August 26, 2008 2:20 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenterWorldwide server revenues are up 5.7% from last year, according to a recent report from research firm Gartner. The release said that IBM had "solid increases" in its System p (Unix) and System z (mainframe) lines.
As a result, IBM's...
August 25, 2008 10:08 PM
Posted by: Matt Stansberry
zLinuxBy some estimates, since this past February when the z10 was introduced, Linux has accounted for more than half the total mainframe MIPS IBM has sold since the
August 22, 2008 4:56 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenterThe cloud is hot. So hot. But not everyone is buying into its hype. One of those people is Bruce Arnold, a Miami-based web designer who recently blogged about "techno-marketeers" throwing out terms like...
August 21, 2008 3:52 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
BusinessWeek had a great story yesterday about American Express' attempt to retain some of the institutional knowledge that was slowly draining from the company, mostly in the form of retirements. And yes, that...
August 14, 2008 8:14 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Mainframe programming,
Mainframe systemsSAN JOSE - One of the more popular sessions I attended this week at the Share user group conference was called "Things a Mainframer Needs to Know, But No One Ever Tells You." The panel was a group of mainframe professionals who had been in the industry a while. A lot of the audience members,...
August 6, 2008 3:31 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
COBOL
In an effort to pare down the...
August 4, 2008 2:30 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
z/VM
As I reported on SearchDataCenter.com, a new feature of the next version of z/VM will allow mixing and matching of ICFs, IFLs, zIIPs and zAAPs...
