A non-IBM mainframe that runs IBM mainframe operating systems and applications. In the late 1960s, RCA's computer division produced the Spectra 70, the first line of machines compatible with IBM's ...

The Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe Project is targeting the development of mainframe applications and skill sets, and now has its own Big Iron to work with. Open-source software development will be ...

Representatives of LzLabs reached out to me to wave a banner for the company's "very first customer," Swiss telco and IT service provider, Swisscom. According to the company, their customer is ...

Despite numerous predictions to the contrary over the past 10 years, mainframes are still a going concern. In fact, changes such as the Internet, e-business and Linux, which were meant to render ...

The cloud isn’t a mystical data hub in the sky. It’s supported by a complex infrastructure, and the mainframe sits at the heart of it. Terabytes of data currently live on the mainframe, and ...

Not so fast. Mainframes have more staying power than most understand. Let’s look at the realities of mainframe technology and the people who operate it. One of the things that has often driven me nuts ...

People who started their careers when the mainframe was king are retiring in droves, yet this computing platform is still vital to many businesses For years we have been hearing about critical IT ...

Something is rotten in the state of software application development. Okay perhaps not so much rotten, but there are a number of issues certainly fermenting with some pungency. As the so-called ...