The era of mainframe computers and directly programming machines with switches is long past, but plenty of us look back on that era with a certain nostalgia. Getting that close to the hardware and ...

The venerable mainframe computer is experiencing a surprising but well-deserved resurgence, as the organizations that depend on these systems realize how important they are for digital initiatives and ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

The era of mainframe computers and directly programming machines with switches is long past, but plenty of us look back on that era with a certain nostalgia. Getting that close to the hardware and ...

The expert team at Freeform Dynamics offer news and views on the latest hot topics, and pragmatic advice based on real-world experience and meaningful research studies. IT resilience and security is ...

Around a third of modernisation projects that lift and shift mainframe workloads to a distributed architecture often fail, according to a regional executive at Rocket Software. In an interview with ...

The Vermont Department of Labor in Montpelier used to be home to the mainframe computer that runs the state’s unemployment benefits system. Now, the system runs on a much more modern mainframe in New ...

Pity the poor mainframe computer. Maligned for years as a costly relic, it has become the Rodney Dangerfield of the information technology world. That’s despite the fact that “big iron” machines run ...

Big Blue's new z990 is the most significant machine so far in the company's effort to marry the largely unique capabilities of the mainframe computer to prevailing computing trends. Stephen Shankland ...

Richard Plessala’s IT career was launched at Sirius, a CDW company, in 2003. There, he has spent 19 successful years providing IT solutions to clients through individual sales roles, specialist roles ...

The Department of Justice has started a preliminary investigation into whether IBM abused its monopoly position in the market for the mainframe computers, which remain vital to many of the world's ...