MCP server
A practical guide to the MAS MCP Server: what it exposes, how it authenticates, and how to build your first agentic workflow connecting Maximo to an external AI agent, with security, performance, and production-readiness considerations.
Maximo 7.6.1
Extended support for Maximo 7.6.1.x ends September 30, 2026, leaving one full business week. This sprint-week runbook covers the five non-negotiable go-live gates, bridging through Sustained Support, triaging to reduce scope, and the compensating-controls package every unsupported instance needs…
MCP server
The MAS 9.2 MCP server is not a read-only query surface. It lets external AI agents create, update, and modify Maximo records through natural language, which moves the integration client from a fixed transformation into a decision-making agent. This article covers the governance architecture in…
predictive maintenance
Predictive maintenance programs stall when the loop between failure history, asset risk, scheduling priority, executed work, and total cost of ownership is left open. This article walks that loop end to end in Maximo terms, with the configuration obligations and organizational realities that…
Maximo Mobile
Maximo Mobile 9.2 rewrites field labor capture with a read-only Timesheets app, crew-wide travel and work timers that automatically create labor transactions for every active crew member, and a clarified Record Data Options sync model. This article explains how the new timer model works in…
Maximo Manage
Verdantix survey data continues to show Maximo users ahead of the market on predictive and reliability-centered maintenance, with data quality named as the top barrier. This article argues that in the MAS 9.2 era, data quality stops being a reporting problem and becomes the literal input to the AI…
MAS Platform
The MAS 9.2 upgrade wave has moved past planning and into a concentrated cluster of infrastructure problems: path-based versus subdomain routing, Manage URL changes, LDAP and SSO configuration errors, and framework configuration that stops applying after an interim patch. This article walks…
MAS Platform
With twenty days until IBM ends support for Maximo 7.6.1.x on September 30, 2026, this triage plan lays out the immediate moves for unprepared teams: confirming support entitlements, inventorying environments, choosing a defensible posture, and ranking migration paths by realism and speed.
Community
Naviam is acquiring Cohesive from Bentley Systems, combining two of the best-known independent Maximo services firms. What the deal means for customers of either firm, why consolidation is accelerating right now, and how the partner landscape will reshape ahead of the 7.6.1.x end-of-support…
Industries
Two IBM Maximo wins in Saudi Arabia in a single week — KAFD running MAS for smart-city asset management and Marafiq modernizing enterprise service delivery — signal a structural shift: the Middle East is becoming one of the most consequential regions for the future of Maximo. What national-scale…
agentic AI
Four months after MAS 9.2 shipped, the conversation has moved from what agentic AI is to how to pilot it. This article lays out a pragmatic first-pilot approach for Maximo teams: choosing a use case that won't embarrass you, the data groundwork that determines success, instrumenting the pilot for…
Maximo Mobile
MAS 9.2 migration decisions shape how field crews work for the next five to seven years, and mobile deserves a seat at the table now — not after go-live. This article walks through the current mobile stack, what offline-first actually means in practice, what MAS 9.2 brings to field service…