In today’s enterprise digital landscape, mainframe modernization is no longer a back-office technical exercise. It has become a strategic initiative tied directly to innovation velocity, operational resilience, regulatory compliance and long-term competitiveness. Organizations are not abandoning the mainframe, but they are rethinking how code, architecture and platforms evolve to meet modern business demands. Techstrong polled […]
BMC CEO: Time for IT Teams to Shift Gears is Now
BMC CEO Aman Sayed is predicting that as the global economy after several years continues to stabilize, there are now enough signs to suggest the company year will see a wave of growth that will require IT teams to start shifting gears now if they hope to be prepared to meet new challenges. Speaking this […]
BMC Brings Generative AI to the Mainframe
BMC as part of a broader commitment to building generative artificial intelligence (AI) assistants to simply the management of mainframes, has made available in beta a tool that explains code functionality.
BMC Adds More Tools to Modernize Mainframe Applications
The BMC AMI DevX Code Insights tool uses machine learning algorithms to break apart monolithic COBOL mainframe apps into subprograms that are easier to update and refactor.
DevOps is Making Gains on Mainframe Platforms
A survey from BMC found organizations continue to invest in mainframe applications alongside distributed computing environments.
BMC Adds Generative AI Capabilities to Helix Management Platform
BMC today revealed it is embedding generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities across its BMC Helix service and operations management platforms. BMC CTO Ram Chakravarti said the company is incorporating the open source GPT-J large language models (LLMS) to build generative AI models. Those models are optimized for specific domains using data collected by BMC and […]
BMC Extends Scope of ServiceOps Initiative
At the BMC Exchange conference this week, BMC revealed it has updated its Helix IT service management (ITSM) platform to include mapping and discovery capabilities. Those updates make it simpler for cross-functional teams to correlate incidents, alerts and data and pinpoint root causes faster. In addition, BMC is now applying pre-trained artificial intelligence (AI) models […]
BMC Survey Surfaces DevOps Mainframe Progress
A global survey of 1,000 executives and IT professionals that rely on mainframes found 70% are now employing DevOps processes to build and deploy applications on the venerable platform, with 60% of those respondents now deploying applications faster. A full 80% of respondents also wanted to deploy mainframe applications faster, according to the survey. The […]
BMC Adds Support for DORA Metrics to Mainframe Tools Portfolio
BMC this week announced it has added support for DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) metrics within its portfolio of DevOps tools for mainframe environments. John McKenny, senior vice president and general manager for intelligent Z optimization and transformation at BMC, said the latest edition of BMC Compuware zAdviser now includes a DORA KPI Dashboard that […]
BMC Integrates DevOps Mainframe Portfolio With Git
BMC has expanded its efforts to bring DevOps best practices to the development of mainframe applications by integrating the BMC Compuware ISPW continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform with Git repositories. In addition, the company tightened integration between BMC Compuware ISPW and BMC AMI Ops platform and integrated BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench for building applications with […]