Artificial Intelligence seems to dominate every technology conversation today. New models, new tools and new promises appear almost daily, often accompanied by predictions that everything we know about enterprise IT is about to change. Yet amidst all the excitement, one platform continues to quietly power the world’s largest banks, insurers, governments, retailers and airlines: the mainframe. Rather than viewing AI and the mainframe as opposing forces, organisations should recognise that they complement each other remarkably well. AI needs data. Lots of it. Not just any data, but trusted, high-quality, secure and up-to-date information. Coincidentally, that’s exactly where the majority of [...]