Mainframes

IBM keeps the mainframe alive

With a 5.5GHz, six-core processor, the zEnterprise EC12 is capable of handling analytics and hybrid cloud workloads.

IBM pumps up high-end mainframe speed, capacity

IBM says new mainframe, zEnterprise EC12 is 25% faster; has 50% more capacity than current high-end model

IBM goes big on new mainframe with fastest chip, flash memory

zEnterprise EC12 aims to deliver on analytics, hybrid cloud demands with fastest commercially available processor, Flash Express

Spam really is a food, and you can drink java, too

U.S. regains supercomputer lead

New IBM water-cooled systems dominate the list of the most powerful computers, most of which are now used for commerce, not research.

Why network firewalls and mainframes are still security favorites

Motel 6, for instance, has three times more firewalls than 8 years ago

Scientists may have found proof of ‘God particle’

Announcement set for Wednesday is expected to show proof of Higgs boson, a key to understanding the nature of the universe

Supercomputer to connect to 400PB of storage via Ethernet

5PB of nearline storage will run over 40Gbps Ethernet on Blue Waters

From IT to ET: Cloud, consumerization, and the next wave of IT transformation

Technology is no longer confined to offices and office workers, but is embedded throughout the enterprise

Forecasting a warming world via thousands of PCs

Citizen-scientists, volunteers donate computing time for climate research