Parallel Sysplex, IBM's lumbering mainframe technology, is back from the dead and may finally take off, argues Sean Hallahan. This April marked the fifth birthday of Parallel Sysplex, IBM's maligned, ...

IBM's mainframe clustering architecture. It allows multiple computers to work together as a single system. Supporting data sharing with guaranteed integrity, extensive resource sharing and ...

IBM hopes for better take-up. IBM hopes to increase the take-up of its parallel sysplex technology by making it more user-friendly, writes Peter Branton. "We're going to make it easier to use by ...

Mainframe computers are often seen as ancient machines—practically dinosaurs. But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today. If ...