IBM has announced its z13 mainframe, which is the 13th system in its Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)-based platform that debuted in 1994. Some IT pros may question the relevance of a ...

IBM is suing LzLabs, saying the company's "software defined mainframe" (SDM) violates IBM’s mainframe patents. In a legal action filed in Waco Texas, IBM claims that LzLabs' systems, which offer to ...

For the past several years, Big Blue has transferred the technology inside its mainframes to beef up its other server lines. Now the process is going the other way. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

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 ...

While International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) generates most of its revenue from software and consulting services, the company's hardware business is still an important piece of the puzzle. IBM's ...

For two decades, people in tech circles have been saying that the mainframe is on its way out, or that it's dead altogether. Funny thing about that -- someone forgot to tell IBM. Just look at IBM's ...

A complaint alleging that IBM has abused its position in the European mainframe market was filed with the European Commission on Tuesday. The complaint from T3, a small US supplier of mainframes, said ...

A 42% sales decline sounds bad, but it's actually business as usual. But investors shouldn't worry about this mainframe sales collapse. It's happened before, and it will happen again. IBM's System Z ...

IBM's latest big iron features full-scale encryption and a major boost to processing power. The last major mainframe refresh came in January 2015 with the launch of the System z13. The z13 is capable ...

Every new IBM mainframe says something about the times we live in, and today’s latest mainframe release is no different. The zEnterprise system, as it is now called, has become a cross-platform ...