Some industry watchers think Big Blue’s midrange workhorse might have finally turned a corner
Development efforts are growing, and they’re finishing on time, new research says
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 pros sound off about the year ahead
Composite applications -- containing logic and data from multiple IT sources coupled with Web services standards -- bring higher end-user satisfaction without requiring full SOA implementation, a new research report reveals.
Both Compuware and IBM notched a pair of mainframe-related acquisitions
Harvesting business rules from a legacy application has benefits ranging from simple documentation to application modernization. We provide a practical approach for collecting rules in a process context.
The application server marketplace isn’t the exclusive playground of J2EE and .NET: CICS is amply represented, market watcher IDC says
While many of these data centers may not perceive they are in the world of SOA, they have more than arrived. These are fully distributed applications that are growing in functionality and sophistication, becoming central to the business and in many cases achieving the rank of "mission-critical."
Do Big Blue’s mainframe TCO assertions add up?
The year was something of a mixed bag, milestone-wise. We offer five trends to watch in 2007.
Mainframe operators need unobstructed visibility into the performance of their IP networks, too.
IBM charges PSI with breach of contract and patent infringement
The move to SaaS can be full of uncertainties. We sort out the issues.
New SHARE president Martin Timmerman says he has ambitious plans for the world’s oldest mainframe user group
There’s gold in the SMB market, and IBM officials say they’ve made real gains in the lucrative space
More unstructured data and an emphasis on business intelligence will keep DBAs busy
After a quarter like System z just had, it’s difficult to see how or why competitors are still writing epitaphs for Big Iron