IBM's latest mainframe is available with the option of a cut-down operating system that only runs newer software, and does not run traditional mainframe software such as CICS transaction processing.

Mainframe computers are often seen as ancient machines—practically dinosaurs. But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today. If ...

Big Blue's new z990 is the most significant machine so far in the company's effort to marry the largely unique capabilities of the mainframe computer to prevailing computing trends. Stephen Shankland ...

IIBM announced new offerings for System z that will provide clients with a platform for the rapid development and deployment of mobile applications and the integration of these with their core ...

Software vendor TmaxSoft for several years has been using its OpenFrame solution to help businesses migrate their mainframe workloads from IBM’s massive systems to distributed computing environments ...

IBM marked the 50 th anniversary of the mainframe today. Currently, more than 70% of enterprise data resides on a mainframe and 71% of all Fortune 500 companies have their core businesses on a ...