Mainframe

Unisys halts and catches fire: Mainframe builder dives into the red

It did see ‘solid revenue growth on a constant currency basis’ though, so there's that

Channel24 Jul 2015 | 9

What's dying on the vine and rhymes with IBM?

Unlucky Big Blue suffers 13th straight quarter of decline

Channel20 Jul 2015 | 14

Mainframe staffing dilemma bedevils CIO dependents

Prospective skills shortage is biggest issue to hit mainframes since Y2K

On-Prem10 Jun 2015 | 24

Chap mines Bitcoin with PUNCH CARDS and ancient mainframe

IBM Model 1401 can hash, will produce a Bitcoin some time after the Sun explodes

Systems25 May 2015 | 39

NHS Scotland to refresh creaking, 25-year-old apps

Hey pal, see that mainframe software over there, it's well old (auld)

Channel18 May 2015 | 10

Mature mainframe madness prints Mandlebrot fractal in TWELVE MINUTES

Welcome back to *kah-zzeeep* the old printer age

Personal Tech23 Mar 2015 | 61

Assemblers were once people: My aunt did it for NASA

We all owe plenty to the mainframe age's pioneers

Software26 Feb 2015 | 37

Big Blue's biggest mainframe yet is the size of a fridge

Makes mobile pitch for z13

Systems14 Jan 2015 | 112

SUSE Linux owner Attachmate gobbled by Micro Focus for $2.3bn

Merger will lead to mainframe and COBOL powerhouse

OSes16 Sep 2014 | 19

RBS Group hopes £750m IT shakeup splurge will prevent next bank mainframe meltdown

Bad luck if your branch 'brand' goes down, though

On-Prem06 May 2014 | 26

How Brit computer maker beat IBM's S/360 - and Soviet spies

'We are the biggest', crafty biz told Iron Curtain prospects

Systems09 Apr 2014 | 67

The gift of Grace: COBOL's odyssey from Vietnam to the Square Mile

Add 50, 1964 GIVING Anniversary

Systems08 Apr 2014 | 71

Why won't you DIE? IBM's S/360 and its legacy at 50

Big Blue's big $5bn bet adjusted, modified, reduced, back for more

Systems07 Apr 2014 | 142

Tony Benn, daddy of Brit IT biz ICL and pro-tech politician, dies at 88

Obituary State-sponsored IT industry architect who put the E back into Concorde

Legal14 Mar 2014 | 84

Retiring greybeards force firms to retrain Java, .NET bods as mainframe sysadmins

Desperate CIOs respond to old buggers, er, buggering off

On-Prem20 Feb 2014 | 123

Oh no, RBS has gone titsup again... but is it JUST BAD LUCK?

Storagebod You'll be SHOCKED at how recently shillings were still in play in some banks' systems

Systems05 Dec 2013 | 116

We saw you admire that rack: UK server sales are finally recovering

Splice the mainbrace, boys! Bulging treasure chests GREW in Q2

On-Prem19 Sep 2013 |

IBM CEO doesn't forget Parris in Power and Mainframe top job lob

Rometty appoints GMs after swapping units' heads

Systems05 Aug 2013 | 4

IBM gooses 'business class' mainframes with z12 engines

Something for the little guy with the big budget

Systems23 Jul 2013 | 6

Mm, Linux-on-mainframe admin brains: IBM wolfs down Israeli upstart

Possible port of WAVE to Power Systems on back of CSL gobble?

OSes12 Jul 2013 | 3

Unisys doubles up midrange mainframes for fault tolerance

Rolls out MCP 15.0 for both CMOS and Xeon machines

Systems11 Jul 2013 | 5

LEO, the British computer that roared

Live Chat Reg readers quiz duo who worked on world's first biz computer

Personal Tech26 Jun 2013 | 12

Finance CIOs sweat as regulators prepare to probe aging mainframes

Outages compound interest in creaking IT

On-Prem25 Jun 2013 | 37

RBS Mainframe Meltdown: A year on, the fallout is still coming

When the totally brand new kit comes on ... what do you think will happen?

On-Prem21 Jun 2013 | 111

ODMs and DIYs chomp x86 server racket

Shipments and revenues take a dive in Q1 – thanks a lot, EMEA

Systems28 May 2013 | 4

Will customers buy into Oracle's modern-day mainframes?

How about that stack, Larry...

On-Prem15 May 2013 | 15

Big Blue misses Q1 targets big-time thanks to systems shortfall

$1bn in charges for "workload rebalancing" – aka layoffs – coming in Q2

On-Prem18 Apr 2013 | 6

Ellison aims his first Oracle 'mainframe' at Big Blue

T5 takes the lead from Power and x86, Big Larry claims

Systems26 Mar 2013 | 105

Pricey mainframes, hyperscale boxes boost Q4 server sales

Unix machinery, er, not so much

OSes04 Mar 2013 | 3

The server racket recovers from the Great Recession

Hyperscale data center vigor makes up for enterprise skittishness

Channel27 Feb 2013 |

Unisys re-ups $650m deal to look after US taxman's big iron

IRS slurps over $2 TREEELLION a year of taxpayers' cash

Systems25 Feb 2013 | 3

Unisys watches ClearPath mainframe sales climb

Plans to build a channel, push Windows and Linux

Systems30 Jan 2013 | 1

CA new CEO says biz has 'room for improvement'

Time for honesty as Q3 sales and profits dip

On-Prem24 Jan 2013 | 3

IBM continues to squeeze blue blood from IT stones

Mainframe boost more than covers Power dive

Channel23 Jan 2013 | 11

IDC: A year of server revenue declines

Well, unless you are Dell, Cisco, Inspur, or Lenovo

OSes29 Nov 2012 | 1

IBM warns mainframe shops of 2013 price hike

10 per cent jump coming next July for flat-priced wares

Systems23 Nov 2012 | 14

How spreadsheets (nearly) conquered and killed the financial industry

Would you trust millions on an Excel formula?

On-Prem19 Nov 2012 | 109

Easy to use, virus free, secure: Aaah, how I miss my MAINFRAME

Back when installing drivers was someone else's problem

Software16 Nov 2012 | 44

Nationwide to perform IT equivalent of 'replacing jet engine mid-flight'

On my count: Pull it all off mainframes and onto SAP

Systems02 Nov 2012 | 89

Unisys tastes red ink in mouth after pension chop-slap

Tough out there in Services Land

Channel24 Oct 2012 | 5

Big Blue down on all fronts in its third quarter

Retail system divestiture can't save profits

On-Prem16 Oct 2012 | 7

Compuware puffs up Outage Analyzer to fight performance anxiety

Ad serving and web analytics services have high failure rate... who knew?

Systems11 Oct 2012 | 1

Unisys pumps up ClearPath mainframes with Xeon E5s

Just about all Intel Inside and all done with homegrown CPUs

Systems10 Oct 2012 | 6

Big mainframe shops embiggen, says BMC survey

And the small fries emsmallen or jump to other fires

Systems01 Oct 2012 |

IBM's z12 mainframe engine makes each clock count

Hot Chips All 5.5 billion of them – and then some

Systems05 Sep 2012 | 16

A second opinion on sucky second quarter server sales

Sucks to be non-Xeon, Q4 uptick on the way

Channel04 Sep 2012 | 1

IBM embiggens iron with System zEnterprise EC12 mainframe

Hot Chips Five score 5.5GHz engines wrapped in a funky new chassis

Systems28 Aug 2012 | 13

IBM fuels up zNext mainframe for launch

A little early – and just in time to boost Q4

Personal Tech20 Aug 2012 |

RBS must realise it's just an IT biz with a banking licence

Analysis Expert drills into what it'll take to prevent another bank technology fiasco

On-Prem01 Aug 2012 | 70

Unisys swings to profit on ClearPath mainframe spike

Pays off debts ahead of schedule

Systems24 Jul 2012 | 1

Unisys upgrades Libra mainframes with Xeon E5s

A ClearPath off of custom silicon – eventually

Systems19 Jun 2012 | 3

Hyperscale servers sell like hotcakes

Linux machines eclipse Unix boxes

OSes04 Jun 2012 | 3

IBM to park mainframes on the cloud

Rolls out SmartCloud Enterprise+ for public consumption

OSes21 May 2012 | 7

IBM taps new execs to run Power Systems, mainframes

Potential future CEO moves on up the corporate ladder

On-Prem10 May 2012 | 1

Unisys grows in Q1, swings to profit

Services fills hardware gaps

Channel25 Apr 2012 |

Gorging Dell crams Canadian legacy-app rebore outfit into cakehole

Belly-busting goliath on the Make

On-Prem05 Apr 2012 | 3