I look back at my mainframe days very fondly. Hired to be a GIS code monkey on VM/SP, I would up also managing our machine, applying PUTs and even performing the upgade from VM/SP 5 to VM/SP 6--heady ...

Not so fast. Mainframes have more staying power than most understand. Let’s look at the realities of mainframe technology and the people who operate it. One of the things that has often driven me nuts ...

As someone who lives and breathes mainframes, I often forget that people who aren’t part of this world don’t always believe some of the truths that I believe to be self-evident. One common way that I ...

For decades, mainframes have powered the core operations of banks around the world. They remain integral to banking processes like transaction processing, record keeping, and regulatory compliance due ...

The cloud killed the mainframe? I'm not so sure. Let's take a look at what the next decade has in store for big iron. For more than 50 years mainframes have powered thousands of organizations around ...

Picture this: a customer wants to instantly transfer money through a mobile app and receive a personalized AI-powered loan offer in real time. Meanwhile, the bank runs on systems designed 40-60 years ...