IBM Wednesday will mark the 40th anniversary of the introduction of its first mainframe computer by introducing a scaled-down version of its zSeries 990 mainframe servers called the zSeries 890, which ...

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.

For the past several years, IBM has transferred the technology inside its mainframes to beef up its other server lines. Now the process is going the other way. The Armonk, N.Y.-based computing giant ...

The new capability allows clients with multi-tier applications — for example, Windows applications connected to mainframe data — to be integrated and consolidated on the same system. This first-ever ...

Today’s announcement of IBM’s new z16 mainframes promises a system that caters to enterprise needs that include support for AI, security, hybrid cloud, and open source efforts well into the future.

IBM sold off large portions of its hardware businessin 2014. The company no longer sells the Intel-based servers that dominate the data center, and it no longer manufactures its own processors.

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 ...

The new systems, IBM's first mainframes with a starting price of about $100,000, aim to replace hundreds of smaller servers in order to increase data center manageability and reduce power consumption, ...

Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...

I look back at my mainframe days very fondly. Hired to be a GIS code monkey on VM/SP, I would up also managing our machine, applying PUTs and even performing the upgade from VM/SP 5 to VM/SP 6--heady ...