2026 – Page 2 – Rui Miguel Feio

The AI Systems Programmer: Is the Mainframe Skills Gap About to Change?

12th October 2026 Rui Miguel Feio

For as long as I can remember, the mainframe industry has been talking about the skills gap. Experienced professionals are retiring. Finding people with deep z/OS knowledge isn’t always easy. And training someone to become an experienced systems programmer takes time. A lot of time. There is also another problem. […]

AI Sovereignty: Perhaps the Mainframe Had It Right All Along

5th October 2026 Rui Miguel Feio

There is an interesting change happening in the conversation around Artificial Intelligence. For the last few years, the question has mostly been: “What can AI do?” Now enterprises are beginning to ask a different question: “Where is the AI running, and what exactly are we giving it access to?” That […]

AI on the Mainframe Is Moving from Experimentation to Production

21st September 2026 Rui Miguel Feio

Only a few months ago, I wrote about why AI and the mainframe could become a powerful combination. Since then, something interesting has happened. The conversation is beginning to change. The question is becoming less about whether Artificial Intelligence has a place on the mainframe and more about how organisations […]

Mainframes and AI: The Perfect Partnership for the Next Era of Enterprise Computing

25th June 2026 Rui Miguel Feio

Artificial Intelligence seems to dominate every technology conversation today. New models, new tools and new promises appear almost daily, often accompanied by predictions that everything we know about enterprise IT is about to change. Yet amidst all the excitement, one platform continues to quietly power the world’s largest banks, insurers, […]