About the PodcastThe road from junior professional to Subject Matter Expert (SME) is a long but rewarding journey, paved with learning, mentorship, and strategic career moves. This podcast serves as a guidepost for early...

In this episode we talk to George Chudyk lecturer of Computer Science in Bergen Community College, New Jersey. His best advice is, “If you think of something you want to do, if you envision a solution to a problem, just do it! If you get 50 err...

Interskill Learning is the most awarded, widely delivered, and IBM-credentialed mainframe workforce training solution in the industry. It addresses critical mainframe skills gaps and empowers teams with scalable, cost-effective, on-demand acces...

Dr. David Woolbright Emeritus Professor of Computer Science talks about his passion for teaching programming languages and how he made learning assembler interesting and fun!! His best advice “Be excited about what you're teachi...

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is officially in effect, bringing significant changes to how banks and financial institutions manage ICT risks and ensure operational resilience. In this video, industry experts Monica Sasso of Red ...

Virtel Web Suite is a powerful and highly scalable solution designed to extend the life and usability of legacy mainframe business applications—while cutting costs and simplifying infrastructure.According to Sebastian Dewar, CTO of Virte...

“Get ready for the real world! One of the best practices in teaching is to bring in real world examples, think about the context not so much straight theory”. A must not miss, fascinating talk with Dr. Alex Citurs on the January episod...

In this episode, Systemware CEO Frankie Basso shares insights on developing the next generation of mainframe talent. With over four decades of experience in creating content management services for the IBM Z platform, Systemware is dedicated to...

Episode 4: Our guest for this episode of The z/Education! Podcast is Professor LeRoy Hardy, a lecturer at the University of North Texas, College of Business. As an alumnus of UNT, he’s thrilled to teach IBM Z at hi...

“Customers are demanding faster time-to-market, and faster responses.  They want more flexibility in the way that they can process payments,” says Ray Caradine, ACI Worldwide’s product director. ACI has been helping clients manage payments...

Our guest is Dr Cameron Seay a mainframe thought leader and adjunct professor at East Carolina University. He has been in mainframes since he saw the platform in 2005. He is a “mainframer” at heart!  who is passionate about teaching. ...

“IBM Z is the only platform we run on,” says Bob Biggs, an engineer with Altera Digital Health. “It’s always up, and it’s always available.”  When one of their clients moved to a Web-based platform, it was vital that Altera’s HealthQuest m...

“Teaching is not just about delivering content, but it's also about understanding and responding to the student needs!" Listen to this inspiring conversation with Germanas Samrickis an IBM Z educator from Lithuania as he passionately s...

A conversation with IBM Z educators around the world about their journeys, success stories, best practices and more!

The mainframe data landscape isn’t pretty. “It’s a mess,” admits Jesse Sedler, 1touch’s product VP.  “It's sprawled. It's all over the place. You have sensitive data on the mainframe that folks want to unlock and start using. They could be...

Data volumes are always increasing, and that can cause bottlenecks. “Typically, our customers come to us because they run into a wall,” says Alebra Technologies CTO Bill Yeager. “They have a lot of data that they need to move within a certain w...

Tool-sprawl is a major headache. “When you look at the amount of automation tools out there, it's literally hundreds of different ones,” says Stonebranch CTO Peter Baljet.  “You can't manage each one individually. Service, Orchestration, a...

Get ready to certify in IBM Cloud Financial Services specialty - the quick and easy way. Tune in to our one-hour webinar for a speedy Flash Jam exam preparation session with tips and tricks on the certification exam. Our host, Natalie Brooks Po...

Data-Centric Security: Protecting the Mainframe“Data-centric security follows two principles,” explains Felix Rosbach, Comforte’s product VP. “Protect the data as early as possible, and then deprotect only when it’s absolutely necess...

SummaryGet ready to certify as an IBM Cloud Technical Advocate--the quick and easy way. Tune in to our one-hour upcoming webinar for a speedy Flash Jam exam prep with tips and tricks on the certification exam.An explanati...

“Time is ticking once you receive an instant payment,” says Thorsten Völkel, CEO of PPI AG. “You only have ten seconds for the round trip, sending the instant payment to the receiving bank and getting back a notification, and then sending back ...

Data belongs on the mainframe, and new modernization tools are making it easier to give the right people access. “Everyone has an analyst who's not a technical user that needs to get to the data,” explains Greg Weinheimer, product manager with ...

Learn more at the Flash Jam exam prep session for certification as an IBM Cloud Professional Architect v6, our most popular certification. This webinar will help prepare you to succeed on the certification exam. An explanation ...

“Speaking about financial institutions, up-time is really important,” says Sapiens senior system programmer Giora Bar. “If you want a system that actually never fails, I would take the mainframe.” Over four decades, he’s seen first-hand how IBM...

Be inspired and learn from the example of two IBM Champions who boosted their careers by stretching beyond their current skill sets to learn something new and certify as IBM Cloud Professional Architects.Join us for a conversation with ...