IBM Corp. today announced plans to release a promised 64-bit version of its mainframe operating system later this week — a move that users and analysts said should provide a crucial foundation for ...

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 ...

Big Blue is to release z/OS, its z900 mainframe operating system upgraded to take advantage of the new model's 64-bit design. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

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 ...

The mainframe, the hardware stalwart that has existed for decades, is continuing to be a force in the modern era. Among the vendors that still build mainframes is IBM, which today announced the latest ...

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 ...

Mainframes have never gone away, despite what many in the PC business would like to think. And as servers start to look less and less like PCs and, as they consolidate in the datacentre using ...

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 ...

IBM last week announced a slew of upgrades to its Tivoli management software portfolio that the company says will help customers automate administrative tasks and view mainframe-specific statistics ...

Mainframe workload modernization startup Mechanical Orchard Inc. said it’s hoping to gain more enterprise traction today after closing on a $24 million early-stage funding round led by Emergence ...

While International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) now derives most of its revenue from software and consulting, the decades-old mainframe business is still an important part of the century-old tech ...

At the heart of Union Pacific Corp.’s railroad operations is an IBM mainframe-based transportation control system that’s been chugging along like a hardworking locomotive for nearly 40 years.