Tackling the enormous challenge of updating outmoded government computer systems is a bit like opening a time capsule. Several federal agencies are still using mainframes installed during the Nixon ...

Mainframe computing is having a moment — again. Nearly 60 years after the first IBM System/360 debuted as a mainframe platform, it continues to evolve in ways that defy expectations, powering critical ...

Mainframes are very much still vital for performance- and security-conscious use cases. To optimise TCO, AI and hybrid cloud ...

Forty years after Big Blue introduced the S/360, the zaftig systems are still going strong and finding a way to fit into 21st-century computing. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, ...

‘There are still a lot of customers running mainframes for their mission-critical applications. We are launching a new data pipe between the mainframe and Microsoft Power Platform so customers can ...

After using performance management software to improve batch-processing times for accounting and other functions, the WakeMed Health Network last week said it will be able to upgrade to a new ...

Iowa State University is to retire its last mainframe systems this summer. The university this week announced its mainframe system will be shut down on June 1. After the shutdown, the drives will be ...

Companies just can't quit mainframes. While cloud infrastructure hogs the spotlight, mainframe systems continue to dominate major segments of the economy, especially those that require ...

‘One of our strengths is that we were founded at the core as a mainframe services company. In today’s world, as we provide mainframe services, we also provide C-level executives at our clients with ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. David Reeg, chief architect for Minnesota IT ...