The IBM mainframe is the longest running computer family in history. Although current IBM mainframes are vastly superior in technology to the System/360, they are highly compatible with it.

IBM's mainframe business is cyclical: buyers spend up big when new machines debut. The current generation of z16 generation mainframes launched in 2022, meaning this cycle is winding down.

A non-IBM mainframe that runs IBM mainframe operating systems and applications. In the late 1960s, RCA's computer division produced the Spectra 70, the first line of machines compatible with IBM's ...

IBM argues that Zurich, Switzerland-based LzLabs unlawfully reverse-engineered its proprietary mainframe software ... to be interoperable with current computing environments, such as Linux ...

In a September filing, PSI characterized itself as "the target for IBM's current campaign to eliminate competition in the worldwide market for mainframe computers". In addition to Microsoft ...

Actions like this run counter to a principle that when copies of data proliferate, you pretty much always end up in a costly and risky mess, with business value undermined as no one knows which ...

The zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension, or zBX, extends System z mainframe qualities of service and management capabilities across a set of integrated, fit-for-purpose POWER7 and IBM System x x86 ...

In some IBM machines this software comes on an attached laptop which goes missing when the mainframe is decommissioned, we’re told without this essential component the machine is junk.

IBM reported 6% growth in its mainframe business during the quarter that ended June 30. Part of the mainframe’s staying power ...

Has the cloud caught up with the mainframe? Why post-pandemic reskilling must focus on mainframes IBM Z as a service brings mainframes closer to hybrid clouds IBM z16 tackles financial fraud and ...