IBM today is marking the 40th anniversary of its first mainframe by introducing the zSeries 890 mainframe server for midsize enterprise customers. “We’re introducing a brand-new IBM eServer zSeries ...

IBM has expanded its server lineup with a new mainframe system designed just for Linux that may be aimed, in particular, at higher-end x86 systems. The new system uses IBM’s specialty Linux processor ...

IBM announced a new zEnterprise System - the z114 - intended for adoption in small to medium-size businesses, and designed to consolidate workloads from hundreds of x86 servers. The new machine, with ...

Every few years, IBM rolls out a new version of its mainframe systems. IBM's mainframes are still widely used in some industries, including financial services, and they offer a level of reliability ...

IBM has announced the release of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, Version 5 Release 5, with features intended to enable development teams to create mixed-language applications while allowing ...

The new IBM zEnterprise 114 mainframe server follows the introduction of the zEnterprise System for the world's largest banks, insurance companies and governments in July 2010. The new server, which ...

When the next generation of IBM mainframe, the z17, makes its anticipated summer debut, it will be outfitted with multiple technologies aimed at making the Big Iron mainframe the ultimate AI server.

As IBM tries to consolidate its grip on the mainframe market, competitors see an upcoming product transition as a chance to steal some bones from the top dog. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

Unisys Corp. has released a new mainframe, its most powerful to date, aimed at enterprises that are consolidating servers and moving to Web services. The system includes built-in .Net and Java support ...

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 ...