Mainframe computers are often perceived as relics of the past but in reality, they continue to be the backbone of the global economy. Critical data related to finance, government, and other sensitive ...

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 ...

Mention cloud computing to a mainframe professional, and he’s likely to roll his eyes. Cloud is just a much-hyped new name for what mainframes have done for years, he’ll say. “A mainframe is a cloud,” ...

The mainframe computer has been around for over half a century, and it seems like people have been predicting its demise for almost as long. But the only thing going away is the workforce that ...

Is the mainframe still necessary? Well, let’s put it this way: If all the world’s mainframes shut down, we’d be facing a zombie apocalypse. That’s a bit hyperbolic but the underlying point stands: ...

Creating a curriculum and materials to make the mainframe visible to students is the driver behind the textbook “Introduction to Enterprise Systems.” In this interview with authors Dr. Cameron Seay, ...

TOKYO--Escalating cost, inability to support business agility and the limited availability of modern software, are some of the key factors driving mainframe customers to migrate from the age-old ...

A couple of years after generative AI first entered mainstream consciousness, every industry segment is attempting to leverage it to improve efficiency and offer new products and services. While ...

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 ...