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Conversations That Power Smarter Data Strategies for AI, Cloud, and Innovation. Skyward Data brings you exclusive conversations with experts shaping the future of enterprise data. Discover how organizations are transforming data access, storage, and AI integration to fuel faster innovation and smarter decisions. Each episode explores how to unlock the full power of your enterprise data—whether it lives on IBM Z, in the cloud, or deep in decades-old tape archives. We dive into real-world stories, bold ideas, and practical strategies for making mainframe and legacy data instantly accessible for AI, analytics, compliance, and modernization. If you're building smarter systems, training better models, or powering transformation with trusted data—Skyward Data is your guide. No fluff. No jargon. Just smart conversations about enterprise data, done right. Learn more at virtualzcomputing.com #AI #
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Skyward Data is hosted by VirtualZ. The show has published 144 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Give Cloud Apps Live Access to Mainframe VSAM Data, Without Copying It" (6 October 2026, 47 minutes), ""Just Send Us the File": The Two-Sided Data Sharing Problem Between ISVs and Their Customers, and the One Engine That Solves Both" (22 September 2026, 57 minutes), and "PropelZ Multiplexer: Moving a Million Mainframe Data Sets from z/OS to the Cloud in Parallel" (9 September 2026, 36 minutes).
Skyward Data publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 25 minutes across 144 episodes.
Booking probability for Skyward Data is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Skyward Data requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Skyward Data's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Skyward Data are IT Services & Software Development. Skyward Data has a business audience.
VirtualZ hosts Skyward Data, a business podcast with 144 episodes published.
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Every plan to use mainframe data in the cloud starts the same way: "first, make a copy." In this Skyward Data episode, VirtualZ Computing Founder & CEO Jeanne Glass and Co-Founder & CTO Vince Re — the original author of...
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Why does "just send us the file" take six to eight weeks per extract when an enterprise shares data with its ISV, and what changes when PropelZ from VirtualZ Computing runs on both sides of the feed, whether the data...
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How do you move a million mainframe data sets from IBM z/OS to the cloud without a multi-year project? VirtualZ Computing Executive Chairman Marc Sokol and CTO Vince Re walk through the PropelZ Multiplexer — the...
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VirtualZ Computing Executive Chairman Marc Sokol and CTO Vince Re break down how a Fortune 500 retailer moved a 60-million-record VSAM file from z/OS to PostgreSQL in the cloud at a sustained 56,000 records per second —...
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How does customer-driven development shape an enterprise mainframe data integration product? VirtualZ Computing CTO Vince Re explains how the most important features of PropelZ — VirtualZ's no-code tool for moving and...
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Why do most enterprises still archive mainframe SMF records in daily batches when the records are created continuously? VirtualZ Computing CTO Vince Re explains how real-time SMF archiving with PropelZ — VirtualZ's...
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How cheap and how fast can mainframe-to-cloud backup actually be? VirtualZ Computing CTO Vince Re shows how VirtualZ backs up its own IBM Z mainframe — system backups, source code, and operational logs — by streaming...
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Ready to revolutionize how your enterprise thinks about cloud storage? VirtualZ CTO Vince Re reveals how PropelZ is transforming mainframe data integration by enabling simultaneous routing to AWS, Google Cloud, Azure...
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<p>Your security team monitors thousands of events per second across every system—except the one that processes your most sensitive data. VirtualZ CTO Vince Re reveals how PropelZ's modern Splunk Connector delivers...
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<p>Bridge the Mainframe Skills Gap Without Learning COBOL: How Cloud Teams Become Integration Heroes</p> <p>The person automating your cloud infrastructure right now could handle mainframe operations using the exact...
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<p>Beyond Software Bundles: How VirtualZ Applies App Store Thinking to Enterprise Integration</p> <p>What if buying enterprise software worked like your smartphone app store—pick exactly what you need, pay only for what...
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<p>Unified Operations: The Modern Approach to Mainframe and Cloud Monitoring Integration</p> <p>Ready to give your operations team superpowers? VirtualZ CTO Vince Re shows how PropelZ's Console Logging Connector is...
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<p>Tired of spending weeks creating COBOL copybooks just to move database data? VirtualZ CTO Vince Re reveals how PropelZ's automatic metadata discovery is eliminating copybook hell for database integration—and why your...
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<p>When you need to migrate 200,000+ mainframe datasets to the cloud, individual file transfers don't scale. In this episode of Skyward Data, VirtualZ CTO Vince Re explains how PropelZ Multiplexer transforms massive...
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<p>VirtualZ CTO Vince Re announces the major 2.0 release of PropelZ, packed with dozens of customer-requested features that transform enterprise mainframe data integration. From 60% performance improvements to seamless...
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<p>The mainframe has always been the gold standard for mission-critical data. But what happens when that data needs to move — to the cloud, to analytics platforms, to AI pipelines — from anywhere, not just z/OS?</p>...
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<p>What really slows down IBM Z modernization?</p> <p>It’s not the application code. It’s the data.</p> <p>In this episode of Skyward Data, Dusty Froyum (Co-Founder, VirtualZ) and Marc Sokol (Executive Chairman, former...
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<p>Podcast Description</p> <p>Enterprise modernization is accelerating — but many initiatives still stall for one simple reason: data access.</p> <p>In this episode of the Skyward Data Podcast, VirtualZ joins Progress...
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<p>Enterprises aren’t struggling to build AI.<br> They’re struggling to reach their own data.</p> <p>In this episode of Skyward Data, Jeanne Glass breaks down the 2026 framework for activating enterprise data across...
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<p>In this episode, VirtualZ Computing co-founders Vince Re and Dustin Froyum explore how enterprises can simplify PCI DSS 4.0 compliance with real-time, no-code data access from the mainframe to Splunk.</p> <p>PCI DSS...
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