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Mainframe: A state-of-the-art computer for mission critical tasks. In the "ancient" mid-1960s, all computers were mainframes, since the term referred to the main CPU cabinet. Today, it refers to...; Full Mainframe Definition >>

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UK warned of China, India software threat: UK warned of China, India software threatHistory repeatsAs minicomputers pushed the mainframe vendors up-market, then workstations pushed minis up-market, then micros pushed workstations up-market, then lightweight mobile pushed micros up-market ...What happens to those up-market vendors of yesteryear? Well, IBM is still shipping mainframes, although they look a lot...; Tags: Mainframes, Workstations, software threat, workstation, mainframe, software; Discussion threads 2008-05-14
In the beginning (and the end) there was the Mainframe: In the beginning and the end there was the mainframeYes, long live the mainframe. The difference now is that we will have muchricher applications with full graphic interfaces instead of text. We will also have application and application data caching to smooth the problems of having a flaky connection of...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, commodity hardware, Old Tech, mainframe; Discussion threads 2008-05-01
Security: Lintel vs Wintel: Security: Lintel vs WintelI guess we'll see how well the method matches realityOn first glance, this does appear to be well thought out, but there may be too many judgment calls to make it useful.RE: Security: Lintel vs WintelI've done a security project on a Unix system and worked extensively...; Tags: Mainframes, Operating systems, Servers, security, Lintel, Wintel, Microsoft Windows, mainframe, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-03-24
SAS Data Integration Server Performance on IBM Mainframe Running z/OS: SAS and IBM have begun a series of performance test efforts of SAS products on z/OS. The SAS Data Integration benchmarking scenario results highlighted in this paper. The SAS Data Integration benchmark scenario provides several retail-based tests and data that simulate real-world customer ETL processes. The test executed on z/OS...; Tags: IBM Mainframe, Performance, Mainframe, SAS Institute, IBM z/OS, IBM Corp., Servers, Hardware; White papers 2008-03-05
IBM announces the Z10: Is the Mainframe still relevant?: IBM announces the Z10: Is the mainframe still relevant?z10 - Change of Ideology in EnterprisesI think the z10 is going to be the future winner, especially in the virtualization arena. The problem will be getting large corporations to "buy" in to the purchase. In the old days of...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Virtualization, centralization, networking equipment, mainframe, server, Z10, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-02-27

Mass Distributed Server Consolidation: System z Mainframe Linux-on-z/VM Extreme Virtualization Far Outclasses Over-Hyped x86/x64 Approaches: This paper reviews the scale-out, distributed server proliferation catastrophe, and looks at why IT infrastructure optimization is now a business imperative. It evaluates the role of virtualization, and the varied approaches that have been implemented in server partitioning/virtualization. The paper includes its newer, mass-distributed server consolidation role. Its already powerful...; Tags: Mainframe, Software Strategies, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2008-02-01
Survey: SOA and the 'second life' of Mainframes: Survey: SOA and the 'second life' of mainframesCitation NeededWhat's your basis for making this claim? "...there are more people using mainframes today than at any time in the history of big iron.''; Tags: Mainframes, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Servers, mainframe, SOA, survey; Discussion threads 2007-11-30
Survey: SOA and the 'second life' of Mainframes: Many have been arguing that the mainframe has been fading away -- you know, the whole dinosaur thing. In fact, just the opposite may be true -- there are more people using mainframes today than at any time in the history of big iron. And the...; Tags: Mainframe, SOA, Survey, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Servers, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Web Services, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2007-11-29
ROI Lost: IBM Puts the Screws on a Loyal Customer: ROI Lost: IBM Puts the Screws on a Loyal CustomerFailing to analyze all dataThe legal department was neglect in investigating the contractual ramifications of the migration.The title referred to a "loyal customer"Loyalty is apparently being defined as a past choice to continue to do business with the same supplier.Still, you're...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Databases, ROI, IBM Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., mainframe; Discussion threads 2007-11-16
ROI Lost: IBM Puts the Screws on a Loyal Customer: If you ever thought that the contents of the contract you sign with your IT vendor isn't the most important part of your technology strategy, read on. And if you ever thought that your vendor would never do anything to overtly screw you, you also need to read this blog....; Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Mainframe, Vendor, Customer, ROI, IBM Corp., Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2007-11-16
Parsing IBM's weak hardware sales: Parsing IBM's weak hardware salesVirtualization cuts both ways...Virtualization will cut both ways. One, it crams more on the same servers. Two, it's becoming easier and easier to make many smaller machines look like one big machine. Grid computing is a reality, and the forces that drive massive...; Tags: Sales strategy, Utility computing, Storage management, hardware sale, virtualization, IBM Corp., sales, hardware, grid computing; Discussion threads 2007-10-17
Xsigo Network and I/O Virtualization: I had a chance to speak with an interesting newcomer to the world of virtualization, Xsigo. Jon Toor, Xsigo's VP of Marketing, and I chatted about Xsigno's VP780 Network Director. I came away thinking that it's amazing how concepts come back again and again if one waits long enough. ...; Tags: Network, I/O, Industry Standard, Industry, Mainframe, Industry Standard System, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-09-24
Myths About Mainframe Business Intelligence: Business Intelligence BI has come a long way from the early days of simple reports or isolated groups of statisticians locked in back offices, poring over considerable amounts of numbers and data points. Today, the entire enterprise requires real intelligence in making its decisions. BI has moved from the back...; Tags: Mainframe, Intelligent Solutions, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management; White papers 2007-09-06
(Photos: Computers of yesteryear): (Photos: Computers of yesteryear)Nice.. i have an IBM Powerstation 340 sittin on the shelf:)Great memoriesI have an Epson QX-10/16, CP/M OS that still works fine with all its programs including the original "Valdocs," and many others from Peach Software and Epson.I'm Disappointed....No Microsoft BoB? No Windows ME?? No...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Mainframes, Servers, E6B, photograph, PDP-11/73, disk, computer, mainframe; Discussion threads 2007-08-20
The cost of Mainframe Linux: Here's the opening bit from a widely quoted network world report by "layer8" on IBM's recently announced plan to save $250 million by replacing 4,000 small servers with 30 mainframes: Talk about eating your own dog food. IBM today will announce it is consolidating...; Tags: Linux, Data Center, Network, Intel X86, Mainframe, Server, IBM Corp., Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2007-08-15
Mainframe Linux: Mainframe LinuxThe perfect environment for Outsdanding Linux.Excellent article Murph, sometimes we need to uncover some very unknown idiotic comments from big corp clueless about computing.But unfortunately your scenario is exactly the one where a Linux Environment is absolutely outstanding and unbeatable.That is the right place to displace mainframes and...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Storage, OPEN SOURCE, mainframe, server, Linux, database; Discussion threads 2007-08-14
Mainframe Linux: Here's a bit from the introduction to a recent article by Ken Milberg under the title "Mainframe Linux vs. Unix". Today's new breed of smaller, cheaper mainframes, paired with the Linux operating system, look like an attractive alternative to Unix on RISC or SPARC...; Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Paul Murphy, mainframe, Linux, CALCULO S.A., Unix; Blog posts 2007-08-14
LinuxWorld 2007 goes green with Green Grid consortium: Fred Stack - Emerson Network Power, David Douglas - Sun Microsystems, Rich Lechner - IBM, Colette LaForce - Rackable, Andrew Kutz - Burton GroupNext generation data center and green computing were common themes at LinuxWorld 2007 and the Green Grid panel brought many of these issues to light. Pictured above...; Tags: Information Technology, Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Mainframe, Server, Hardware, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-08-10
Using Model-Driven Development (MDD) in a Mainframe Environment: Creating and refining an application model can provide insight into the problem domain. This exercise can assist the development team in communicating details about the problem domain and in establishing a common vocabulary among the stakeholders. This paper introduces the user to the concepts of modeling applications, describes tools one...; Tags: Mainframe, Modeling, Model-Driven Development, Research & Development, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Business Operations; White papers 2007-08-01
IBM gives Mainframes a green IT wrapper: TechRepublic's Jason Hiner reports that IBM plans to consolidate 4,000 small servers into 30 Linux mainframes.According to Jason, each mainframe is the size of a refrigerator. The benefit: IBM can save more than $250 million over five years and cut floor space 85 percent.Jason also notes that IBM is showing...; Tags: IBM, Hardware Infrastructure, Green Tech, General; Blog posts 2007-07-31