# Maximo Mobile in MAS 9.1: A Field Technician's Operating Manual The MAS 9.1 release is the most significant update to Maximo Mobile in years. For field technicians, the experience has been rebuilt around clearer status transitions, faster offline workflows, and the kind of contextual intelligence that
# Customization Archives in MAS Manage: Surviving the 7.6.x to MAS Migration If you have ever lost a custom button, a bespoke escalation, or a heavily modified field class during a Maximo upgrade, you know that customizations are the most fragile part of any platform change. In MAS, the
# MAS 9.1 Upgrade Playbook: A Practitioner's Guide to the Continuous Delivery Model Upgrading to IBM Maximo Application Suite 9.1 is not a traditional Maximo 7.6.x patch. The containerized delivery model, suite-level licensing, and continuous delivery cadence demand a different operating discipline. This playbook distills
The MIF Is Still the Backbone of Maximo Integration The Maximo Integration Framework (MIF) is one of the oldest subsystems in the platform, and yet it remains the most common way to exchange data between Maximo and the rest of the enterprise. While the NextGen REST/JSON API has changed
Maximo Is Not a One-Industry Product The "Industries & Case Studies" category is more than marketing material. It is where Maximo proves itself. The platform has been in production for over two decades across virtually every asset-intensive industry, and the patterns that emerge from those deployments are the
The Maximo Community Is Bigger Than You Think If you are new to Maximo, you might think it is just an IBM product with a documentation site and a support portal. That is wrong. The Maximo community is one of the most active enterprise software communities in the world, and
AI in Maximo Is Not a Single Feature When people say "AI in Maximo," they usually mean one of three things: a health score on an asset record, a prediction that an asset is about to fail, or a defect detected in a photograph. The reality is that
# Closing the Loop: How RCM, Condition Insight, and Cloud-Native APM Are Reshaping Maximo Reliability Asset Performance Management has been through several identity crises over the past decade. First it was reliability centered maintenance, then it was predictive analytics, then it was digital twins, then it was AI. Each wave promised
# Maximo Mobile in 2026: Offline-First Field Service, AI Assistants, and the Meter Reading Overhaul Maximo Mobile is no longer the sidekick. It is the primary interface for a growing number of field technicians, inspectors, and storekeepers who do not sit at a desk and do not have time to navigate
# Maximo Automation Scripts: From Cron Tasks to JSON Mapping Hacks Automation scripts are the connective tissue of any serious Maximo implementation. They bridge gaps between out-of-the-box functionality and real-world business requirements. They handle validations, trigger actions, transform data, and orchestrate integrations. And in most mature Maximo environments, there are hundreds
# MAS 9.2 Is Here: What Maximo Teams Need to Know Before Upgrading IBM dropped Maximo Application Suite 9.2 on June 25, 2026, and it is not just another feature channel update. This is the annual major release that sets the platform direction for the next twelve months, and
The Integration Landscape Has Shifted If you last touched Maximo integrations in the 7.6.0.x era, the landscape has changed dramatically. The OSLC-centric approach that dominated for a decade has been joined -- and in many cases superseded -- by a new generation of REST APIs, a dedicated