At more than 60 years old, mainframes continue to run mission critical applications. Here is how they remain central to IT strategies. The most venerable and arguably more conversational platform in ...

Mention cloud computing to a mainframe professional, and he’s likely to roll his eyes. Cloud is just a much-hyped new name for what mainframes have done for years, he’ll say. “A mainframe is a cloud,” ...

While cost, agility and numerous factors are prompting enterprise mainframe migrations, a number of issues must be dealt with before, during and after the migration process. These include application ...

Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of that mainstay of computing, the mainframe. Back in 1964, IBM rolled out the System/360 — the first computer that was compatible and upgradable. In other ...