When you think of mainframes, you probably have a mental picture from an old movie, with punch cards and a computer that takes up an entire large room. But the mainframe still lives, and is a viable ...

IBM Corp. is now shipping its all-new first z13 mainframe computer from its Poughkeepsie plant. The company has high hopes the upgraded model will generate solid sales based not only on usual customer ...

John Markoff Steve Lohr of the New York Times has a good piece on an interesting product that you and I won’t be buying: IBM’s new mainframe computer, which Big Blue announced today. The story ...

Big Blue is set to announce upgrades to its mainframe computer, refreshing a high-end server line many had given up as extinct. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

A small Minneapolis mainframe computer software startup is poised to change the way enterprises use and share data across the cloud. VirtualZ Computing Inc. claims to be the first and only ...

The venerable mainframe computer is experiencing a surprising but well-deserved resurgence, as the organizations that depend on these systems realize how important they are for digital initiatives and ...

Quick question: What is more than 60 years old, but still spry enough to beat the best mid-range clusters at big data? If your answer was the mainframe, then you're correct. By a virtual show of hands ...

Big Blue's 360 computer series, developed in the 1960s, far exceeded the firm's expectations. Karlin Lillington visits 360's grandchildren at the company's campus in Co Dublin. IBM chairman Thomas J ...

Mainframes continue to host businesses’ most important,mission-critical applications. They’re at the centre of banking, manufacturing, retail, energy, the public sector and many other industries.