Still saving up for your own mainframe computer? IBM says it will offer Linux supporters the next best thing starting this week: free access to one of the computing giant's powerful mainframe sytems.

A new program from IBM will provide thousands of independent software developers with free access to a tool for writing Linux software applications The program, the, provides developers with access to ...

Still saving up for your own mainframe computer? IBM says it will offer Linux supporters the next best thing starting this week: free access to one of the computing giant's powerful mainframe sytems.

Enabling greater access in the developer community, IBM is making the largest single contribution of mainframe code to the open source community. A key part of the mainframe code contributions are IT ...

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 ...

IBM continues to adopt new tools and practices for its mainframe customers to keep the Big Iron relevant in a cloud world. First of all, the company switched-up its 20-year mainframe software pricing ...