Remember when the mainframe was dead? That was before IBM adopted Linux. Today, IBM continues forward with Linux on the mainframe and beyond.
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Every new IBM mainframe says something about the times we live in, and today's latest mainframe release is no different. Thus, the zEnterprise system has become a cross-platform management system, a sovereign of other systems.
It might not get as much attention as it used to, but the mainframe industry is still alive and kicking. One example is the way BMC's mainframe service management business unit is responsible for around 40% of the company's revenue.
Written by: Stephen WithersA slim majority of Australian mainframe users prefer to update their in-house applications to gain new features rather than replacing them with commercial packages.
{loadposition stephen08}It's a convenient result for survey sponsor Micro Focus, but according to new research 51% of Australian businesses prefer to further develop mainframe applications to gain new functi
IBM next week will add water-cooling to a mainframe offering for the first time in 15 years; the company has started offering the technology fror blade servers and supercomputers in recent years.
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From the website:
IBM's latest mainframe, the zEnterprise zEC12, is big on data analytics and hybrid clouds.
Hi all,
This was posted in the beginners forum and suggested I try here.
I am new to web development but am learning. I have 25 years in mainframe operations and IBM S/36, S/38 and Mainframe in both systems and application programming with Cobol, RPG, visual basic 6 and some C , forth , etc.
IBM's latest mainframe, the zEnterprise EC12, was built with data analytics and hybrid clouds in mind -- and analysts say that's a good thing.