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Posted by Mike on Monday, September 19, 2011
Brewster Smith specialized in mainframe systems for 35 years in the technology industry, recently converting his employer’s mainframe to servers that use newer programming languages. When Smith completed the project in July, his company laid him off because his skills no longer fit the new system. Read more…
Posted by Mike on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Mobile access and cloud are important considerations for the future of the mainframe. Read more…
Posted by Mike on Thursday, August 25, 2011
Paul Allen, Microsoft’s “Idea Man,” is an aficionado of relic computing devices—the older and more obscure, the better. He collects them, along with rare WWII fighter planes, and shares this passion at his Living Computer Museum in Seattle.
Posted by Mike on Friday, August 12, 2011
A spokesperson from the bank confirms that technical difficulties have occurred across Southern California, citing a “mainframe issue”. Frustration and confusion are just some of the emotions felt by some Bank of America customers. …
Posted by Mike on Thursday, July 28, 2011
Just how hot is IBM’s most venerable computer line? Well, revenue from the high-end machines known as mainframes surged 61% in the second quarter, capping the best four quarters of growth for the segment in five years.
Not bad for a product that has repeatedly been written off as dead or outdated, as most computing chores shift to lower-priced servers that descended from personal computers.
Posted by Mike on Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Mainframe vendors in Australia have exceeded their highest yearly revenues in just six months to more than $115 million defying doomsday predictions of the platforms demise.
The figure, based on analysis by research firm IDC, covers the period from October 2010 to March 2011 and is proof of the platforms unprecedented success in the Australian market. A similar pattern is also evident in New Zealand.
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Attachmate’s SUSE Linux division is updating their Linux appliance-making technology with a new release. SUSE Studio 1.2 includes new features as well as new branding for what was once known as the SUSE Appliance Toolkit.
SUSE Studio started out as an online service in 2009 and then expanded it with an on-premise version for enterprises and software vendors in 2010. For on-premise users, the technology was known as the SUSE Appliance Toolkit and included the SUSE Lifecycle Management Server (SLMS).
With SLMS an ISV can manage software licenses and entitlements as well as distribute software patches and updates. With the SUSE Studio 1.2 update, the on-premise suite will only have the SUSE Studio name and the Appliance Toolkit name is being dropped. Instead, there is now the SUSE Studio Standard and Advanced Editions. The key addition with the advanced edition is that it enables users to build Linux appliances that will run on IBM’s System Z mainframe.
Posted by Mike on Thursday, July 21, 2011
Apple and IBM — two very, very different companies — have learned to listen to their customers and give them what they want, whether it’s a stodgy mainframe or a supercool tablet. Read more…
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