Some people believe the mainframe is obsolete – an ancient relic of 1960s computing.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 ...

Strong sales of mainframe systems have helped International Business Machines (IBM 2.96%) report three consecutive quarters of revenue growth. The z14 mainframe, which began shipping in September of ...

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Mainframe systems have served as the foundation of enterprise IT for decades, known for their unparalleled reliability, security, and ability to support critical operations. However, the rapid ...

As seen with the latest quarterly earnings reports, the hyperscalers continue to post strong growth with their cloud platforms. Amazon’s AWS remains dominant, with sales increasing 39% to $16.1 ...

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There is an undeniable role for the mainframe computer in tomorrow’s large enterprise. Some businesses will opt to exit the platform, but those that retain it in a digital-first world must address ...

Forty years after Big Blue introduced the S/360, the zaftig systems are still going strong and finding a way to fit into 21st-century computing. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, ...

Tackling the enormous challenge of updating outmoded government computer systems is a bit like opening a time capsule. Several federal agencies are still using mainframes installed during the Nixon ...

Around a third of modernisation projects that lift and shift mainframe workloads to a distributed architecture often fail, according to a regional executive at Rocket Software. In an interview with ...

22 November 2019, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Böblingen: An employee of the IT company Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is working at a server cabinet in the company's technology centre. Photo: Marijan ...