Subject: CM evolveIT July 2026 Newsletter

The modern state of static analysis, refactoring, and digital transformation

July 2026

In this issue...

  • Featured: A Tool Is Not an Outcome - CM First

  • Conference: 15th CA 2E/ Plex Conference - Go Virtual!

  • Video Vault: Next-Gen Pair Programming: AI Collaboration on IBM i and IBM z Systems - CM First

  • Article: Discovery Is Not Migration — Where AI Actually Stands for Mainframe Modernization - Open Mainframe Project

  • Broadcom Support: Let Us Help You Get the Support You Need

  • Intelligence: News to think about...

Featured

A Tool Is Not an Outcome


AI coding assistants can genuinely help a coder get the job done, but they can also quietly hurt.


They're excellent at making one developer faster on one task, but a modernized system requires seeing a whole landscape of dependencies and business rules that no single-file view can show.


We walk through a realistic scenario of what happens when speed gets mistaken for completeness, and make the case for discovery-first methodology as the step that has to come before anything else.


Read the full story here →

Conference

Go virtual!


The 15th CA 2E / CA Plex Worldwide Conference is now just around the corner: August 31 through September 2 in Nashville, themed "Race to the AI Future." 


The agenda goes deep on the questions practitioners are actually wrestling with, including where AI-assisted analysis genuinely helps in CA 2E and CA Plex environments, what's coming up for the platforms from Broadcom's Chi Chen, and what IBM's Tim Rowe sees ahead for application development on IBM i.


Can't make it to Nashville on a month's notice? That's precisely what the virtual pass is for. You'll join the sessions live as they happen, hear the same platform updates and technical deep dives as the room in Nashville, and stay at your desk for anything production throws at you that week. No travel approval required, no coverage plan for three days away.


Virtual pass registration stays open at plex2e.com right up to the conference. If your team's modernization roadmap runs through CA 2E or CA Plex, this is three days that will sharpen it.


Register now →

Announcing CM evolveIT 11.7


Available for Streaming: Join us for informative, hands-on sessions focused on the new CM evolveIT 11.7 release. 


Tailored for future-minded developers, these sessions showcase groundbreaking enhancements aimed at revolutionizing your code analysis and transformation workflows. Expect hands-on demonstrations that you can take to your development workflows right away.

Watch one of these two webinars now...

Mainframe

Latest Advances in Mainframe COBOL Code Analysis and Transformation

Learn about cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools that promise streamlined analysis and transformation processes, automated tools that convert legacy COBOL code to Java, and advanced code slicing.


Watch Now

IBM i

Latest Advances in IBM i Code Analysis and Transformation

Learn how to cut your analysis costs by up to 80% with new capabilities. We'll demo new CA 2E (Synon) and CA Plex superpowers, AI and Code slicing innovations, and improved support for DB2 and COBOL and more.


Watch Now

Heads Up

Discovery Is Not Migration — Where AI Actually Stands for Mainframe Modernization


This dispatch asks the question the industry keeps skipping: not whether AI will "replace COBOL," but where precisely in the modernization pipeline AI creates value that survives contact with production. It comes from a vendor-neutral Linux Foundation project, a rare voice with no tool to sell arguing that understanding a system must precede changing it.


The full white paper lands in August, and we'll be reading it.


Read the full analysis at the Open Mainframe Project →

 Broadcom Support 


Many enterprises struggle with obtaining Broadcom support for their CA 2E (Synon, COOL:2E) or CA Plex systems


If you're working with an older unsupported release, upgrading your IBM OS, or otherwise under the shadow of lapsed maintenance, we can get you back on Broadcom support based on your unique situation. We specialize in all sizes of customers.


Fill out our 2 minute form and schedule a no-committment fifteen minute conversation with CM First Group tech.

Get rock solid Broadcom support

CM First Support

Current CM First Group customers can access tutorials and submit support tickets at support.cmfirstgroup.com.

CM evolveIT current version is 11.7.

You can read more about CM evolveIT in our white paper CM evolveIT Data Lineage, or get in touch with us directly to learn about these new features and more.

We upgrade CM evolveIT customers to the newest versions continuously. If you have any questions just send us a note to info@cmfirstgroup.com.


Other CM First Releases


CM WebClient 1.8.8 (with nightly builds) For details, go here.

CM Matchpoint ALM 7.0 Build 004. For details, go here.
CM M3 2024 Edition
CA Plex 7.3, last supported 7.2.1 (as of October 31, 2024)
→ Details can be found here at Broadcom (login required)
CA 2E 8.7.4, last supported 8.7 (as of October 31, 2024)
→ Details can be found here at Broadcom (login required)
Contact CM First to learn more: info@cmfirstgroup.com

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