July 22, 2009 12:45 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
zAAP,
zIIPOK, here we go. Many were wondering what IBM's reaction to the Neon zPrime software would be. As you may know, the purpose of zPrime is to offload work from a mainframe's central processors to...
July 20, 2009 10:24 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
zAAP,
zIIPTrevor Eddolls at Mainframe Update has some advice regarding zPrime, the new product from Neon Software that we reported about last week: Get in while you can.
July 17, 2009 1:58 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
IBM announced its second-quarter financial results yesterday. Mainframe revenue tanked compared to the same quarter last year, dropping 39 percent.
Other platforms did poorly as well. System x decreased 22 percent and the...
July 14, 2009 6:10 PM
Posted by: Matt Stansberry
DataCenter,
mainframe,
SecurityAccording to the Palestine Herald, thieves recently stole a mainframe computer from the Trinity Valley Community College campus. The mainframe contained students' sensitive personal information. Anderson County Sheriff...
July 8, 2009 1:36 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
z/VM,
zLinuxIBM announced yesterday that z/VM 6.1, the newest version of its mainframe virtualization operating system, will be out by year's end.
The z/VM operating system has become more and more relevant over the past few years as companies have taken advantage of the virtualization appeal of the...
July 7, 2009 6:14 PM
Posted by: Matt Stansberry
DataCenter,
mainframeAccording to a recent analyst report on Neon Software's zPrime, mainframe users may soon be able to run traditional mainframe workloads like CICS, DB2, IMS, TSO/ISPF and batch on the IBM mainframe zIIP and...
