Subject: Intelligent Automation August 2026 Newsletter

For intelligent automaters

August 2026

In this issue...

  • Featured: Not Every AI Agent Deserves the Same Leash - CM First

  • CA 2E / Plex Conference: Free AI Deep Dive and Keynote Sessions

  • Article: AI Agent Sprawl: Why AI Governance Is Now a Board-Level Issue - SAP

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

  • Intelligence: Intelligent Automation News on the Greater Web

15th CA 2E / CA Plex Worldwide Conference

Virtual passes: valuable and free!


Our free AI Day Deep Dives and Keynote Sessions virtual passes are in high demand, and they're still available. 


If you can't make in person to the conference next week, these are the next best thing to immerse yourself in the latest CA 2E and CA Plex AI, or take in the latest from Broadcom and IBM straight from the source. 


Attend live or stream when you have the time. You can even pick up both passes and have them in your back pocket when you need them.


More details about both passes are below our headline article!


Or get yours now →

Featured

Not Every AI Agent Deserves the Same Leash


Gartner predicts 40% of enterprises will decommission their AI agents by 2027 over governance gaps, and recommends matching autonomy to trust boundaries instead of one policy for everything. 


And no wonder. A well-mapped CA Plex application and an undocumented 1998 COBOL routine aren't the same trust boundary, even though both get called "legacy" on the same spreadsheet.


The variable that should set an agent's leash isn't its capability, it's how well the system it's touching is actually understood.


Read the full article →

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

AI Agent Sprawl: Why AI Governance Is Now a Board-Level Issue


A new SAP LeanIX survey finds that 98% of companies are deploying or planning to deploy AI agents — while fewer than half can even produce an inventory of the agents already running in their environment.


That gap between deployment speed and basic visibility is why agent governance has jumped from an IT concern to a board-level one.


We chose this piece because it independently confirms our position: you can't govern what you can't see, and an agent's autonomy should never outrun your verified understanding of the systems it touches.


Read the full article at SAP →

Video Vault

Next-Gen Pair Programming: AI Collaboration on IBM i and IBM z Systems


Join us for a cutting-edge webinar that merges the art of pair programming with the innovation of AI for IBM i and IBM z systems. This session is dedicated to COBOL developers working on IBM's midrange and mainframe platforms and offers a deep dive into how AI can amplify coding collaboration and efficiency.


In this webinar:

  • Discuss the integration of AI-driven pair programming in IBM i and IBM z COBOL development.

  • Address the unique challenges of maintaining and evolving COBOL applications with AI support.

  • Showcase a live demonstration of AI tools tailored to IBM i and IBM z developers.

  • Share actionable strategies for embedding AI into the pair programming workflow on both platforms.

Whether you're involved in IBM i or IBM z development, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge to leverage AI for better code quality, faster problem-solving, and more productive pair programming sessions. Take the first step towards a smarter, AI-assisted development future.


Watch →

Are you tired of time-consuming manual testing software applications? Fortra's Automate Plus RPA is here to help. Join us for a webinar where we review the features of this powerful tool and show you how it can revolutionize your software testing processes, making it better, more accurate, and quicker to get results.


Watch →

Frightened about the prospect of your legacy IBM i and z application developers leaving? We have a solution that can put your fears to rest. In this webinar, we demonstrate how you can “refactor” your legacy app developed in COBOL, RPG, or CA 2E (Synon) directly to maintainable runtime-free Java and JS.


Watch →

 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-commitment fifteen minute conversation with a CM First Group technical rep.

Get rock solid Broadcom support

CM First Support

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

Current Releases


CM WebClient 1.8.7 (with nightly builds) For details, go here.

CM MatchPoint ALM 7.0 Build 004. For details, go here.

CM evolveIT 11.7, last supported 10.6
CM M3 2023 Edition
CA Plex 7.2.1 SP005, last supported 7.2.1 (as of January 31, 2022)
→ Details can be found here at Broadcom (login required)
CA 2E 8.7.3, last supported 8.7 (as of January 31, 2022)
→ Details can be found here at Broadcom (login required)
Contact CM First to learn more: info@cmfirstgroup.com

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