A mainframe version of the OpenSolaris operating system is now available for download, IBM and Sun announced Monday. Both Solaris and the System z mainframe have a huge footprint in the financial ...

The Open Mainframe Project has announced the Long Term Support (LTS) V3 release of Zowe, an open-source framework for mainframes, designed to enhance durability, stability, and security for ...

Jim Rhyne is IBM’s lead architect for non-Java application development tools and for CICS, IBM’s enduring mainframe transaction-processing middleware. Here’s more of his recent interview with ...

Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM is pursuing a "Scale Out, Scale Up" strategy that features a combination of BladeCenter servers, z990 and grid technology to help customers increase efficiency and lower IT ...

IBM is on a $100 million, five-year campaign to simplify mainframe management, administration and development (read the story here). “It takes a lot of time for systems programmers and admins to get ...

IBM is embarking on a five-year campaign to promote mainframe computers by making the systems easier to configure and operate, and to promote them as an alternative to server network computing. IBM is ...

IBM is expanding its “buy-as-you-need” utility approach to Linux on the mainframe. In an announcement today, IBM said it will offer customers capacity as needed by creating virtual Linux servers on ...

IBM launched the latest version of its dominant mainframe platform — the z17 — at its virtual IBM Z Day event this week. The z17, which features comprehensive AI integration, is designed to bring AI ...