Are mainframes still relevant today? You bet!  The following ten statistics paint a picture that shows mainframes are still going strong, with no signs of slowing. 1.  The Mainframe Turns 60: A...

Mainframes have one of the longest histories of any kind of computing technology that is still used today.  In fact, mainframe history shows the fast-evolving landscape of technology, few...

What comes to mind when you hear the word mainframe? If it’s a computer from the 1950s, you probably don’t know as much about mainframes as you could. Keep reading for five little-known...

Mainframe and midrange servers are probably among the least understood systems among today’s IT professionals. in IT, due in part to the fact that many people just lump them into a single...

It’s easy enough to understand why one might think that mainframes are no longer relevant in the present age of “cloud-native” everything. Today, moving to and operating in the cloud is a top...

If you run an IBM mainframe today, you have to choose between two great operating systems options to power it:  Linux vs. z/OS. How do you decide? Here’s a guide to choosing the right...

Ever wonder why companies like IBM are still selling mainframes? Hint: It’s not because they’re living in the past. It’s because the mainframe is still crucial in a number of...

If you analyze data as soon as it is created – in other words, if you perform real-time analytics – you get much more value out of it than if you wait until the data is a bit older. Sure, data...

Mainframes were developed long before anyone was thinking about the trends and technologies that define modern computing. Concepts like open source software were decades away from emerging when the...