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Agentic AI coding assistant — enablement, On-Premises, and what it means for enterprise engineering.

October 8, 2026

Event: Bob & Premium Package for i — Partner Enablement, Oct 8th 2026

Free 2-hour online workshop for IBM Business Partners — spot the IBM i opportunity, deep-dive into Bob Premium Package for i 2.0, and explore agentic AI possibilities.

October 1, 2026

IBM Bob On-Premises: Agentic AI Without Leaving Your Data Center

IBM Bob On-Premises brings the full agentic AI coding assistant inside your own infrastructure — no data leaves your network. Critical for regulated industries, IBM i, and IBM Z shops.

⌥ bmarolleau/IBM-i-Application-Modernization-with-Bob

September 28, 2026

IBM Bob in EMEA: Leading the Agentic AI Wave in Enterprise

What I've learned running IBM Bob with enterprise customers across EMEA — from first demos to production, and why IBM i is where Bob has the most impact.

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September 25, 2026

IBM Z Application Modernization with Bob

Bob reads COBOL, explains JCL, generates zUnit tests, and scaffolds z/OS Connect REST APIs — making mainframe code legible and evolvable without a big-bang rewrite.

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July 1, 2026

IBM Bob Expands: Premium Packages, New Architecture, Enterprise Control

Premium packages for specialized domains (IBM i, IBM Z, Java), a new decoupled architecture, and centralized enterprise controls — the announcement that changed how I position Bob.

⌥ bmarolleau/flight400-demo

February 4, 2026

IBM i Application Modernization with Bob

The full IBM i modernization journey with Bob — code comprehension, RPGUnit test generation, DDS-to-DDL migration, REST API spec, and Ansible IaC. All from a single lab.

⌥ bmarolleau/IBM-i-Application-Modernization-with-Bob

May 29, 2024

AI Engineering with IBM Bob: The Agentic Revolution for Enterprise

How IBM Bob transforms enterprise software engineering — and the ibmi-assistant prototype that explored LLM-powered assistance for IBM i before Bob existed.

⌥ bmarolleau/ibmi-assistant

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