The perception of mainframe technology as outmoded or inefficient is wildly inaccurate in a number of important ways, according to IBM's chief architect for cloud computing, Frank DeGilio.

"Cloud is the catalyst for people to get a grip on what’s core to their company and what’s not"

Mainframe is still important in driving business applications and services, and is a critical platform for the evolving hybrid datacentre, according to business survey management company, BMC Software.

Integrator, CSC, has renewed its contract with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) to the tune of $107 million.

A lot of Cobol-based applications have a plot line similar to the first Star Trek movie.

With the latest version of its Tuxedo online transaction processing (OLTP) middleware, Oracle is hoping to lure IBM mainframe users over to the world of x86-based distributed computing, namely by promising that their applications will run just as quickly and will not need to be rewritten for the new environment.

The third antitrust complaint against IBM's mainframe business was filed with the European Commission Tuesday, compounding the firm's regulatory problems in Europe.

At the heart of Union Pacific Corp.'s railroad operations is an IBM mainframe-based transportation control system that's been chugging along like a hardworking locomotive for nearly 40 years. According to industry experts, it was a pioneering system when first introduced, and it made the Omaha-based transportation giant one of the first companies in the world to make extensive use of online transaction processing technologies.

IT as we know it is over.