one big win that the proprietary bigiron has over dell racks is massive IO bandwidth. ill take my os400 box anyday over any generic dell racks. yeah that means you can keep your google 10,00000 ...

IBM has expanded its server lineup with a new mainframe system designed just for Linux that may be aimed, in particular, at higher-end x86 systems. The new system uses IBM’s specialty Linux processor ...

IBM's x360, first server based on Intel's multiprocessor-enabled Xeon chip, code-named Foster, will go on sale in the UK next week. The x360 has several firsts for Intel-based servers that bring ...

Forty years after Big Blue introduced the S/360, the zaftig systems are still going strong and finding a way to fit into 21st-century computing. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, ...

IBM today is marking the 40th anniversary of its first mainframe by introducing the zSeries 890 mainframe server for midsize enterprise customers. “We’re introducing a brand-new IBM eServer zSeries ...

Unisys has recently announced the addition of several new systems to its ClearPath line of mainframe-class servers. Among the new offerings are the high-end ClearPath Dorado 700 Series, as well as the ...

Enterprise Strategy Group's resident expert on all things server virtualization, Mark Bowker, tells me that there were 15,000 people at VMworld a few weeks ago. Not a surprise, the industry is gaga ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

IBM is looking to boost its mainframe business with a Linux push that includes new hardware, software and the founding of the Open Mainframe Project. The company is also contributing mainframe code to ...

The mainframe is finding its way into emerging markets and is still holding strong globally, according to an IBM executive. Richard Pape, mainframe systems executive at IBM Asia-Pacific, told ZDNet ...

IBM announced the zEnterprise mainframe server and a new systems design that allows workloads on mainframe, POWER7 and System x servers to share resources and be managed as a single, virtualized ...