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February 26, 2009 2:43 PM
Profile: Mark Fontecchio
550 schools now part of System z Academic Initiative, Yale not included

IBM announced today that its System z mainframe Academic Initiative program is now in 500 schools. The list of participating...
February 18, 2009 2:50 PM
Profile: Mark Fontecchio
Thrift Savings Plan moving off mainframe

Thrift Savings Plan, a retirement savings plan for government employees, is moving off the mainframe, according to Government Executive:
Mark Hagerty, chief information officer for the TSP,...
February 5, 2009 11:20 AM
Profile: Mark Fontecchio
OpenSolaris on IBM System z: Reality or hype?

A reader, Chris, wrote in with the following question: I saw this article in December 2008 (on OpenSolaris on IBM System z) but it appears to be from December 2007. Is this...
February 3, 2009 5:37 PM
Profile: Matt Stansberry
Mainframe software pricing — readers sound off

Mainframe columnist Robert Crawford addressed the high cost of third party mainframe software in a recent article. Here is a sampling of reader responses: The dwindling...
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