The era of mainframe computers and directly programming machines with switches is long past, but plenty of us look back on that era with a certain nostalgia. Getting that close to the hardware and … ...

In this explainer, we’ll look at the IBM mainframe computer—what it is, how it works, and why it’s still going strong after over 50 years. Setting the stage ...

In our increasingly technologically-focused world, industry relies on mainframe computers for their speed, reliability, scalability and unmatched security. Mainframe experts earn starting salaries ...

It's something that the mainframe experts at many companies are not only enthusiastic about, but are seriously considering for all sorts of applications and server consolidation opportunities.

There is an undeniable role for the mainframe computer in tomorrow’s large enterprise. Businesses that retain it in a digital-first world must address several challenges, say T S Lakshmi ...

That plant is IBM Corp.'s Poughkeepsie complex, and the machine is the mainframe computer. Monday is the half-century mark for the industrial-strength computers that Big Blue makes.

A mainframe is just a big computer, as defined by David Stephen s, author of What On Earth Is A Mainframe?, but more specifically the IBM zSeries computers. Simple as that. Mainframes date back to ...

Mainframe computers have handled our most precious data since the 1960s, but they’re being put online without adequate security.