Mainframe computers are often perceived as relics of the past but in reality, they continue to be the backbone of the global economy. Critical data related to finance, government, and other sensitive ...

More than 80% of banks surveyed are now looking at moving mainframe workloads to the cloud, up from just over 30% that use it today. Why the readiness to “swipe left” on their mainframe and COBOL ...

Sixty years after the introduction of the first mainframe family, the IBM System/360, the monolithic computers remain in demand. As many as 89 percent of state CIOs reported relying on mainframes in ...

Kristine Harper was a high school senior when she took her first mainframe class. Six years later she’s a professional mainframe programmer and platform evangelist to young people beginning their IT ...

As someone who lives and breathes mainframes, I often forget that people who aren’t part of this world don’t always believe some of the truths that I believe to be self-evident. One common way that I ...

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 ...

While International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) generates most of its revenue from software and consulting services, the company's hardware business is still an important piece of the puzzle. IBM's ...