We believe our team is our greatest asset so we’re launching a regular Employee Spotlight – highlighting the people who bring our vision to life every day. Firstly we’re shining the light on Julian Bridges, Technical Delivery Manager – Security.

Gary Dulon shares is thoughts on trends, risks and opportunities for the mainframe in 2025, plus pointers for the short- and medium-term. Above all, Gary emphasises that the mainframe continues to develop and transform, keeping it relevant.

For International Women’s Day 2025, Vertali’s Linda McGrath wrote an article for Planet Mainframe where she reflected on the changing fortunes of women in the IT sector.

What’s it like to enter the mainframe world with no previous experience on the platform? In early 2024, Vertali recruited Felix Scott to join its ground-breaking New To Z (NTZ) program as a trainee.

Mark Wilson’s latest cybersecurity article for Planet Mainframe discusses the evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in mainframe security, highlighting its potential benefits and risks.

Confessions of a systems programmer, part 3
By Terry Stanton
Part 1 discussed the 1970s, part 2 brought us into the dayglo 1980s. Part 3 follows on neatly from Part 2 – never let it be said that systems programmers are not consistent.

Confessions of a systems programmer, part 2
By Terry Stanton
Part 1 covered how I started out in the 1970s, and explained how good luck (or karma) meant I secured a role as a junior operator at a time of high unemployment in the UK.

Confessions of a systems programmer, part 1
By Terry Stanton
Today, I’m a Systems Architect with Vertali. But my heart is as a mainframe systems programmer. On a recent visit to the UK’s National Museum of Computing, I entered the main hall and saw the first mainframe that I worked on.

IBM’s Chris Meyer, Vanguard’s Brian Marshall and Vertali’s Mark Wilson explain everything you need to know about network segmentation, why you need it, the difference between macro-segmentation and micro-segmentation, plus the technologies.

by Helen Turner, Operations & PMO Director, Vertali.

We’ve always believed in providing opportunities for our people to develop their skills, and in encouraging the next generation of talent. Mentoring is central to both.

In a recent article published on TechChannel, Vertali’s technical director, Mark Wilson highlighted advances in AIOps and DevOps from SHARE’s Tech Field Day. At SHARE Kansas City, Mark attended Tech Field Day Extra, hosted by The Futurum Group, where he…

If you want to learn how to defend against ever evolving cybersecurity risks, Leanne Wilson’s article for TechChannel is a must-read! Leanne discusses the latest trends in cyber warfare, AI, Quantumania, and the Mobile Connected World in detail, but then…