zNextGen professionals say they’re drawn to Big Iron for the same reason as many older mainframes: staying power
More zNextGen grads were in attendance at last week’s SHARE get together than at any previous user conference, SHARE officials say
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
CA says organizations can offload some management tasks from their expensive mainframe general processors onto cheaper zIIPs
z/VM 5.3 might still be five months away, but many VM programmers are already licking their lips in anticipation
From its chip strategy to its datacenter-in-a-box initiative, Sun has been reinvigorated
Development efforts are growing, and they’re finishing on time, new research says
Some industry watchers think Big Blue’s midrange workhorse might have finally turned a corner
PSI strikes back, charging IBM with antitrust violations, unfair competition, and business torts
After years of animosity, Intel and Sun have patched things up. Why? What’s the catch?
IBM has done a lot to help revitalize the mainframe, Big Iron technologists say, but there’s still much work to be done
Mainframe adoption should continue to take off in both existing and emerging markets.
Mainframe pros sound off about the year ahead
Both Compuware and IBM notched a pair of mainframe-related acquisitions
We sort out the options with the most buzz for 2007—NAC, Vista, and NAP—for enforcing security with devices requesting network resources.
The application server marketplace isn’t the exclusive playground of J2EE and .NET: CICS is amply represented, market watcher IDC says
Do Big Blue’s mainframe TCO assertions add up?
IBM is pushing a retro database security model: bring it all back home to the mainframe, and trust the security and privacy of Big Iron
The year was something of a mixed bag, milestone-wise. We offer five trends to watch in 2007.