After reading my article Making Mainframes More Efficient, Heirloom Computing CEO Gary Cook invited me to learn more about his company and what it does for enterprises wishing to migrate some of their ...

Claims that the mainframe is a near-death technology in the mission-critical world of today's robust business intelligence (BI) applications are exaggerated. Conventional wisdom says the mainframe–the ...

Mainframe operators using BMC software may now be able to enjoy the speedy, devops-style development pace that is quickly becoming the norm for customer-facing mobile applications and Internet ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CA WORLD ’16 — CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced new solutions that increase the value of mainframe investments with advanced analytics, increased automation, ...

GT Software is shipping a new release in its Ivory Suite of products, providing SQL access to CA IDMS, a mainframe database. Ivory Data Hub v5.2.0 is designed to simplify SQL access to mainframe data, ...

DETROIT (CBS Detroit) - Compuware Corporation announced Tuesday that it was releasing new mainframe software and along with with establishing a partnership with Houston-based BMC Software, Inc.

Conniving naysayers have propagated the myth of the mainframe’s demise for decades, but a swift and momentous evolution of mainframe innovation and usage in recent years has debunked this propaganda ...

LzLabs reached out to discuss my article, "Applying 'Software Defined' to Mainframes." They thought the article didn't fully capture what they were doing, and wanted to provide a more detailed ...

As virtualization makes its way deeper and deeper into the data center, organizations are starting to leverage virtualization not only for the flexibility, efficiency, and reduced cost of ownership it ...

In the recent past, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with representatives of Cobol-IT, Compuware, Heirloom Computing, TmaxSoft and a few others who have targeted enterprises still using mainframes. A ...

IBM updated its z/OS operating system, adding AI optimization and quantum-focused features to its z17 mainframe. Update z/OS 3.2 brings features originally previewed by IBM in April, including ...