Big Blue is to release z/OS, its z900 mainframe operating system upgraded to take advantage of the new model's 64-bit design. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

IBM on Monday will release z/OS, its z900 mainframe operating system upgraded to take advantage of the new model's 64-bit design z/OS is a major overhaul of the basic software that runs the mainframe, ...

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 ...

Two months after releasing Version 7.2 of its popular Red Hat Linux operating system software (see story), Red Hat Inc. yesterday announced the availability of Red Hat Linux for the IBM S/390 ...

NEW YORK – The sales pitch was strong. The predictions about the future were glowing. The message was that IBM Corp.'s flagship hardware, the mainframe computer, is here to stay. Big Blue celebrated ...

Mainframe users still stuck on IBM’s previous-generation OS/390 operating system now have a compelling reason to switch to the current z/OS: IBM will stop new sales of the OS/390 Dec 17. After that ...

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 ...

IBM's latest mainframe is available with the option of a cut-down operating system that only runs newer software, and does not run traditional mainframe software such as CICS transaction processing.

A maker of software that allows a single application to draw resources from multiple linked, or “clustered,” servers said Monday that it has made available a version of its software for IBM’s ...

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 ...

IBM is targeting the majority of its z800 family for sale through its solution provider channel, said Lechner. He expects 75 to 80 percent of the total capacity of the new mainframes to be sold ...

"IBM has and is engaged in anti-competitive, deceptive, and tortious acts intended to eliminate competition and prolong its monopoly in the worldwide market for mainframe computers compatible with IBM ...