5 posts and columns on mainframes

IBM Sees Strong International Growth, Swipes at Oracle

in News on July 18, 2011 at 5:11 pm PT

IBM’s earnings highlights show a pronounced strength in markets outside the Americas. Big Blue also took a few shots at Oracle.
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IBM Results Beat Expectations on Strong Hardware Sales

in Enterprise on January 18, 2011 at 1:29 pm PT

Strong hardware sales, led by the System Z mainframe business, boosted the quarter.

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Intel, Technology Buyers Talk of Freedom in the Cloud

in News on October 28, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

It’s hard to find a technology vendor who isn’t vociferously supporting the craze known as cloud computing. But some customers seem to be worried about the pace of progress, judging by comments from Intel and a large group of technology buyers.

Palm Developer Program Leaders Wave Goodbye to HP

in News on October 22, 2010 at 4:15 pm PT

For Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer, co-directors of Palm’s developer program, Hewlett-Packard was a nice place to visit, but not one in which they particularly wanted to live. And so the two are leaving the company, evidently to start a new software development consultancy, with HP among the first clients.

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IBM Tweaking Its Chip Tactics, But Powering On

in News on August 26, 2009 at 12:40 pm PT

IBM has often marched to a different drummer in computer chips. But Big Blue will take a step closer to conventional wisdom next year. No, IBM is not moving away from developing electronic brains for its own servers, as most computer makers have. While some IBM servers do use the ubiquitous x86 chips designed by Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, IBM continues to extend the internally-developed Power line of microprocessors for other systems as well as chips for IBM mainframes.