IBM last week unveiled two new System i servers for the SMB market
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BI giant SAS announced expanded System z support for its Enterprise Intelligence Platform and touted a new sub-capacity pricing option, to boot
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There’s plenty of buzz about server virtualization, but success is not assured.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new survey from Fortiva shows the extent that IT is unprepared for e-discovery regulations
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In practice, for some mainframe customers, Big Blue’s MSU technology dividend really does translate into significant cost savings.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    From smaller deals to an increased interest in China, the face of outsourcing is changing, a new survey reports
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Development efforts are growing, and they’re finishing on time, new research says
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Both Compuware and IBM notched a pair of mainframe-related acquisitions