Mainframes are no longer seen as a constraint on public sector digital transformation, with government agencies abandoning rip-and-replace strategies in favour of modernising mainframe systems with hy ...

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 ...

As our digital society evolves, it becomes clearer how much the Mainframe plays a central role in our lives and work. But its inherent strengths include way more than the technology. It’s the ...

For decades, mainframes and COBOL-based systems have been the backbone of enterprise computing, powering industries such as banking, insurance, healthcare, and government. Despite the rise of modern ...

For decades, mainframes have powered the core operations of banks around the world. They remain integral to banking processes like transaction processing, record keeping, and regulatory compliance due ...

IBM has taken several new steps to keep its mainframe server line a vital part of computing, including adding features and an expanding sales and training in China, while Unisys has upgraded its rival ...

BLACK HAT USA -- Las Vegas -- While most IT security teams tend to lump mainframe systems into the category of legacy systems unnecessary or impossible to scrutinize during regular audits, that couldn ...

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 ...

IBM has worked hard in recent years to keep its mainframe franchise attractive to IT managers. The company has made the high-end machines Linux and Java friendly and it has developed ...