IBM teases AI-infused hybrid cloudy upgrade to z/OS - Bingo!

IBM has teased a Q3 2023 release for a major upgrade to its z/OS mainframe operating environment. "IBM intends for z/OS Version 3 to be the basis for an AI-infused, hybrid cloud operating system, and z/OS 3.1 will be the first release in that journey" states a preview announcement published on February 28. The release will …

[David 132]

You're not kidding about the buzzwords!

"...AI infused into the OS..."

"...leverage data insights..."

"...cloud-native..."

"...containerized..."

"...quantum-safe encryption..."

Sadly, it still falls short of being a viable modern product, because... it doesn't include blockchain, and even worse, IBM insist on selling it as a boring physical product rather than in NFT collectible form.

[katrinab]

Re: You're not kidding about the buzzwords!

Aren't blockchains and NFTs obsolete technologies from the 2022s?

[Doctor Syntax]

Re: You're not kidding about the buzzwords!

Quite. If evidence were needed that blockchain's time has gone it's right there in that sentence.

[ssharwood]

Re: You're not kidding about the buzzwords!

Oh, well played! Wish I'd thought of that!

[Vometia has insomnia. Again.]

Re: You're not kidding about the buzzwords!

Maybe they should sell more collectible tat, but I like the more tangible variety; e.g. I have a necklace whose pendant is a 308X TCM (obviously a very mini version! A real one would probably cripple me). And add some flashing lights to their actual mainframe because the Z series looks more like a haute something-or-other wardrobe for architectural fashion victims.

[Code For Broke]

Re: You're not kidding about the buzzwords!

Indeed. Write me an article when it starts posting selfies of itself doing dances and makeup "hacks", then I'll take notice.

[Korev]

Re: You're not kidding about the buzzwords!

From z/OS list celebrities?

[Sceptic Tank]

I've Been Mainframed

"infused into the operating system using intelligent automation and accelerated inferencing at scale to extract and leverage valuable data insights"

I think we're going to need some mainframe computing power to leverage valuable insights into whatever they are saying. I'm hazarding a guess that the FDIV bug has not been addressed yet, leading to infused data insights.

[slimshady76]

Re: I've Been Mainframed

That's their business plan: Get you to buy the mianframes to decode the buzzword bingo marketing speech, then decode it, and find out you've paid a huge amount of money for the same product they were selling before.