarted a new era of IT modernization. A series of new policy initiatives, focusing mainly on AI, security, and updated acquisition look to reshape government IT towards the goal of delivering efficiencies and better services for the American people. Government at the Speed of Business Removal […]