As IT leaders continue to face enormous pressure to help their organizations respond faster to changing market conditions, Valuates Reports has recently projected that the Mainframe Modernization Services Market will reach USD 1134.51 Million by 2028. The report...
In a recent YouTube post, Connor Pekovic a mainframe programmer at a large insurance company, addressed the question of whether pursuing a career in mainframe is a good idea in 2023. His answer is a fairly unequivocal “yes,” with multiple items on the “pros” side of...
IBM Announces z/OS 3.1 Will Embrace AI IBM has released a teaser for its much anticipated Quarter 3 2023 z/OS upgrade. “IBM® z/OS® 3.1 marks a new era in operating system intelligence,” begins the announcement which heralds a new AI-infused, hybrid-cloud...
CMG Honors Broadcom with the IMPACT Innovation Award The Computer Measurement Group (CMG), together with its partner the Mullen Foundation, has announced Broadcom as the winner of its 2023 IMPACT Innovation Award. According to CMG, the increasingly coveted award was...
Introducing the new single frame and rack mount configurations of IBM z16 and IBM LinuxOne 4 IBM's Z series might be the industry standard bearers for security and reliability, but for small to medium-sized businesses without a lot of floor space, a full-sized...
IBM mainframe licenses a “value vector” for IBM: CFO Despite the murmurings about the end of the mainframe, IBM’s Q1 earnings made headlines last week by beating EPS expectations. And while Big Blue’s better-than-expected performance can’t be credited to one single...
Moving a data center from one location to another is always an intimidating - even hair-raising - proposition. But when it’s the world's leading insurance market that needs to move its data center to a new, modern facility, the project takes on epic proportions....
BMC acquires mainframe data management company Model9 IT Firm BMC recently announced the acquisition of Model9, a data management technologies provider. Founded in 2016, Model9’s patented software technology unlocks mainframe formatted data for use in any private or...
Open Mainframe Summit Call for Papers Now Open The Open Mainframe Project has announced the launch of the Call for Proposals (CFPs) for the 4th annual Open Mainframe Summit. The Open Mainframe Project was founded in 2015 as a focal point for the deployment and...
Breaking into the Mainframe: 50 Years of (Mostly Stupid) Computer Scenes in Movies It’s not too often that the mainframe is explored in an entertainment publication. This week, though, Movieweb features an article that takes a look at how the mainframe shows up in the...
