IBM Z and LinuxONE Ecosystem Podcast
by IBM Z and LinuxONE Community
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From Core Banking to Agentic Banking - OvationCXM and IBM Z
From Core Banking to Agentic Banking - OvationCXM and IBM Z
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Your exclusive front-row seat to the IBM Z and LinuxONE ecosystem. Learn new skills, explore real-world use cases, and gain insider knowledge on the latest releases—all powered by the community.
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- From Core Banking to Agentic Banking - OvationCXM and IBM Z · 23 minAs AI agents begin moving beyond answering questions and toward taking action on behalf of customers, financial institutions face a new challenge: how to enable this emerging…
- Distributed SQL Meets LinuxONE · 14 minCockroachDB was built to keep applications running even when infrastructure fails. IBM LinuxONE was engineered to minimize failures in the first place. Together, they create an…
- The Expert Who Never Retires: Agentic Root-Cause and Tested Fixes on IBM Z · 19 minEvery bank has one - the engineer who is the only one that understands a critical system, and who is about to retire. In this episode, Tweezr CEO Ohad Kotler argues that the…
- Unlocking VSAM Data Without Changing Your Code · 24 minIn this episode, we explore how organizations can make their systems more efficient without starting over. Discover how VSAM data can flow seamlessly between batch jobs and CICS…
- Protecting Critical Workloads in the AI Era with Trend Micro and IBM · 24 minAI isn't just changing how we build software — it's changing how attackers operate. In this episode of the z/Action Podcast, we sit down with Trend Micro to unpack the…
- New to Z: Road to SME Podcast - Mainframe Security Simplified: Niall Ashley’s Story · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 3Tune in as Devonte’ Hawkins and Caitlin Mooney chat with Niall Ashley, Security Technical Consultant at Vertali and IBM Champion. Niall shares his unexpected journey into…
- Trust at the Core: How Germany’s Savings Banks Are Raising the Bar on Payee Verification in Europe · 18 minIn this episode, we speak with Christian Friberg from PPI and Ralf Schopohl from SIZ to explore the evolution of EBICS, the implementation of verification of payee in the…
- AI-driven mainframe access for modern developers · 17 minIn this episode, we sit down with Gil Peleg, Co-founder and CEO of Geniez, which is enabling developers to connect their AI agents and applications directly to real-time…
- New to Z: Road to SME Podcast - When Teaching Is the Moment You Become an SME — with Richelle Anne Craw · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 2In this episode of New to Z: Road to SME, we’re joined by Richelle Anne Craw—Mainframe Software Engineer, IBM Champion, and community leader—for an honest and fun conversation…
- Human Firewalls: Social Engineering in Mainframe Security · 24 minEven the most advanced systems can be undone by a single human misstep. In this episode of the z/Action Podcast, we explore how social engineering exploits human behavior and how…
- Innovating with Mainframe: AI, Insights and a Product Manager's Journey · 19 minIn this episode of the z/Action Podcast, our community manager Natalie Carrillo speaks with Mark Schettenhelm, Principal Product Manager, about his decades long journey with the…
- New to Z: Road to SME Podcast - Pioneers in Mainframe Community Building: Steven Perva and Emma Skovgård · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 1We’re excited to kick off the 2026 Season 2 of the New to Z: Road to SME podcast with IBM Champions Steven Perva and Emma Skovgård, exploring how community, curiosity, and modern…
- A Career Across the Ecosystem: A Mainframer’s Journey and the Evolution of OMEGAMON · 22 minIn this episode of the z/Action podcast, we sit down with Vytautas Murauskas, a former IBMer who now brings his expertise to Rocket Software as part of the OMEGAMON support team…
- Behind the Scenes, Big Impact: Donna Hudi’s exemplary leadership in the Mainframe community · 21 minIn this episode of z/Action, we sit down with Donna Hudi, IBM Champion, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Business Development at Phoenix Software International, to explore how…
- New to Z: Road to SME Podcast - Breakthrough Innovation on IBM Z: Insights from Industry Leaders Rebecca & Tina · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 5What better way to end the season than with our IBM Z Day special—featuring Tina Tarquinio, Chief Product Officer for IBM Z & LinuxONE, and Rebecca Levesque, Founder & CRO at…
- The z/Education! Podcast – Episode 11 · 17 minThis episode features Karl-Erik Stenfors, a retired IBM systems engineer and since 2015 been teaching Linux, virtualization and z/Assembler at three private universities in…
- AI-Driven Decisions on the Mainframe · 14 minIn this episode, you will learn how organizations are modernizing right on their mainframes, using a shared repository of decision logic to make smarter, faster, and more…
- New to Z: Road to SME Podcast – Craig Mullins on Mainframes & More · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 4Meet Craig Mullins – From punched cards to mainframes, Craig’s journey is a masterclass in curiosity and adaptability. Discover how a college intern at US Steel became a leading…
- Agentic AI on IBM Z: Shaping the Future of Intelligent Enterprise Systems · 20 minAgentic AI—the next wave of artificial intelligence—goes beyond automation to enable systems that can reason, act, and adapt autonomously. On IBM Z, these capabilities unlock new…
- New to Z: Road to SME Podcast - Green Screens & Grit: How Marcus Davage Became an SME · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 3Marcus Davage is a seasoned technologist, lead product developer at BMC Software, and an IBM Champion. With a career that began in his teenage years—tinkering with early home…







