Some people believe the mainframe is obsolete – an ancient relic of 1960s computing. For others, it serves an important role as long as it sticks to its knitting, handling core transaction processing ...

You may have been told that mainframes are a relic — old, outdated and ready for replacement. Based on my experience in the space, this is one of the enduring myths of modern technology. For example, ...

Thousands of enterprises use mainframes as their system of record. In fact, getting the most out of the mainframe is a key competitive advantage — so much so that it’s helped to shift popular opinion ...

Sixty years after the introduction of the first mainframe family, the IBM System/360, the monolithic computers remain in demand. As many as 89 percent of state CIOs reported relying on mainframes in ...

The mainframe business is to I.B.M. what manufacturing is to the American economy, a shrinking but strategically vital part of the franchise. With the introduction of a new generation of mainframes on ...

COMMENTARY--Here's something you don't see every day. Two reputable and veteran IT research outfits --- Giga and META --- taking diametrically opposite positions on an issue. The META Group has ...

Here's something you don't see every day. Two reputable and veteran IT research outfits --- Giga and META --- taking diametrically opposite positions on an issue. The META Group has released a ...

IBM's latest big iron features full-scale encryption and a major boost to processing power. The last major mainframe refresh came in January 2015 with the launch of the System z13. The z13 is capable ...

1touch.io has announced the launch of its mainframe security posture management (MSPM) product, which relies on contextual artificial intelligence (AI) to provide visibility and accuracy in data ...

Mainframe workload modernization startup Mechanical Orchard Inc. said it’s hoping to gain more enterprise traction today after closing on a $24 million early-stage funding round led by Emergence ...

One lesson we should take away from the ” death of the mainframe” talk is that we often get so excited about what’s new and shiny that we forget the ecosystem and experience that surrounds what that ...