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Sun lights the way for virtual servers
News Sun Microsystems plans to detail a timeline Thursday for N1, a sweeping software strategy that will let administrators create virtual mainframes out of their existing computer resources. The Santa Clara, California-based server maker announced its...
[September 18, 2002, 8:07]
Applying Mainframe Experience to the Distributed Environment
White Papers Mainframes and distributed systems, previously looked at as separate entities, are now rapidly coming together into a single, distributed IT environment. As a result, people from two previously separate and very different cultures - mainframe and...
[April 1, 2009, 3:30]
OnFTPS
Downloads OnFTPS is a multi-platform (Windows, Unix, Mac, Mainframes,. FTP server, written in JAVA, and secured by SSL/TLS protocol. A FTP server is an essential element in a company, required for dealing with simple and fast file transfers.
[November 19, 2004, 7:00]
NT will hold back Windows Server 2003
News Microsoft says Windows Server 2003 as an operating system capable of pushing aside Unix and mainframes. While Microsoft says Windows Server 2003 is an enterprise-class operating system that will push aside Unix servers and mainframes, some case...
[May 2, 2003, 11:20]
Virtualisation?
Talkback Mainframes from the likes of IBM, ICL, Honeywell etc were doing this back in the early 70's. I listened with amazement to the talk on Virtualisation as if it's a new technology. I was giving presentations with almost the same diagrams to describe...
[January 12, 2007, 17:29]
The virtual way to defeat real monsters
Leader It's not a new concept — IBM mainframes supported virtual machines in the 1960s — but for the current crop of enterprise hardware it's an idea whose time has come. Processor virtualisation is one of the most exciting developments in
[October 18, 2005, 13:55]
Channel Interface Processor and Channel Port Adapter Migration White Paper
White Papers The Channel Interface Processor and Channel Port Adapters are widely used for network attachment to IBM (and plug compatible) mainframes and to provide services such as TN3270 conversion and TCP/IP Offload.
[October 6, 2006, 1:00]
M'Learned Web - Technology & Law in the UK
News Information about individuals was held on mainframes so it wasn't very sophisticated. The Data Protection Act 1998 In 1984, they hardly had PCs. They hardly had direct marketing. Information an individual might worry about was mainly on police...
[November 26, 1998, 14:58]
For 2001, futurists are playing coy
News Widespread forecasts of doom -- the lights going out in China and mainframes going bonkers in Silicon Valley -- turned out to be bogus as the world rang in 2000 with only a few hiccups. After the crystal ball cracks, it's tough to predict the future.
[January 2, 2001, 14:14]
NCD to tap Intel chips for 'lean' clients
News Network Computing Devices (NCD) said it will develop so-called "lean client" systems, which are scaled-down computers aimed at replacing dumb terminals for mainframes and minicomputers-using an unspecified version of Intel's Pentium processor.
[March 10, 1998, 11:28]
IBM takes on Sun's server dominance Pt II
News These are now small mainframes," said John Callies, general manager of IBM eServer appliances. Sytek Services, for example, has been selling IBM mainframes for 14 years -- but not to the 1,500 largest customers, which IBM keeps to itself.
[March 20, 2001, 8:52]
Why you should hire the COBOL guy
News According to his CV, he started out on IBM mainframes. He sits across the desk from you and you feel like you're talking to your father. He speaks fluent COBOL. You've never actually seen COBOL. He took a C++ class recently at the local university...
[November 29, 2002, 10:03]
Google Spreadsheets doesn't have Excel's number
Leader VisiCalc on the Apple II proved the worth of the personal computer and started the decline of the empire of the mainframes. Spreadsheets were the shock troops that started the last great revolution. That's not the case now: while Google...
[June 6, 2006, 17:35]
ICL wins BT millennium bug contract
News The company is spending £350 million on millennium preparedness and anticipates that the bulk of the work on mainframes and networks will be completed by the end of this year. BT has announced it's joining forces with ICL in on-going plans to...
[November 16, 1998, 12:50]
Solaris 10 heads for launch pad
News Sun Microsystems has given a sneak peek into the next version of its Unix operating system, Solaris 10, which will include a partitioning technology that the company says is a big improvement over the logical partitions used on mainframes.
[February 16, 2004, 13:10]
IBM to unveil encrypting tape drive
News IBM's TS1120 aims to allow users to encrypt data at a tape level, whether they are using Big Blue mainframes or Unix systems, for example. Big Blue on Tuesday plans to unveil its IBM System Storage TS1120, designed to store and encrypt data on tape...
[September 12, 2006, 9:05]
Mixed responses to Siemens-Fujitsu merger
News The newly created computer company will develop, manufacture and sell the whole range of computer devices from mobile computers, PCs, servers to mainframes. The new company -- Fujitsu Siemens Computers -- will become operational in October, with...
[June 17, 1999, 13:28]
Cisco storage networking gets speed boost
News The MDS 9000 family is aimed at companies using storage-area networks based on IBM's System z mainframes, but can also be used with third-party SANs, Cisco said in its announcement on Monday. Cisco has announced updates to its MDS 9000 line of...
[July 29, 2009, 15:08]
A Year Ago: NCD to tap Intel chips for 'lean' clients
News Network Computing Devices (NCD) said it will develop so-called "lean client" systems, which are scaled-down computers aimed at replacing dumb terminals for mainframes and minicomputers-using an unspecified version of Intel's Pentium processor.
[March 9, 1999, 5:35]
Windows takes full-year server market lead
Talkback Virtualisation drives Linux onto IBM mainframes" http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39252523,00.htm How would the numbers be if you measure WORKLOAD CAPACITY SOLD in stead of REVENUE SOLD?
[February 22, 2006, 19:13]
