Mainframes


Compuware Ties COBOL Unit Testing Tool to DevOps Platforms

Mainframe computing specialist Compuware has hooked its Topaz for Total Test unit testing tool into several DevOps platforms, including the Jenkins source code automation server, the SonarQube continuous code inspection platform and its own ISPW source-code and release-automation solution.

Analysts Discuss Mainframes and 'Digital Transformations'

Research firm IDC released a new report that indicates mainframe computing is at an inflection point from which it will either continue as a revenue-supporting mechanism or evolve into a revenue-generating platform playing an increasingly important role in enterprise digital transformations.

Mainframe Survey Reveals 2017 Big Data Trends

Syncsort, which describes itself as a "Big iron to Big Data" specialist, today published the results of a new survey that reveals more enterprises are integrating mainframe-based data with Big Data analytics platforms.

Applying DevOps in Mainframe Shops

Compuware adds agility to mainframe development.

Survey: Mainframes Doing Quite Well, Thank You

Mainframe computers may seem like ancient relics from the past in today's modern IT environment, but a new survey from BMC Software shows they're faring quite well in the age of always-on digital business.

Syncsort Boosts Splunk Integration for Mainframe Monitoring

Syncsort announced increased integration of its mainframe log data software, Ironstream, with Splunk's IT Service Intelligence offering.

Tool Upgraded for Splunk Integration with Mainframes and iSeries (AS/400) Servers

EView Technology, which specializes in integrating IBM mainframe and AS/400-iSeries server environments with IT management and discovery platforms, has enhanced its support for the Splunk data processing platform.



IBM, CSC Team Up To Move Enterprise Systems to the Cloud

IBM is providing mainframe-focused resources to help move CSC clients to the cloud in a new partnership.

Compuware Applies Continuous Delivery to Mainframes

Compuware announced a mainframe release automation solution designed to help enterprises follow continuous delivery best practices in IBM z/OS-based environments.

Syncsort's Ironstream Now Filters Mainframe Big Data

Fine-tuning its "Big Iron to Big Data" strategy, mainframe company Syncsort is now providing more control over what data generated from z/OS systems is sent to the Splunk Enterprise platform for analytics processing.

Cray Tackles Enterprise Big Data with New Supercomputer

Cray is tackling Big Data with a big computer sporting up to 1,728 Xeon processor cores, 22 TB of memory and 35 TB of SSD storage, along with an analytics framework and open source software, optimized for demanding enterprise workloads.

Mainframe SCM Software Gets Better Visualization

Mainframe computing specialist Compuware announced the addition of better visualization capabilities to its ISPW source code management (SCM) and release automation offering.

IBM Enables Native Apache Spark Data Processing on z Systems Mainframes

After going all in on Apache Spark with a massive investment in the Big Data processing technology, IBM today announced it has enabled native Spark analytics on mainframes running the z/OS operating system.

Syncsort Upgrades z System Data Tool, Offers Free Starter Edition

Syncsort upgraded its Ironstream product for helping to analyze IBM z Systems log data and today announced a free starter edition of the tool.

Syncsort Seeks To Simplify Big Data on Mainframes

Syncsort, a specialist in mainframe software, said it upgraded its DMX-h data integration software to enable enterprises for the first time to process mainframe data in its native format in Big Data frameworks such as Apache Hadoop or Apache Spark.

IBM Unveils New Mainframe for Secure, Hybrid Cloud Computing

IBM yesterday announced a new mainframe called the z13s that's optimized for security in hybrid cloud environments.

Compuware Seeks To Modernize the Mainframe

Compuware Corp. today announced a multi-pronged initiative to converge mainframe applications into the enterprise mainstream, leveraging newer software development methodologies such as Agile and DevOps, along with the requisite modern tooling.

Compuware Tool Aimed at Updating Legacy Mainframe Code

Mainframe specialist Compuware today released a tool addressing what it described as the manual, tedious process of accessing and understanding complex mainframe applications.

Open Source Tool Connects Mainframes to Spark Big Data Analytics

Syncsort open sourced a tool that connects data residing on IBM mainframes to Apache Spark for real-time Big Data analytics.

IBM, Linux Foundation Open Up Mainframe Development

A new collaborative project from The Linux Foundation aims to foster Linux development on mainframe computers, while Big Iron vendor IBM is offering up new mainframe Linux servers to the open source community.