October 30, 2008 10:22 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenterMainframe software giant CA today announced a new version of IDMS, its mainframe database management system, that in particular takes advantage of the zIIP specialty processor on big iron to save users money.
The zIIP, which stands for z Integrated Information...
October 28, 2008 8:55 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenter,
Mainframe specialty engine,
z/VM,
zLinuxIn a move taken from auto dealerships and furniture companies, IBM is offering a way for mainframe users -- or wannabe mainframe users -- to get big iron now without having to pay for it until later.
Last week
October 28, 2008 3:56 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenterAndi Baritchi, who is listed as being a senior security consultant for a Fortune 100 company, recently wrote that cloud computing is the completion of a loop back to the mainframe.
How so? It takes the computing power back out of the hands of...
October 17, 2008 11:19 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenterOn the hardware side, mainframe revenue for the fiscal third quarter performed far and away better than other IBM server platforms, presumably because Big Blue just came out with the
October 16, 2008 2:16 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenterIBM will hold a System-z related announcement at 10am Eastern next Tuesday, Oct. 21. You can register for the System z webcast here.
The event will include Karl Freund, VP of System z marketing, and Mike Augustine, the System z product...
September 30, 2008 2:02 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenterJohn Garing, the CIO and director of strategic planning for the Defense Information Systems Agency, reveals in an interview that the Department of Defense is increasing its mainframe spending by 10% a year.
The Q&A by The...
September 10, 2008 1:38 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenterWhen you think of mainframe application modernization, you tend to think of two things: SOA (Web services) or migration. That is, put a pretty face on it or get off. Well, Tim Pacileo, the principal consultant at Compass America Inc., said it doesn't have to be that way. Compass is an IT and...
September 3, 2008 5:50 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenter,
z/VMHere it is: "Virtual Systems of Tomorrow Could Take Cues from Today's Mainframes." No way, you think? Seeing as the virtual systems of today took cues from yesterday's mainframes, it makes sense that the trickle-down...
August 27, 2008 8:06 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
DataCenter,
Mainframe parallel sysplexLinn County, Iowa residents will likely get about a one-month reprieve on paying their property taxes, thanks to the mainframe.
But this isn't a good story.
The flood earlier this year that devastated many parts of the...
