mainframe articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity

IBM reaches mainframe antitrust deal with EU

...European regulators have accepted IBM's promises to work better with mainframe support rivals, putting an end to the EU's antitrust investigation into... Read more

15 December, 2011 by David Meyer

IBM expands capabilities of zEnterprise mainframe

...has added further storage, management and database components to its hybrid zEnterprise mainframe. The IBM WebSphere DataPower Integration Appliance X150z for zEnterprise hardware, announced on... Read more

17 February, 2011 by Jack Clark

Mainframe sales spur IBM to strong quarter

...third quarter. The company showed strength in businesses ranging from services to mainframes and analytics. The company reported in a statement net income of $3... Read more

19 October, 2010 by Larry Dignan

CA set to put fresh face on mainframe management

CA Technologies plans to take its Mainframe Chorus management tools for IBM zSeries machines out of beta at the... Read more

8 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner

IBM prepares to ship superfast mainframe

...IBM announced today that it will ship its new zEnterprise mainframe on September 10th.. IBM unveiled the mainframes in July, saying that a... Read more

3 September, 2010 by Jack Clark

IBM offers concessions in EU antitrust probe

...IBM has offered to provide resources to mainframe support rivals in order to put an end to a European Commission... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Ben Woods
Trite but right: Dull IT that made it big

Trite but right: Dull IT that made it big

...or water cooling — a technique that came to the PC from the mainframe — the humble fan is more present than ever. Photo credit: Metoc/Wikimedia... Read more

11 December, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Europe begins antitrust probes into IBM

...against IBM over two cases of alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the mainframe market. The first formal investigation, announced on Monday, follows complaints to the... Read more

27 July, 2010 by David Meyer

IBM targets mid-market with zEnterprise 114 server

...IBM is to begin rolling roll out a new System z mainframe server on Tuesday that is designed for mid-market customers and emerging... Read more

12 July, 2011 by Larry Dignan
Behind the scenes at Nasa mission control

Behind the scenes at Nasa mission control

...with their consoles featuring built-in CRT screens, were supported by IBM mainframe and later Univac computers, which helped process data from spacecraft and relay... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Nick Heath
IBM offers a glimpse into its history

IBM offers a glimpse into its history

...This 1964 mainframe hails from the era of Lyndon B Johnson, the British Invasion and... Read more

13 October, 2010 by Larry Dignan

IBM storage targets smaller datacentres

...smaller datacentres based on x86-based commodity hardware or on System x mainframe systems. System Storage DS3500 Express and System x3620 M3 Express are both... Read more

2 June, 2010 by Matthew Broersma
Bathwick Group - The <endeca_term>Mainframe</endeca_term> and the cloud: The role of the mainframe as a host environment for enterprise cloud computing

Bathwick Group - The Mainframe and the cloud: The role of the mainframe as a host environment for enterprise cloud computing

Dated criticisms of mainframes doesn't apply to the more open, flexible zEnterprise platform that exists... Read more

3 January, 2012
Clabby Analytics report: The <endeca_term>Mainframe</endeca_term> Virtualization Advantage: How to Save Over Million Dollars Using an IBM System z as a Linux Cloud Server

Clabby Analytics report: The Mainframe Virtualization Advantage: How to Save Over Million Dollars Using an IBM System z as a Linux Cloud Server

Large-scale mainframe architecture provides the most cost effective solutions for running heavy input/output... Read more

3 January, 2012
The <endeca_term>Mainframe</endeca_term> With Jeff Frey

The Mainframe With Jeff Frey

In this podcast, the speaker discusses about the ultimate computing platform the mainframes. This leading virtualized infrastructure is not just hardware, but advanced sets of... Read more

1 January, 2012

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

13 minutes ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

39 minutes ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

2 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

4 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

5 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

5 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

6 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

8 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

9 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

10 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

11 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

13 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

13 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

14 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

18 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

20 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

22 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry