IBM has worked hard in recent years to keep its mainframe franchise attractive to IT managers. The company has made the high-end machines Linux and Java friendly and it has developed ...

SAN FRANCISCO & ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alpine Investors (“Alpine”), a people-driven private equity firm committed to building enduring middle-market software and services companies, today ...

The Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe Project is targeting the development of mainframe applications and skill sets, and now has its own Big Iron to work with. Open-source software development will be ...

Enterprises are taking the lead on mainframe training. Optum Technology and others are engaged in a movement to disseminate not only legacy knowledge to the next generation of mainframers, but to ...

Las Vegas—A mainframe skills shortage is emerging as subtly as gray hair. It’s bumping up training costs and raising concerns among data center managers who wonder how they will replace retiring green ...