IBM has announced a smaller, faster, more secure mainframe computer to compete with increasingly popular, lower cost, PC-based enterprise servers. The move is aimed at countering a long-term decline in the sales of mainframes and securing ...
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IBM's latest mainframe,the zEnterprise EC12,is big on data analytics and hybrid clouds. This system,announced Tuesday,includes a new 5.5-GHz,six-core processor,versus the 5.2-GHz,quad-core processor that shipped with the zEnterprise ...
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The global financial services sector still faces upheaval, five years after the credit crunch decimated its ranks. But how have IT strategies changed in the years since the UK government was forced to nationalise Northern Rock? Five years ...
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IDG News Service - With the latest release of its Tuxedo transaction processing server (TPC), Oracle is hoping to lure mainframe users onto the cloud. Moving a mainframe application to an Oracle Exalogic system, where it would run on the ...
The latest research from analyst Forrester urges CIOs to scrutinise the true cost of cloud computing to avoid costly charges. In Forrester's Make the Cloud Enterprise Ready report, principal analyst James Staten assessed the cost of cloud ...