Neowin News Feed for: Mainframe

IBM Announces z9 Business Class Mainframe

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:21:49 +0000

On Thursday IBM introduced a smaller scale version of its z9 series of mainframe computers. Targeted at smaller companies that could benefit from mainframe power, yet not having millions to invest in larger scale systems,... Read more...

MS and Micro Focus team up for mainframe movers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:51:45 +0000

Micro Focus is working with Microsoft to migrate users and applications from legacy mainframe systems onto Windows-based servers.The Cobol specialist claims costs can be cut by as much as fifty per cent by moving applications... Read more...

IBM lands huge German mainframe contract

Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:42:05 +0000

IBM Corp. will deliver 20 high-performance mainframe computers to a German financial IT service company in a deal worth over €100 million ($127 million), IBM spokesman Hans-JÃ¼rgen Rehm said Friday. Sparkassen Informatik GmbH... Read more...

IBM flexes mainframe muscle

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:20:33 +0000

IBM on Monday took a swing at competitor Hewlett-Packard in the "big-iron" application server market with the introduction of a new IBM eServer i890. Big Blue also released the latest version of it... Read more...

IBM unmuzzles low-end "Raptor" mainframe

Mon, 18 Feb 2002 05:26:04 +0000

IBM on Monday will debut its newest model in the old-guard mainframe line, a less-expensive system code-named Raptor that can run only newer software. The new z800 is in a sense... Read more...

Red Hat chases mainframe Linux leaders

Mon, 05 Nov 2001 11:44:32 +0000

Red Hat will release its version of Linux for IBM mainframes in the next 30 days, catching the company up to rivals who already have staked their claim in the niche market segment. The... Read more...