A new zSeries module serves as a dedicated processor for Java applications and debuts in time for the 40th anniversary of the mainframe. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he ...

IBM Corp. said today it’s using its recently announced generative artificial intelligence service watsonx to help enterprises modernize their most business-critical mainframe applications. Watsonx ...

IBM today is marking the 40th anniversary of its first mainframe by introducing the zSeries 890 mainframe server for midsize enterprise customers. “We’re introducing a brand-new IBM eServer zSeries ...

In context: Despite being designed in 1959, the COBOL programming language is still widely used in applications deployed on mainframe computers. COBOL offers secure, reliable and transactional ...

The product is targeted at modernizing mainframe applications that run on IBM Z systems, as the number of COBOL developers starts to dwindle. In a bid to help IBM Z systems customers modernize their ...

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 ...

A small Minneapolis mainframe computer software startup is poised to change the way enterprises use and share data across the cloud. VirtualZ Computing Inc. claims to be the first and only ...

IBM’s mainframe business is growing at a record pace, said Barry Baker, vice president, IBM zSystems & LinuxONE product development at IBM. He disagreed with an Accenture survey of banks, which said ...

Midsize businesses that want mainframe reliability, but in a smaller, less costly package than what has traditionally been available, have a new option from IBM. IBM this week introduced the z890 ...

IBM hopes that the z890, which can be purchased with a processing capacity as low as 26 MIPS (million instructions per second), will appeal to companies looking to consolidate a large number of ...

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, ...