Big Blue is set to announce upgrades to its mainframe computer, refreshing a high-end server line many had given up as extinct. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

The mainframe, the aged yet surprisingly resilient survivor of computing, is getting a face-lift. A model called the IBM z10, which is being introduced Tuesday, is far faster and has three times the ...

Starting in the late 1950s and lasting for several decades, the most common form of computing was based on mainframe computers. The first major blow to the dominance of mainframes came from the broad ...

Mainframe computers are often perceived as relics of the past but in reality, they continue to be the backbone of the global economy. Critical data related to finance, government, and other sensitive ...

Luboslava Uram is CTO and managing director at Solvd Group, a subsidiary of Allianz Group. Transforming the claim management experience. Mainframe computers have been a foundational technology in ...

Mainframe computers are often seen as ancient machines—practically dinosaurs. But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today. If ...