Some mainframers think IBM’s $100 million could be better spent addressing training, licensing, and other long-standing Big-Iron pain points
Customers can service-enable terminal-based applications and effectively transform them into full-fledged SOA assets
How to get even more oomph out of IBM’s zIIPy new DB2 processor engine
IBM is putting its money where its mouth is—spending $100 million over the next five years to make its mainframe systems easier to use
Two companies have teamed up to simplify creating voice-enabled applications
Nearly four-fifths of Chinese developers have experienced a security breach of some kind in the last 12 months, while non-U.S. developers are taking the lead with AJaX.
Business process applications ensure that enterprise applications match business needs.
Sooner or later, technology to allow a true ILM was bound to come along.
Two mainframe number-crunching mainstays make their bids for broad BI dominance
Thirteen percent of CIOs expect to hire new IT workers in the coming quarter
Why IT must take a lowest common denominator approach to dealing with the suits
IBM is touting a more abstract kind of workload—the mainframe-as-service-enabled hub
As you consider your archive options, don’t count out optical.
It’s a challenge to bring the mainframe into the modern age of service-oriented architecture but there’s a huge payoff once the job is done.
SOA may be a new technology, but it requires all the rigor of past development projects.
What does ISS give IBM—and is it worth the $1.6 billion Big Blue paid for it? That depends, analysts say.
IT pros have long endured the slings and arrows of an employer’s marketplace. The tables are turning, but there’s still considerable disparity between the thoughts and perceptions of hiring managers and prospective job seekers.
Vista includes a few amenities to which IT pros should warm, but is it enough to justify deploying it in corporate environments?
Customers are still betting their businesses on IMS and other “legacy” datastores—and mainframe ISVs are more than happy to oblige.
Are a pair of recent Intel-to-System z defections a harbinger of what’s to come?