Savvy IT pros have been tinkering with mainframe partitioning for years. But with the sudden proliferation of single-task servers, especially for the Internet, partitioning big iron to consolidate ...

IBM this week rolled out a feature-filled upgrade to its mainframe operating system, z/OS, focused on pumping up Big Iron availability, management and security. The general idea is to help customers ...

Mainframe Linux can boost application uptime and reduce support costs. But users and analysts recommend acting carefully when choosing which applications to move to the open-source operating system ...

A maker of software that allows a single application to draw resources from multiple linked, or “clustered,” servers said Monday that it has made available a version of its software for IBM’s ...

IBM is upgrading its mainframe operating system with features that help customers predict failures and reduce the time it takes to recover from performance slowdowns. A feature known as predictive ...

In a lawsuit, IBM alleges that the mainframe "emulator systems" offered by Platform Solutions Inc. violate IBM patents on its z/OS operating system as well as patents relating to its previous ...