TechTalk SMB With Jesse Gorzinski

iTalk With IBM Champion Andy Youens

Gonzalo Muelas Serrano and Rebecca Levesque on z/VSE Development

Ted Holt on the Importance of Refactoring

Mark Wyllie on Making a Smooth Transition to Cloud Environments

Debbie Saugen on IBM i Backup and Recovery

The Balancing Act Between Security and Maintenance

On the Mainframe and a Changing, Challenging IT World

Koen Decorte on the Ongoing Process of IBM i Modernization

An Expanding and Evolving Open-Source Community for IBM i Developers

Truth: Sabine Diemt, a Learjet pilot and IBM Champion, said those words about the mainframe

'A Fascinating Piece of Machinery'

A look at retrieval augmented generation and its role in AI's ongoing evolution, with Miho Ezawa

From RAG to Greater AI Richness

IBM software engineer Ryan Moeller on SQE, AQP, query optimization and the rewards of interacting with the IBM i community

Db2 for i, Under the Covers

Software Developer Chris Craddock explains what's great about the open, modern mainframe

The State of the Mainframe? Better Than Ever

TechTalk SMB host Charlie Guarino and data scientist Thomas Decorte talk all things AI, from machine learning to the wide world of LLMs

Expectations, Ethics and Innovations in AI

Bigger isn't always better. In this edition of TechTalk SMB, host Charlie Guarino speaks with data scientist Arthur Van Schendel about the virtues of small language models.

When Small Language Models Fit Just Right

The IBM i security expert joins Charlie Guarino on TechTalk SMB, stressing the importance of updating password levels and ACS, among other insights.

Carol Woodbury's Top IBM i Security Projects for 2025

Executive coach and former Marine Walter Yenkosky joins Charlie Guarino to explain what good leadership looks like—in IT or any other industry.

Tech Talk SMB: Guiding the Next Generation of Leaders With Walter Yenkosky

Duane Baer joins Reg Harbeck on TechTalk Enterprise to describe the 43 years he has spent running a mainframe consulting company, assisting clients with everything from installations to disaster recovery.

A 43-year Mainframe Odyssey, With Duane Baer of Baer Consulting

Mainframers Reg Harbeck, Craig Mullins, Janet Sun and Sean Rooney explain the responsibilities and perks that come with being an IBM Champion and recount how they earned the distinction.

IT Social Hour: What It Takes to Be an IBM Champion

Modernization, a continuous process that goes beyond code re-writes, means many different things to many different people, IBM's Amy Anderson tells Charlie Guarino on TechTalk SMB.

The Many Meanings of Modernization

Scott Forstie of IBM i joins Charlie Guarino on TechTalk SMB to talk about enhancements in the new IBM i releases, including new SQL capabilities, improved authority collection for IFS and security advances such as MFA.

Unpacking IBM i 7.6 and 7.5 TR6 With Scott Forstie

NOVIPRO's Karoline Pierre has seen a lot on her personal journey from Brazil to Canada. 

Not Merely Surviving, the Mainframe is Thriving as the Future of IT

The executive director of COMMON North America joins Charlie Guarino to provide an update on the user group, highlighting the community and familial atmosphere found at COMMON events and providing an overview of COMMON's international expansion.

COMMON's Manzoor Siddiqui Does TechTalk SMB

In the latest episode of "IT Social Hour," Charlie Guarino, Dawn May and Liam Barry Allan tell us what it's like putting themselves out there as expert presenters.

IT Social Hour: Life on the IBM Power Speaking Circuit

Brian Silverman, author of the TechChannel series, "The Business of AI," explains the factors that companies must consider as they develop a plan to leverage the capabilities of AI. Silverman also addresses the ethical considerations of AI implementation, IBM's AI focus and the way AI will impact businesses in the years to come.

IT Social Hour: The Business of AI With Brian Silverman

George Totev, chief information security officer at Trustero, joins Charlie Guarino on TechTalk SMB. He addresses the new security considerations accompanying the rise of AI, such as shadow AI and the ramifications of agentic AI, including its implications for proof of identity and hacking.

AI Security, Risk and Compliance, With George Totev

"If we don't change voluntarily, we'll be forced to change." Executive leader and training coach Eddie Turner joins TechTalk SMB host Charlie Guarino to discuss how leaders can navigate this current era of disruption. Turner urges leaders to embrace change, avoid complacency and cultivate a "sixth sense" that can help them understand their new reality.

Leadership in the AI Age, With Eddie Turner

Dr. Joe Gulla, author of TechChannel's "z/OS and Friends" series, joins Andy Wig on IT Social Hour to discuss how he went from music theory major to mainframe devotee, why he still gets emotional about the mainframe, and why, at age 72, "z/Architecture Principals of Operation" still fills him with wonder.

Dr. Joe Gulla Hears the Music of the Mainframe

For this episode of TechTalk SMB, Charlie Guarino interviews worldwide thought leader on AI for IBM Power, Dr. Sebastian Lehrig. Dr. Lehrig describes unique value the Power platform provides for AI workloads and discusses the challenges many organizations are facing in moving pilots to production and achieving measurable ROI.

The State of AI on IBM Power, With Dr. Sebastian Lehrig

Megan Olson, software engineer and product manager at Fortra, joins Charlie Guarino on "TechTalk SMB" to discuss the critical role of mentorship in the IBM i community and the importance of building "unicorns," among other topics.

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