By Chris Harvey, Senior Technical Delivery Manager
Mainframe resilience depends on preserving expertise, documenting processes, testing recovery plans and scaling support as needs change.

By Robi Singh, Mainframe Architect
What does resilience really mean for today’s mainframe? Robi spoke to Planet Mainframe about his experience of attending the 2026 z/Resilience Conference in Rome – and some of the key lessons he took away.

Chris Harvey, Senior Technical Delivery Manager, “When you have just five days to save the day, experience matters. Managed services can look very neat and tidy when they are listed on a slide: responsibilities are agreed and everybody has their job. But real life is usually quite a bit messier.”

Mark Wilson features in Computer Weekly discussing how he accidentally found a lifetime’s worth of fascinating problems to solve – it wasn’t planned and it certainly wasn’t where he expected life to take him.

SHARE’d Intelligence requested that Chris Harvey ask members of the Vertali team across the world to share what they’re seeing right now, from the biggest challenges facing organizations to the opportunities shaping the future of the mainframe.

James Loftus, Technical Delivery Manager at Vertali, has written an article for TechChannel explaining the question that every mainframe modernization program needs to answer.

By Mark Wilson, Technical Director, Vertali
Mainframes have always carried a certain reputation. Big iron. Rock solid. Secure by design. The systems quietly humming away in the corner while the rest of IT panicked about the latest breach or ransomware headline.

No two days are ever the same for Krisztian in his role at Vertali. Each day brings a new set of challenges and opportunities. Mornings typically begin with checking emails and setting priorities before diving into a varied workload shaped…

Elitsa Popova is a Technical Consultant with Vertali, specializing in z/OS Db2 DBA, co-chair of GS-UK’s WAVEZ 101 and named an IBM Champion in 2025 and 2026.

Mark Wilson uses the film ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ to describe how generative AI is threatening mainframe security.

What Marcus enjoys most about working at Vertali is the friendly and sociable culture, whether that’s grabbing lunch together in the office or catching up at staff conferences, there’s a real sense of community.

In this latest Employee Spotlight, we’re featuring Sales Support Administrator, Sarah Daems, who has an interesting background in radio!