mainframes
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IBM Adds Hybrid Cloud Capabilities To LinuxOne Mainframe Offering
IBM has ramped up efforts to make mainframes sexy again by adding hybrid cloud capabilities, along with other goodies, to its LinuxOne offering. The Linux-based mainframe was released last year with ability to scale out to 8000 virtual servers. Here’s what you need to know.
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1000 MIPS: The Magic Number For Mainframe Migration
1Mainframes are far from dead, but many businesses periodically revisit their mainframe usage to determine if shifting to a more modern platform makes sense. A recent Gartner report suggests that any site using under 1000 MIPS (million instructions per second) of capacity is a prime candidate for migrating to a Windows or Linux server environment…
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How Will Mainframes Survive In The Cloud Era?
Cloud computing promises us flexible and reliable service delivery based on charging for what we use, but that’s a model which mainframe computing has been using for decades. How will the use of mainframes evolve in the future?