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Mainframe Pricing: Endgame

by Larry Strickland | Jul 17, 2019

IBM Simplifying Mainframe Software Pricing When you hear the words mainframe software pricing, what do you think of? A common reaction is to ignore it unless you are actively negotiating a new contract with IBM. And even then, the general consensus is that it is...

IBM z14 Model ZR1: A Smaller Mainframe for a Larger World

by Larry Strickland | Jun 26, 2018

On April 10, 2018, IBM announced their latest mainframe offering, the IBM z14 Model ZR1. This announcement came hot on the heels of the original z14, which was delivered less than a year earlier in July 2017. So why the new model? And what does it mean to mainframe...

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