Mainframe computers are often perceived as relics of the past but in reality, they continue to be the backbone of the global economy. Critical data related to finance, government, and other sensitive ...

The computers we are used to working with are more likely to be at the smaller end of the computational spectrum. Sometimes they are very small indeed, such as tiny microcontrollers with only a few ...

Mainframes entered the market in the early 1950's when IBM and the seven dwarfs (Burroughs, Unisys, NCR, Control Data, Honeywell, GE, and RCA) created the computing age and competed for critical ...

The average consumer doesn’t physically see or touch a mainframe like they do their mobile devices. The release of the first mainframe computer, System 360, 50 years ago sparked a revolution in ...

IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption. The hardware and consulting company on Monday announced IBM z17, the latest ...

Picture this: a customer wants to instantly transfer money through a mobile app and receive a personalized AI-powered loan offer in real time. Meanwhile, the bank runs on systems designed 40-60 years ...

When you think of mainframes, you probably have a mental picture from an old movie, with punch cards and a computer that takes up an entire large room. But the mainframe still lives, and is a viable ...

The launch of the AI-focused z17 mainframe earlier this year has been a major success. Infrastructure is expected to drive 1.5 percentage points of revenue growth in 2025 for IBM. IBM boosted its ...

On June 19, 2015, UB officially shut down the IBM mainframe, transitioning to deliver the IT services it provided over to a number of smaller and more flexible machines. What exactly is a mainframe? A ...

Fujitsu has announced it is to end mainframe sales in 2030, with support due cease in 2035. It also announced plans to discontinue its UNIX SPARC servers in 2029, and end support in 2034. Affected ...