In this week’s Computerworld feature, Rebuilding the Legacy, I spoke with mainframe hardware and software vendors about the future of legacy code. Guru Rao, IBM fellow and chief engineer for eServer, ...

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 ...

Tech major IBM has unveiled the latest version of its mainframe hardware engineered to support artificial intelligence (AI) across software, hardware, and systems operations. Powered by the IBM Telum ...

IBM has signed an OEM agreement with Cockroach Labs – maker of the distributed PostgreSQL-like cloud RDBMS CockroachDB – in a bid to help modernize mission-critical applications reliant on mainframe ...

IBM sold off large portions of its hardware businessin 2014. The company no longer sells the Intel-based servers that dominate the data center, and it no longer manufactures its own processors.

At Bank of New York, the mainframe is still king. Nearly three quarters of all transactions are processed on big iron, and 20% to 25% of the remaining transactions rely on the mainframe for at least ...

Companies just can't quit mainframes. While cloud infrastructure hogs the spotlight, mainframe systems continue to dominate major segments of the economy, especially those that require ...

Iowa State University is to retire its last mainframe systems this summer. The university this week announced its mainframe ...

Some industry observers still like to kick dents in the mainframe saying it’s not the corporate platform of the future but the Big Iron seemingly takes the licks and keeps on ticking. Case in point: ...

No matter how much organizations want to get rid of legacy technology, virtually all of us still have it in our businesses. In one company, this may be something as simple as an old PC running a piece ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. David Reeg, chief architect for Minnesota IT ...