IBM has announced a new software solution that will allow its customers to track the energy consumption of its z9 mainframes.
Marrying technology from opposite poles of the computer industry, IBM and a multiplayer online game company are working to integrate the Cell game console processor with Big Blue's mainframe computers.
Technology trends come and go, but the old mainframe never seems to completely disappear.
IBM has plans in place to spend tens of millions of dollars to coax new customers to buy the company's mainframes.
IBM will announce its next-generation mainframe Tuesday, sources said. The system, called the z990 and code-named T-Rex, will spearhead Big Blue's effort to ensure the lineage isn't doomed to extinction.
Big Blue adds features, beefs up training efforts in China; rival Unisys debuts new line and pricing plan.
Unisys, one of the few companies remaining in the mainframe market, will begin selling a new high-end system Monday that includes features to run advanced software.
A report from an influential analyst group says Linux mainframes will soon be irrelevant, and adds that Linux is good for nothing more than simple, non-critical applications.
In the world of processors, attention seems firmly focused on the fast-paced desktop and mobile markets. But that doesn't mean that there's nothing going on in server-land.
Hewlett-Packard is champing at the bit to release a new version of its ProLiant ML570 server that will use Intel's upcoming "Gallatin" Xeon processor.
Despite the endless pressure to install the latest and greatest, many of the core technologies which are in use in the modern enterprise have been around for decades, if not centuries.
The '60s and '70s were the decades of the mainframe. The '80s made up the decade of client-server computing. The '90s were the Internet years. Now we're entering the decade of the electronic butler.
Production-quality XenSource virtualisation is the main selling point here, with optional clustering and storage virtualisation to go with it. But there's a lot more besides, making the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux a compelling solution for businesses of all sizes.
Microsoft is acquiring some assets of Connectix, including software that permits Windows to run on a Macintosh and an unreleased server program.
With chip makers chomping at the bit to update systems to create a 64-bit world, CIOs need to ask the tough question, "why?" This article provides compelling arguments for the switch.
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