How Izzi Software is Flipping Technology Takeovers
Jennifer Nelson shares how Izzi Software preserves the soul of legacy tech companies when making acquisitions. It invests in mainframe and IBM Power systems, and focuses on growth. Click here to see more.
Izzi Software Enters the IBM Power Ecosystem
When Izzi Software launched in late 2024, our mission was to help founders of amazing enterprise software companies move to the next phase of their careers (and lives) knowing that their innovations were in good hands – and that we were committed to growing and sustaining their businesses. Our first completed acquisition was ColeSoft, a […]
IBM z17: Revolutionizing Enterprise Computing
The Next Frontier in Innovation and Performance is Here The IBM Z Systems are at the cutting edge of computing technology, and are used by the world’s largest banks, healthcare systems, and government agencies that require reliable technology able to process massive amounts of data instantly. In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, IBM continues to […]
Why Mainframes Will Remain Essential for Government Agencies
Government agencies around the world face increasingly complex challenges in managing vast amounts of data, ensuring operational continuity, and safeguarding sensitive information. Amid the evolving landscape of information technology, one steadfast solution remains at the core of their operations: the mainframe. Despite the common misperception that the mainframe is a relic of the past by […]
Mainframes in Pop Culture: How Misinformation Influences the Real-World Perception of the World’s Most Powerful Computers
Mainframes in Pop Culture: How Misinformation Influences the Real-World Perception of the World’s Most Powerful Computers Hollywood has always been at the cutting edge when it comes to featuring technology, often showing futuristic devices and objects that simply aren’t real today and may never actually be created. But filmmakers have also sought to balance the […]
Don’t Look Now, But COBOL is Back.
The language of mainframes is as durable as Big Iron Thirty years ago, the COBOL programming language was dead and buried as an artifact of history… along with the mainframes this language was created for. Back then, nobody envisioned that the mainframe would still be powering all of the world’s most important industries, or that […]
What exactly is a software bug, and where do they come from?
In many software discussions, a “bug” is often framed as a hidden flaw—a sneaky defect buried in the code, lying dormant until it suddenly derails a program in production. That’s a convenient story, but in the world of IBM Z mainframe development, it’s not the full picture. At ColeSoft, we spend our days immersed in […]
Opening the Mainframe: Programs Bringing Diversity and Longevity to Enterprise Systems
Mainframe platforms, the backbone of global finance, healthcare, and government systems, is undergoing a transformation—not just in technology, but in talent. A new wave of initiatives is working to diversify the mainframe talent pipeline, focusing especially on encouraging minority students to explore careers in enterprise IT. One of the key players in this space is […]
ColeSoft Signs Reseller Agreement with UK-Based Mainframe IT Leader Vertali
Flagship z/XDC Product to be Sold Through Vertali’s Global Partner Network MINNEAPOLIS–May 13, 2025 – ColeSoft, an Izzi Software company, today announced that it has inked a global reseller deal with Vertali for its z/XDC product, the leading debugging tool purpose-built for mainframe systems. This is the first-ever reseller agreement signed by ColeSoft, which was […]
Why Mainframe Acquisitions Are a Lifeline, Not a Loss
In the mainframe community, legacy means something different than it does elsewhere in tech. Here, longevity is a badge of honor, and stability isn’t a buzzword—it’s a requirement. So it’s no surprise that the wave of acquisitions over the past decade—where larger companies like BMC, CA (now part of Broadcom), Rocket Software, and most recently […]