unix the mainframe in news
Hardware defies economic gloom
News Another beneficiary is IBM which, according to Gartner, is seeing a resurgence of interest in the zSeries mainframe. Linux-based systems are a beneficiary of this trend, thanks to the... [02 Jul 2008]
IBM hits server seller with patent suit
News The company is developing servers that use Intel's Itanium processors but that can run z/OS, IBM's mainframe operating system, alongside higher-level mainframe software. PSI is not... [07 Dec 2006]
Big Blue ready for mainframe battle
News The money will be spent in the "next couple years" on tasks such as training customers, tuning their software for mainframes and helping them migrate computing infrastructure, said Jim Stallings, who in... [29 Aug 2006]
Qantas looking to bring tech into 21st century
News One initiative undertaken three years ago was to replace all its corporate applications - which included 38 separate human resources databases and a 25 year-old mainframe application - with Oracle's E-Business suite... [28 Nov 2005]
Councils swap mainframes for Windows
News But fast forward to today, and only nine per cent are using the mainframe for the job, with 52 per cent using Unix and 29 per cent on Windows. Local authorities are... [19 Aug 2005]
Severn Trent Water to outsource IT
News These include mainframe migration to Unix, desktop refresh, server consolidation, migration from Lotus Notes mail, graphical information systems, CRM and business intelligence applications. This covers a... [13 Jun 2005]
De Montfort University switches to SUSE Linux
News It will save us money by the fact we will have less to look after on the mainframe side but it's not just about handing money back," he said. Leicester's De Montfort University is... [23 Mar 2005]
Linux 'not secure enough for enterprises'
News Rasmussen said he was just as concerned about using Linux on mainframe computers. We see some of the same things occurring that did to Unix - it could splinter into many different types... [17 Mar 2005]
PeopleSoft customer? Microsoft wants a word...
News Changing platforms away from Unix, AS/400 and mainframe systems toward Intel-based systems running Microsoft Windows and SQL Server can help you lower application cost and complexity," Veghte wrote,... [16 Dec 2004]
Linux on the mainframe gets boost from IBM
News In another sign the mainframe computer is coming back to life, IBM is set to announce today that a customer is using its zSeries machines and Linux for a major consolidation of business applications.... [11 Aug 2004]
Buying-mad IBM snaps up apps management firm
News Swainson noted that application management - a market with several smaller, niche providers - is an area where IBM wants a full set of offerings that span older CICS and IMS mainframe-based transaction systems, along... [30 Jul 2004]
IBM's Unix power play - Power5 launches
News The Unix server market is a sweet spot for server makers, nicely positioned between mainframe power and high price on the one hand and Microsoft Windows' broad software... [13 Jul 2004]
What's in the box? IBM's Power5 architecture…
News Sun's first prong is a partnership with Fujitsu, which is bringing a dose of mainframe expertise to its Sparc64 VI processor. When we looked at Power4, at a certain point, it became cost-prohibitive to slice it up into... [13 Jul 2004]
Norwegian city government switches to open source
News Bergen's decision to migrate to Linux follows similar projects across Europe, with authorities in Paris, Munich, and, most recently, the German Federal Finance Office signing up with Linux - a deal thought to be one... [15 Jun 2004]
Sun and Fujitsu merge Unix server lines
News Sun has been working for years to move high-end features found in IBM's expensive but powerful mainframe servers to its own Unix servers. The "next-generation APL microprocessor.will... [02 Jun 2004]
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