A month after introducing the latest generation of its mainframe systems, the Z9, IBM is looking to grow the software support and expertise around it. At the Share Inc. user conference in Boston this ...

As students study other technologies, vendors try to develop new talent and offer tools to fill the gap for these critical systems Before tablets, smartphones, and PCs became prominent, “big iron” ...

There’s a problem in IT. All the older guys (sadly, not enough of them were women) who knew how to get their hands dirty inside the mainframe systems of the past are either no longer with us or are ...

Micro Focus, a provider of enterprise application modernization, released a solution designed to accelerate IBM mainframe application delivery. Enterprise Developer for IBM zEnterprise is intended to ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

While the use of cloud-based systems for business enterprises continues to increase, not all IT infrastructure and systems can be based in the cloud. Mainframe systems programmers are still needed to ...

Flashback to the late 1980s, when PCs are beginning to arrive at the government agency where this pilot fish works — and not just on users’ desks. “I got a call from a mainframe programmer whose PC ...

Mainframe modernization startup CloudFrame Inc., today is announcing that it has raised a $7 million Series A funding round, bringing its total financing to $8.5 million. The New York-based company ...