Ruchi Yadav
Integration Consultant at Avella AS, a Norwegian Consulting Company
Scaling Secure Workloads on LinuxONE: A Deep Dive into Confidential Computing and Hyper Protect
Jun 2, 2025
In a world where data is the new oil—and breaches are the new spills—scaling workloads isn’t just a performance challenge; it’s a security imperative. LinuxONE, IBM’s enterprise-grade Linux server, is engineered to handle this dual challenge. It offers the flexibility of open-source Linux with the industrial-strength reliability of mainframe architecture. Designed for high-volume, data-intensive workloads, LinuxONE can support millions of...
Modernizing COBOL Applications for the Cloud: APIs, Zowe, and Microservices on IBM Z
May 18, 2025
COBOL remains the lifeblood of countless enterprise systems, handling billions of transactions per day. Its performance, stability, and deep embedding in industries like banking, insurance, and government make it irreplaceable. However, the demands of modern IT—agility, cloud integration, and microservices—clash with COBOL’s traditional structure. Enterprises face a dilemma: how to modernize without disrupting core systems. The answer isn’t to rip...
End-to-End DevSecOps on IBM Z: Automating CI/CD Pipelines with z/OS and Ansible
Apr 12, 2025
Modern software delivery demands velocity, but velocity without security is just risk on fast-forward. In enterprise environments, where the mainframe still powers core business operations, bringing DevOps and security practices to IBM Z is no longer optional—it’s strategic. Traditionally, mainframe development followed waterfall-style models with long release cycles and heavy manual interventions. But today, the same CI/CD principles applied to...
Building Resilient Hybrid Cloud Architectures with IBM Z and Red Hat OpenShift
Mar 6, 2025
Building resilient hybrid cloud architectures is critical in an era where downtime can cost millions. Enterprises demand agility, elasticity, and rapid innovation from the cloud, yet they cannot compromise on security, reliability, or transactional integrity. IBM Z sits at the heart of this balance, offering unmatched uptime and built-in security features while seamlessly integrating with cloud-native platforms. With the hybrid...
Optimizing IT Operations with AI: How Turbonomic and IBM Cloud Maximize Performance
Jan 30, 2025
As enterprises adopt cloud-native architectures, managing resources efficiently while maintaining performance and cost-effectiveness becomes a significant challenge. Turbonomic, an AI-driven application resource management (ARM) platform, integrates seamlessly with IBM Cloud to optimize workloads, ensuring that applications receive the resources they need in real time. By leveraging AI and automation, Turbonomic continuously analyzes application demand, infrastructure capacity, and service-level agreements to...