In the world of mainframes right now, the conversation has shifted from "How do we get off the mainframe?" to "How do we make the mainframe the heart of our AI and Hybrid Cloud strategy?"
As of early 2026, the hottest mainframe-related trends are focused on some form of AI adoption and integration on Z. Here are the mainframe trends that I see as of early February 2026.
Db2 for z/OS has proven successful for decades not because of any single feature, but because it consistently delivers on the things that matter most for mission-critical enterprise computing. The biggest reasons fall into a few clear and convincing categories.…
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There are a lot of options and parameters to consider when putting together your RUNSTATS jobs to collect statistics on your Db2 data. For those who do not know, RUNSTATS is a Db2 for z/OS utility program that is used to collect information about characteristics of tables and indexes, and storing that data in the Db2 Catalog where it can be used by the Db2 Optimizer to formulate SQL access…
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