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Tech giants court mainframe customers

October 24, 2006 HP unveils a service that helps customers break away from mainframes, while IBM hopes they stay--both are backed by Oracle. TAGS: mainframe, Mark Hurd, Oracle Corp., back-office, Intel Itanium, HP, IBM Corp., Intel, information technology, server

Plugging the mainframe brain drain

June 8, 2005 With mainframe talent retiring faster than it's being replaced, BMC's Bill Miller sees a dangerous juncture ahead. TAGS: mainframe, talent, downsizing, BMC Software Inc., engineer, university, outsourcing, information technology, knowledge

Mainframe competitors aim at Big Blue target

April 7, 2004 As IBM tries to consolidate its grip on the mainframe market, competitors see an upcoming product transition as a chance to steal some bones from the top dog. TAGS: mainframe, IBM Corp., deadline, Sun Microsystems Inc., budgeting, transition, Oracle Corp., information technology, server, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

EDS touts $100 million in outsourcing deals

January 27, 2004 The company signs an array of deals to provide IT services to businesses in the United States and Europe. TAGS: Electronic Data Systems Corp., mainframe, outsourcing, information technology, agreement

Upgrades, HR costs squeeze British tech budgets

September 28, 2004 A U.K. survey finds that little money is left over for new IT investment and that Linux is not leaving its mark on the desktop. TAGS: IT-spending, IT investment, information technology, mainframe, finance, sector, Human Resources, Linux, manufacturing, survey, U.K., Microsoft Windows

The great legacy skills debate

July 22, 2005 COBOL expert Mike Gilbert examines the looming skills gap between the legacy world and the newer worlds of Web services, Java and .Net. TAGS: mainframe, COBOL, skill, Web service, age, concern, worker, organization, Microsoft .NET, Java, information technology, operating system

IBM software puts price tag on virtualization

June 1, 2006 Software lets a hosting firm use one server for several clients, charging based on processing power they each consume. TAGS: virtualization, IBM Corp., hosting company, mainframe, information technology, accounting, server

Qantas kicks off application review

November 28, 2005 Carrier faces big challenges and major expenses as it converts to new applications and a new IT strategy. TAGS: Telstra Corp., airline, COBOL, transaction processing, mainframe, information technology, carrier, outsource, Human Resources, data center, telecommunications, IBM Corp., environment, Oracle Corp.

SOA-capable WebSphere expands to mainframes

August 3, 2005 IBM brings portal software that integrates service oriented architectures to its mainframe and midrange server lines. TAGS: SOA, IBM WebSphere, portal, IBM WebSphere Portal Server, procurement, mainframe, IBM zSeries, IBM iSeries, IBM Corp., Web service, worker, information technology, server

The end of India's offshore dominance?

April 13, 2005 Outsourcer Marc Hebert says the new calculation that India's offshore prospects is dimming is a misreading of the facts. TAGS: India, Capability Maturity Model, salary, distributed system, Russia, China, IT infrastructure, Vietnam, information technology worker, Brazil, information technology, mainframe, U.S.

Battle of sexes (and toy penguins) in Linux move

February 11, 2004 A civil servant in the German city of Schwabisch Hall uses gender competitiveness and stuffed penguins to persuade government workers to accept the switch to desktop Linux from Windows. TAGS: council, Linux, desktop Linux, city, open source, mainframe, worker, information technology, home PC, IBM Corp., conference, security, PC, Microsoft Windows

IT pioneer William Norris dies at 95

August 23, 2006 From wartime code-breaking to '60s idealism and '80s corporate clashes, Norris encapsulated the industry's history. TAGS: Control Data, Sperry, U.S. Navy, outsource, mainframe, IBM Corp., information technology, project
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