In order to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) for mainframes, CA unveiled a new version of CA (News - Alert) IDMS, its mainframe database management system. The company said that the system ...

BMC Software Inc. will soon release the first of its SmartDBA tools for IBM’s DB2 mainframe database, marking what it called a significant milestone in its effort to provide a single console for ...

Tom Jodel, who is himself a programmer, interviewed his mother, who works as an IBM mainframe COBOL programmer at a major bank, about banking systems. Jodel's mother started in-house training at ...

When it comes to security auditing, the mainframe just hasn't kept up with the times. So today database security firm Guardium and mainframe software firm Neon Enterprise Software will announce that ...

In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and providing comprehensive support for mainframe DB2 databases, ensuring their continuous availability, optimal performance, robust security, and ...

The mainframe has a bad reputation. But, the technology is not the issue. The challenge for the large enterprise is getting the most out of this often labelled ‘outdated’ technology — getting to an ...

Mainframes continue to excel at traditional tasks such as high-speed transaction processing and running large batch workloads. Mainframes also have the ability to easily handle large amounts of ...

Oracle Corp. has released a new technology called Operating System Dependent Interface that the company said should make it easier for users to run its database software on IBM’s S/390 mainframes. The ...

In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and providing comprehensive support for mainframe DB2 databases, ensuring their continuous availability, optimal performance, robust security, and ...

Back in 1991, InfoWorld‘s then Editor in Chief Stewart Alsop predicted the plug would be pulled on the last mainframe in five years. Oops. Eight years after their ...