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  IBM battles dire mainframe myths

  The perception of mainframe technology as outmoded or inefficient is wildly inaccurate in a number of important ways, according to IBM's chief architect for cloud computing, Frank DeGilio.

  By Jon Gold | 16 March, 2012 21:37

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, IBM, mainframe

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  Master the Mainframe contest winner announced

  A computer science student from the University of New South Wales has won IBM Australia’s Master the Mainframe contest.

  By Lisa Banks | 25 November, 2011 11:42

  Tags: mainframe, Master the Mainframe Contest 2011

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  In pictures: BMC's mainframe survey results

  Australian and New Zealand mainframe users who participated in BMC's sixth annual worldwide mainframe survey believe that the platform will grow and attract new workloads.

  By Lisa Banks | 21 September, 2011 10:40

  Tags: mainframe, servers

• Changing times in mainframe market for IBM Australia

  Despite a reduction in direct mainframe customers from 100 in 2007 to 50 in 2011, IBM continues to have a firm grip on the local mainframe market according to IDC results for 2010.

  By Hamish Barwick | 11 August, 2011 11:54

  Tags: IBM, mainframe, servers. IDC

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  HP to retain ATO centralised computing contract

  HP Enterprise Services, formerly EDS, has picked up the Australian Tax Office’s (ATO) centralised computing contract.

  By Tim Lohman | 17 December, 2010 16:00

  Tags: Australian Tax Office, data centre, data warehouse, mainframe, secure gateway, storage

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  Cobol skills drought persists amid mainframe migrations

  Enterprises struggling to fill demands for Cobol skills should consider an application modernisation program which could also pave the way for migration off the mainframe to an open system.

  By Rodney Gedda | 22 November, 2010 10:59

  Tags: COBOL, mainframe, Mainframes, micro focus, software development

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  One firm's story: The mainframe goes, but Cobol stays behind

  A lot of Cobol-based applications have a plot line similar to the first Star Trek movie.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 21 April, 2010 02:40

  Tags: COBOL, data centre, mainframe

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  Oracle revamps Tuxedo for mainframe rehosting

  With the latest version of its Tuxedo online transaction processing (OLTP) middleware, Oracle is hoping to lure IBM mainframe users over to the world of x86-based distributed computing, namely by promising that their applications will run just as quickly and will not need to be rewritten for the new environment.

  By Joab Jackson | 01 April, 2010 06:52

  Tags: mainframe, middleware, OLTP, Tuxedo

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  IBM slapped with 3rd mainframe antitrust complaint in Europe

  The third antitrust complaint against IBM's mainframe business was filed with the European Commission Tuesday, compounding the firm's regulatory problems in Europe.

  By Paul Meller | 24 March, 2010 02:33

  Tags: antitrust, IBM, lawsuit, mainframe

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  Union Pacific Railroad ditches its mainframe for SOA

  At the heart of Union Pacific Corp.'s railroad operations is an IBM mainframe-based transportation control system that's been chugging along like a hardworking locomotive for nearly 40 years. According to industry experts, it was a pioneering system when first introduced, and it made the Omaha-based transportation giant one of the first companies in the world to make extensive use of online transaction processing technologies.

  By Thomas Hoffman | 09 January, 2010 05:40

  Tags: soa, mainframe

• IBM mainframe woes continue with big Q4 drop

  IBM's mainframe division finished a disappointing 2009 with a 27% fourth quarter revenue decline, but Big Blue is hoping the next generation of its mainframe computer will boost sales in 2010.

  By Jon Brodkin | 22 January, 2010 09:01

  Tags: Gartner, IBM, mainframe

• IBM slapped with suit alleging unfair mainframe competition

  IBM has been disparaging products made by a smaller rival in order to protect its lucrative mainframe business, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday.

  By James Niccolai | 15 December, 2009 12:35

  Tags: IBM, mainframe

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  IBM's newest mainframe is all Linux

  IBM has expanded its server lineup with a new mainframe system designed just for Linux that may be aimed, in particular, at higher-end x86 systems.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 10 December, 2009 02:12

  Tags: IBM, Linux, mainframe, servers

• As IBM sales suffer, now's the time to buy a new mainframe

  Mainframe customers haven't always had much leverage to negotiate with Big Blue, but now may be the perfect time to strike a new contract with IBM.

  By Jon Brodkin | 05 December, 2009 01:44

  Tags: IBM, mainframe, servers

• IBM software launch shows there's life in the mainframe

  IBM is determined to show that the reports of the mainframe's death have much exaggerated. The company has just announced a mammoth release of ten new software products all designed to improve the performance and introduce cost efficiencies for IBM's System Z mainframe.

  By Maxwell Cooter | 21 November, 2009 02:54

  Tags: IBM, mainframe