A closer look at the challenges of virtualization technologies in a large-scale initiative.
Why don’t proponents of the "mainframe brain drain" hypothesis make similar claims about other costly technology niches?
IBM officials position CICS 3.2 as the no-brainer hub for an organization’s -- any organization’s -- service-oriented architecture.
Targets mid-market customers with ITSM aspirations
IBM officials are confident zIIP will take off -- once it’s had time to germinate in the minds of customers
To transform a company’s architecture to an SOA model, a systematic long-term roadmap is critical.
Is what's good for IBM's System z sales efforts always good for independent mainframe technologists?
CA pushes Wily SOA Manager as a good prescription for treating application performance issues in SOA environments.
IBM hopes that DB2 9’s performance, manageability, and security enhancements will make it a must-upgrade release
IBM last week made a pair of notable moves on the business intelligence front
A new survey from Fortiva shows the extent that IT is unprepared for e-discovery regulations
In practice, for some mainframe customers, Big Blue’s MSU technology dividend really does translate into significant cost savings.
Symantec Corp.’s Advanced Threat Research team reports that Windows Vista does deliver tangible security improvements—but Vista is still far from invulnerable.
IBM Corp. is server market king—thanks to the strong performance of Big Blue’s System x, System p, and System z platforms
zNextGen professionals say they’re drawn to Big Iron for the same reason as many older mainframes: staying power
IT organizations are hip to the fact that they’ve got to have the right people with the right skills at the right time to keep things humming along
More zNextGen grads were in attendance at last week’s SHARE get together than at any previous user conference, SHARE officials say
CA says organizations can offload some management tasks from their expensive mainframe general processors onto cheaper zIIPs
From smaller deals to an increased interest in China, the face of outsourcing is changing, a new survey reports
Big Blue touts simplified mainframe admin features along with new versions of Tivoli, WebSphere, and DB2 software for z/OS