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June 9, 202632 min

IT Social Hour | Is Europe Ahead in Modernization? Juan Manuel Alcudia Thinks So.

In the final days of his COMMON Europe presidency, Juan Manuel Alcudia reflects on the challenges and triumphs of the last four years, the multicultural extravaganza that is COMMON Europe Congress 2026, and why European IBM Power shops are ahead when it comes to modernization. Then, he closes the conversation by explaining why communities like COMMON Europe might be all the more important as AI continues to progress as a technology.

May 29, 202648 min

IT Social Hour | Europe's IBM Power Wishlist, With Steve Bradshaw

Steve Bradshaw, a longtime member of the COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC), joins Andy Wig on IT Social Hour to discuss the top priorities of the European Power community, how he helped bring the F8 key to IBM i, the challenges and joys of serving a diverse constituency, and how to make tech conferences pay for themselves.

May 14, 202638 min

IT Social Hour | These Are the Mainframe's Good Old Days: With Mark Schettenhelm

The mainframe is already modern; it's the applications and mindsets that need to catch up—and organizations are increasingly recognizing this reality, says Mark Schettenhelm, a principal product manager at BMC working on DevEx products. The 45-year mainframe veteran joins Andy Wig on IT Social Hour to explain how mainframers' mindsets influence development outcomes, how those attitudes are changing and why we're currently in a "golden age" of opportunity on the mainframe.

April 17, 202638 min

Humor, Hard Work and Other Keys to Success in Tech: Jaqui Lynch on IT Social Hour

Jaqui Lynch, a current IBM Power consultant and former mainframer, recounts how her sense of humor and work ethic helped her persevere in a male-dominated field.

April 1, 20269 min

TechPulse Digest (Mainframe): Unpacking 3 Months of Surveys With John Rhodes of CM First

John Rhodes, CTO at CM First Group, joins Andy Wig on IT Social Hour to look at the Q1 survey results of TechPulse, TechChannel's new micro-survey program. Rhodes provides insights on the rapid rise of AI as an essential technology, how technologies that lower barriers to entry help address the skills gap, and why some organizations put security on the back burner ... until they get burned.

April 1, 202616 min

TechPulse Digest (IBM Power): Analyzing Q1 Surveys With Mike Schuett of TL Ashford

Mike Schuett, marketing director at TL Ashford, joins Andy Wig to look at the first three months of TechChannel's new micro-survey program, TechPulse. As he inspects the results, Schuett provides his thoughts on the predominance of hybrid cloud, the challenges of posed by the skills gap, and the value of having a trusted centralized data source.

February 20, 202650 min

IT Social Hour | 'Because We've Always Done It This Way' Is Not a Strategy, With Niall Ashley

Niall Ashley, a technical consultant at Vertali, shares his unique perspective on the mainframe industry in this episode of IT Social Hour. Ashley describes his professional origins in the aerospace industry, the value of challenging the “because we’ve always done it this way” mentality, how mainframers are like bakers, and the mainframe’s past—and potentially future—role in the video game industry.

February 2, 202639 min

TechTalk SMB | Marius le Roux on the Uniquely Supportive IBM i Community and the Future It's Shaping

IBM i consultant Marius Le Roux joins Charlie Guarino on TechTalk SMB to discuss the friendly community surrounding IBM i, why authoring the IBM i 7.6 Redbook made him feel like a spy, why AI might one day be seen as an OS, and more.

January 30, 202653 min

IT Social Hour | Meet TechChannel's Newest Rising Stars

Coming from an array of unique backgrounds, this collection of standout early-career technologists explain the keys to their success on IBM Power and IBM Z systems.