Venafi Vice President of Security Strategy and Threat Intelligence Kevin Bocek and BMC Director of Worldwide Cybersecurity Sales Ken Chism join The Modern Mainframe to discuss automated certificate management, how it helps organizations employ their Zero Trust strategies, and the ways it benefits not only organizations' security, but their mainframe and security professionals' work experience. Links: Solution Brief: BMC AMI Enterprise Connector for Venafi - https://documents.bmc.com/products/doc...
Apr 13, 2023•27 min
BMC Principal Solution Engineer Roland Kinsman, Lead Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm, and DevOps Architect and Evangelist Tony Anter talk about keeping runaway abends under control with a new feature in BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID that enables users to set notification thresholds . Links: Podcast: Ease Deploy Anxiety with Automated Notifications - https://soundcloud.com/modernmainframe/ease-deploy-anxiety-with-automated-notifications BMC Community Post: BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID New Webhook Notificati...
Apr 06, 2023•10 min
BMC Senior Product Managers John Dannenberg and Kevin Corbett, and Lead Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm discuss the importance of mainframe performance testing, the benefits of shifting left and automating, how to get started, and more. Links: Blog: High-Performing Development Teams Use Automated Performance Testing - https://www.bmc.com/blogs/mainframe-automated-performance-testing/ Podcast: Shift-Left Performance Testing on the Mainframe - https://soundcloud.com/modernmainframe/shift-left-pe...
Apr 04, 2023•31 min
BMC Principal Solution Engineer Roland Kinsman and Lead Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm discuss a new feature in BMC AMI DevX Abend-AID that facilitates ChatOps, leading to faster issue resolution and easing deployment anxiety. Links: Blog: Notify, Then Inform with Automated Trouble Ticket Creation - https://www.bmc.com/blogs/abend-aid-automated-trouble-ticket/ Blog: Top 4 Reasons Your Mainframe Team Needs ChatOps - https://www.bmc.com/blogs/mainframe-chatops-top-four-reasons/ BMC Community Po...
Mar 31, 2023•14 min
BMC DevOps Architect Tony Anter and Lead Product Managers Spencer Hallman and Mark Schettenhelm join the Modern Mainframe to give their predictions for mainframe DevOps in 2023. From the use of AI/ML in analytics to the use of consistent tooling across platforms, the three share their thoughts on where DevOps is headed over the coming year. Links: IDC White Paper: A Mainframe-Inclusive Approach to Your DevOps Strategy - https://www.bmc.com/forms/improve-the-mainframe-developer-experience-white-p...
Jan 31, 2023•33 min
The authors of the BMC E-book "Ten Steps to True Mainframe Agility" discuss crucial steps along the path to agility. BMC Lead Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm, DevOps Architect and Evangelist Tony Anter, Solutions Architect Frank Rhodes, and Senior Product Manager Kevin Corbett discuss the importance of agile development and DevOps and share their own experiences in implementing these practices. Links: E-book: Ten Steps to True Mainframe Agility - https://www.bmc.com/forms/ten-steps-to-true-mai...
Jan 19, 2023•32 min
BMC Lead Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm, Senior Solution Engineer Manoj Singh, and DevOps Architect and Evangelist Tony Anter discuss how automation can eliminate the "grunt work" of mainframe development and help deliver a developer experience that inspires and delights developers at any stage of their careers. Links: Forrester Report: Developing Your Modern Mainframe Strategy - https://documents.bmc.com/products/documents/78/40/537840/537840.pdf
Jan 04, 2023•15 min
BMC DevOps Architect and Evangelist Tony Anter and Senior Product Managers Mark Schettenhelm, Kevin Corbett, and Paul Allard discuss a new BMC E-book, "Ten Steps to Effective Mainframe Testing," and how automated testing is essential to the effective adoption of DevOps on the mainframe. Topics include getting started with automated testing, code coverage, using the correct data, different types of tests, and more. Links: E-book - 10 Steps to Mainframe Testing - https://www.bmc.com/forms/ten-step...
Nov 22, 2022•45 min
In part two of a discussion on the mainframe developer experience, BMC Director of Software Consulting Dr. Elizabeth Maxwell, Senior Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm, and DevOps Evangelist Tony Anter talk about how the use of modern tools improves the developer experience and increases productivity, how these tools can benefit new and veteran developers alike, and new and upcoming tools that further enhance the developer experience. Links: The Modern Developer Experience, Part 1 - https://sound...
Nov 07, 2022•14 min
In the first of a two-part discussion, BMC Director of Software Consulting Dr. Elizabeth Maxwell, Senior Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm, and DevOps Evangelist Tony Anter talk about the importance of prioritizing the developer experience on the mainframe and how providing familiar tools and processes helps recruit and retain developers while increasing overall productivity. Links: IDC Report: A Mainframe-Inclusive Approach to Your DevOps Strategy - https://documents.bmc.com/products/documents/...
Oct 04, 2022•22 min
As the mainframe interacts with more outside systems, including mobile and web apps, secure code development is more important than ever. Veracode Chief Technology Officer Chris Wysopal and Strategic Account Manager, Northern Europe Craig Hartwell join BMC Practice Lead for DevOps Stuart Ashby to discuss the need to shift left in code security testing as well as a new integration between Veracode and BMC AMI DevX Workbench for Eclipse that enables developers to scan code for security vulnerabili...
Aug 11, 2022•27 min
BMC Lead Product Manager Spencer Hallman, DevOps Architect and Evangelist Tony Anter, and Senior Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm discuss DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) metrics and why they're important to measure on the mainframe. Links: eBook: DORA Metrics for Mainframe DevOps - https://www.bmc.com/forms/dora-metrics-for-mainframe-devops-ebook.html Blog: Continuously Improve with DORA Metrics for Mainframe DevOps - https://www.bmc.com/blogs/dora-metrics-for-mainframe-devops/
Jul 07, 2022•13 min
Author, investor, speaker, and advisor Tom Taulli joins The Modern Mainframe to discuss his new book, "Modern Mainframe Development: COBOL, Databases and Next-Generation Approaches," why mainframe development is a promising career opportunity, the impact and future of the platform, and more. It's a can't-miss episode for those entering the IT workforce, considering a career change, or looking to build or strengthen a development team. Links: Tom Taulli on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/to...
Jun 16, 2022•25 min
The use of Git for source control management of mainframe code is a hot topic these days. BMC Director of Software Consulting Elizabeth Maxwell, DevOps Evangelist Tony Anter, and Senior Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm join the Modern Mainframe to discuss the benefits of using Git for the mainframe, things to consider when getting started, and how Git can be used alongside BMC AMI DevX Code Pipeline (formerly BMC Compuware ISPW) to manage, build, and deploy mainframe code. Links: eBook: Git for...
Apr 06, 2022•27 min
BMC Senior Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm, Lead Product Manager Steve Solomon, and DevOps evangelist Tony Anter discuss the benefits of including the mainframe in your continuous integration/continuous delivery pipeline, things to consider when choosing tools and processes, Tony's experience leading the DevOps transformation at a major credit card company, and more. Links: eBook: Maximize the Benefits of Your CI/CD Pipeline by Including the Mainframe - https://www.bmc.com/forms/accelerate-mai...
Jan 28, 2022•28 min
BMC DevOps evangelists Atul Bhovan and Tony Anter and Lead Product Manager Spencer Hallman return to discuss how BMC AMI zAdviser and the data it provides enable increased efficiency and continuous improvement, as well as the new KPI dashboards included in BMC's January 2022 release. Links: Part 1 of the discussion - https://soundcloud.com/modernmainframe/charting-devops-kpis-continuous-improvement Blog: New DevOps KPI Dashboards in zAdviser Drive Continuous Improvement - https://www.bmc.com/blo...
Jan 12, 2022•23 min
We're joined by BMC Lead Product Manager Spencer Hallman and DevOps evangelists Atul Bhovan and Tony Anter to discuss the value of metrics in driving continuous improvement for DevOps teams. The three talk about the right metrics to track for DevOps success, key KPI objectives, and measuring the adoption rate of tools and processes within your own organization. Links: Part 2 of the discussion: https://soundcloud.com/modernmainframe/charting-your-mainframe-devops-kpis-part-2-bmc-compuware-zadvise...
Jan 06, 2022•24 min
Dr. Elizabeth Maxwell, BMC Director of Software Consulting, and John Dannenberg, BMC Senior Product Manager, join The Modern Mainframe to discuss how to shift left with performance testing, the advantages of automation, how organizations are benefitting, and more. Links: BMC AMI Strobe - https://www.bmc.com/it-solutions/bmc-ami-strobe.html Blog: The Benefits of Shift-Left Performance Testing - https://www.bmc.com/blogs/shift-left-performance-testing-benefits/ Blog: Keep Performance Issues From S...
Nov 24, 2021•31 min
DevOps evangelists Tony Anter, Stuart Ashby, Atul Bhovan, and Paul Vallely join The Modern Mainframe to discuss the benefits of automated mainframe testing with BMC AMI DevX Total Test (formerly BMC Compuware Topaz for Total Test). The four talk about their own experiences with testing and the gains realized by enterprises with which they interact, as well as Forrester's report on the Total Economic Impact™ of BMC AMI DevX Total Test. Links: BMC AMI DevX Total Test - https://www.bmc.com/it-solut...
Nov 01, 2021•42 min
BMC Lead Product Manager Spencer Hallman, Senior Product Manager Paul Allard, and Lead Product Manager Steve Solomon discuss shift-left testing on the mainframe: what it is and how it improves development velocity and quality, the benefits of automating different types of tests, and what to look for in automated testing tools. Links: Forrester Total Economic Impact™ of BMC AMI DevX Total Test - www.bmc.com/forms/forrester-rep…for-total-test.html 2023 BMC Mainframe Survey Results - https://www.bm...
Oct 06, 2021•27 min
Our series on modern mainframe development concludes with BMC Area VP of Product Management Sam Knutson, Senior DevOps Architect Stuart Ashby, and Senior Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm discussing how organizations are implementing mainframe DevOps, the success that they're having, features to look for in modern development tools, and the future of mainframe software development. Links: Forrester Study, "Modernizing Mainframe Development Tools Can Help Drive Greater ROI" - https://www.bmc.com/...
Sep 03, 2021•23 min
In part two of our series on modern mainframe development, Senior Product Manager Mark Schettenhelm and Senior Software Consultant Roland Kinsman discuss how modern mainframe development tools help improve the developer experience and increase the quality, velocity, and efficiency of software development and delivery. Links: Forrester Study, "Modernizing Mainframe Development Tools Can Help Drive Greater ROI" - https://www.bmc.com/forms/modernize-mainframe-development-tool-analyst-report.html
Aug 13, 2021•17 min
In the first episode of a three-part discussion, BMC Area Vice President of Product Management Sam Knutson and Senior DevOps Architect Stuart Ashby talk about the risk organizations face in not modernizing their mainframe development tools and the benefits in velocity and quality that can be achieved with the adoption of DevOps and modern tooling. Links: Forrester Study - https://www.bmc.com/forms/modernize-mainframe-development-tool-analyst-report.html Dimensional Research Study - https://www.b...
Aug 06, 2021•21 min
BMC Principal Product Manager Christopher Perry and Director of IBM Z Security Services Chad Rikansrud explain what the MITRE ATT&CK Framework is, how it relates to the mainframe, and what BMC is doing to support it.
Jul 02, 2021•10 min
In the conclusion of a 3-part discussion of the current state and future of mainframe DevOps, April Hickel, BMC Vice President of Intelligent Z Strategy, and John McKenny, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation, discuss advancements in the operations side of DevOps, how companies are bridging the gaps between development and operations, and what to expect in the future for mainframe DevOps.
Jun 16, 2021•15 min
In part 2 of a 3-part discussion of the current state and future of mainframe DevOps, April Hickel, BMC Vice President of Intelligent Z Strategy, and John McKenny, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation, talk about what's changing in mainframe DevOps, the factors they see driving organizations to include the mainframe in their enterprise DevOps initiatives, how to overcome the challenges of implementing mainframe DevOps, and how organizations c...
Jun 02, 2021•12 min
In the first of a 3-part series on the current state and future of mainframe DevOps, April Hickel, BMC Vice President of Intelligent Z Strategy, and John McKenny, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation discuss where organizations are in their DevOps journeys, how they're measuring their progress, and the tools they're using to optimize and transform the mainframe.
May 21, 2021•14 min
In this third and final segment, Rick Slade and Jake Leon from discuss where the market for modernization is headed, areas where companies are struggling to find and retain top engineering talent, how the transformation of Agile and DevOps can aid in that effort, and switching off the green screen.
Jan 07, 2021•22 min
In this second segment with Jake Leon and Rick Slade, we explore what enterprise DevOps means to businesses, what mainstreaming the mainframe means, the important role the mainframe plays in a modern, enterprise DevOps environment, and the steps to take to start down the path to modernizing development on the platform.
Jan 01, 2021•25 min
East Carolina University Adjunct Professor Dr. Cameron Seay talks about introducing students to the mainframe, how to generate more awareness of the platform on campus, and his efforts to increase the mainframe's profile in college curricula.
Dec 28, 2020•25 min
