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 ...

A small Minneapolis mainframe computer software startup is poised to change the way enterprises use and share data across the cloud. VirtualZ Computing Inc. claims to be the first and only ...

The new model is the strongest indication so far of IBM's enthusiasm for uniting the comparatively new operating system with the decades-old business computer line. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Pity the poor mainframe computer. Maligned for years as a costly relic, it has become the Rodney Dangerfield of the information technology world. That’s despite the fact that “big iron” machines run ...

Nicolas Temese didn't use 3D printing. He built the entire model of the 1401 computer system from scratch, including teeny tiny punchcards. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...

IBM has introduced a new line of mainframe computer that is not only twice as powerful as its predecessor but also intended to make it easier for corporations to encrypt vast amounts of customer ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a magnetic core plane from ...

John Markoff Steve Lohr of the New York Times has a good piece on an interesting product that you and I won’t be buying: IBM’s new mainframe computer, which Big Blue announced today. The story ...

A new Linux-only mainframe model that IBM will announce Friday is the strongest indication so far of the company's enthusiasm for uniting the comparatively new operating system with the decades-old ...

International Business Machines Corp. has unveiled a new mainframe model, a reflection of the continued relevance of the decades-old computing systems despite the rush among many organizations to ...

Ask most people about mainframes and they’re likely to think they’re a thing from the past. In a way they’re right, of course. The mainframe has been around for half a century or more. But mainframes ...