In order to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) for mainframes, CA unveiled a new version of CA (News - Alert) IDMS, its mainframe database management system. The company said that the system ...

Imperva, a provider of application data security, has announced a solution that provides monitoring, auditing, and protection for DB2 databases running on z/OS mainframes. SecureSphere Database ...

BMC Software Inc. will soon release the first of its SmartDBA tools for IBM’s DB2 mainframe database, marking what it called a significant milestone in its effort to provide a single console for ...

Addition of specialized processor is latest move by company to ensure the relevance of its expensive but powerful mainframe line. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

MySQL, the Swedish company that sells the open-source database of the same name, releases a version of its software for IBM's mainframe line. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

When it comes to security auditing, the mainframe just hasn't kept up with the times. So today database security firm Guardium and mainframe software firm Neon Enterprise Software will announce that ...

BMC Software Inc. has added IBM Corp.’s IMS mainframe database to the platforms supported by its SmartDBA family of products, completing a two-year mission to provide tools for managing all of the ...

One of the biggest headaches for enterprise IT departments is connecting mainframe databases to the Web. The challenge is sharing information from large, well-established databases without ...

IBM said Tuesday that it plans to bolster its database business by acquiring data-handling technology from Santa Clara, Calif.-based CrossAccess. The "data integration" technology is designed to make ...

Claims that the mainframe is a near-death technology in the mission-critical world of today's robust business intelligence (BI) applications are exaggerated. Conventional wisdom says the mainframe–the ...

MySQL, the Swedish company that sells the open-source database of the same name, has released a version of its software for IBM's mainframe line. The MySQL database made its way to IBM's zSeries ...