Not so fast. Mainframes have more staying power than most understand. Let’s look at the realities of mainframe technology and the people who operate it. One of the things that has often driven me nuts ...

Mainframes are stable, secure and under your control - perfect for anchoring a private cloud - but where's user provisioning? Mention cloud computing to a mainframe professional, and he’s likely to ...

A team of mainframe computing veterans today is launching a set of products for streamlining access to big iron data and announcing $2.2 million in seed financing. VirtualZ Computing Corp. is ...

VirtualZ Computing, which provides an out-of-the-box solution to connect mainframes to hybrid cloud for bi-directional data access, announced it raised $2.2 million in seed financing to build out its ...

They are two companies who have spent more time espousing the benefits of the mainframe than most – and now IBM and CA Technologies have forged a new partnership designed to make the technology more ...

Google Cloud’s shopping list shows no signs of abating, with the company announcing the acquisition of Cornerstone Technology, a mainframe specialist. The 30-year-old provider, based in the ...

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recent advances in tools for migrating legacy applications to the cloud have altered the mainframe market, but so far, few U.S. enterprises have adopted them, ...

The drive to combine the mainframe computer and the cloud – at first sight perhaps seen as an attempt to join chalk with cheese’ – continues to gather pace, and is attracting new players that are ...

IBM’s continued expanding support of Linux and Open Source projects makes sense given that these platforms and tools provide much of today’s connected infrastructure. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Large IT vendors are using interest in cloud computing to angle for a much bigger share of your IT spending. Thanks in part to a directive from Federal CIO Vivek Kundra, federal agencies are starting ...

The first mainframes were behemoth machines that could occupy entire city blocks. Since then, the mainframe has compacted and evolved into a cutting edge state—similar to other technologies modernized ...

Mention cloud computing to a mainframe professional, and he's likely to roll his eyes. Cloud is just a new name -- and a lot of hype -- for what mainframes have done for years, he'll say. "A mainframe ...