The era of mainframe computers and directly programming machines with switches is long past, but plenty of us look back on that era with a certain nostalgia. Getting that close to the hardware and ...

Not so fast. Mainframes have more staying power than most understand. Let’s look at the realities of mainframe technology and the people who operate it. One of the things that has often driven me nuts ...

A small Minneapolis mainframe computer software startup is poised to change the way enterprises use and share data across the cloud. VirtualZ Computing Inc. claims to be the first and only ...

The mainframe, the aged yet surprisingly resilient survivor of computing, is getting a face-lift. A model called the IBM z10, which is being introduced Tuesday, is far faster and has three times the ...

Big Blue is set to announce upgrades to its mainframe computer, refreshing a high-end server line many had given up as extinct. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

IBM’s continued expanding support of Linux and Open Source projects makes sense given that these platforms and tools provide much of today’s connected infrastructure. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

BMC’s annual mainframe survey has found that businesses continue to grow mainframe workloads. In 2016, 43% of organisations said the mainframe was attracting and growing new workloads; for 2023, this ...

Amentum announced that it has secured a US$120.00 million Z-series Processor Capacity Services contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency, providing on-demand mainframe computing power over ...

A team of mainframe computing veterans today is launching a set of products for streamlining access to big iron data and announcing $2.2 million in seed financing. VirtualZ Computing Corp. is ...

I was on a call with Broadcom last week. A representative from a bank was also on the call and talked about how their use of a mainframe computer was connected to their commitment to security, ...

Over the decades there have been many denominations coined to classify computer systems, usually when they got used in different fields or technological improvements caused significant shifts. While ...