Sonera will use a zSeries server - the new name for the old S390 - running Linux to look after its data networking. The contract win represents another big success for IBM since it decided to re-launch its mainframe computers and configure them to...
Performance improvements have been added for Linux and z/VM (the virtual machine environment) and IBM claims it is capable of more than 11,000 SSL handshakes per second. Implemented in a virtual machine environment on the mainframe, Linux proves to...
The new devices, Medallion I and II, are designed for storing, wearing and showing off images transferred wirelessly from a cell phone or computer, the company said. The devices each store up to eight images and include a backlit clock.
Simple expedients, like creating standard software images, are rendered exceedingly complex by a huge range of hardware dependencies. Desktop operating systems lack layering, despite having exceeded the size and complexity of mainframe systems some...
Tivoli zSecure Manager for RACF z/VM, which was released on Friday, automates security administration and audit processes in virtual mainframe environments. Administrators can now set network encryption rules and intrusion detection centrally for...
Another beneficiary is IBM which, according to Gartner, is seeing a resurgence of interest in the zSeries mainframe. Forecasts of economic gloom do not apply to the hardware market just yet, according to analyst firm Gartner, which has predicted...