A small Minneapolis mainframe computer software startup is poised to change the way enterprises use and share data across the cloud. VirtualZ Computing Inc. claims to be the first and only ...

IBM Wednesday will mark the 40th anniversary of the introduction of its first mainframe computer by introducing a scaled-down version of its zSeries 990 mainframe servers called the zSeries 890, which ...

IBM said the two new machines, the iSeries for small businesses and the more powerful and costly zSeries, can replace racks of smaller server computers made by rivals like Dell Computer Corp. DELL.O ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chief Analyst & CEO, NAND Research. The truth about the mainframe computer is not what you think it is. IBM's Z-series and ...

An IBM zSeries mainframe that Palm Beach Community College bought for about a half-million dollars in 2005 was sold this month on eBay for $40,000. Mainframes and other IT systems “depreciate worse ...

If your customers are looking for some Big Iron or are planning to deploy large-scale data-center applications, take a look at IBM's latest mainframe. The z9, IBM's ninth-generation mainframe computer ...

Early users of IBM’s z800 low-end mainframe say the system is letting them boost processing capacity and performance while reducing their costs. IBM said it has installed about 200 of the eSeries z800 ...

IBM and Computer Associates are tailoring wares for mainframe users that the companies promise will make managing the 40-year-old technology easier for novice systems administrators, and cut budget ...