The new systems, IBM's first mainframes with a starting price of about $100,000, aim to replace hundreds of smaller servers in order to increase data center manageability and reduce power consumption, ...

“The success of IBM's zEnterprise, is further proof that our customers view the mainframe as an essential part of their IT environments, as a cornerstone of their corporate IT strategies, and as a ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Kristine Harper was a high school senior when she took her first mainframe class. Six years later she’s a professional mainframe programmer and platform evangelist to young people beginning their IT ...

The Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe Project is targeting the development of mainframe applications and skill sets, and now has its own Big Iron to work with. Open-source software development will be ...