As part of an effort to increase the amount of mainframe database expertise it can put at the disposal of IT organizations, Syncsort today announced it has acquired Cogito. Syncsort CEO Josh Rogers ...

CA, Inc. today announced CA Database Management r12 for DB2 for z/OS, and CA Database Management r12 for IMS, the latest versions of its mainframe database management solution. The new versions ...

BMC Software Inc. will soon release the first of its SmartDBA tools for IBM’s DB2 mainframe database, marking what it called a significant milestone in its effort to provide a single console for ...

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Precisely, the global leader in data integrity, today announced it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on its AWS Mainframe Modernization service. The ...

Claims that the mainframe is a near-death technology in the mission-critical world of today's robust business intelligence (BI) applications are exaggerated. Conventional wisdom says the mainframe–the ...

In the recent past, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with representatives of Cobol-IT, Compuware, Heirloom Computing, TmaxSoft and a few others who have targeted enterprises still using mainframes. A ...

When it comes to mainframe systems, the decision to remain competitive is easier said than done. For example, the proprietary nature of older Unisys and other mainframes is incompatible with current ...

IBM on Thursday released an upgraded mainframe database with built-in analysis software and more self-managing capabilities. The company said DB2 for z/OS Version 8, a mainframe-specific edition of ...

Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients. We are looking for a Mainframe IDMS Database Administrator (DBA) to join our ...

Before autonomous data correction software met the mainframe, a day in my life as a DBA looked like this: 2 a.m. – Diagnose a critical maintenance utility failure for a panicked night operator, ...

Back in 1991, InfoWorld‘s then Editor in Chief Stewart Alsop predicted the plug would be pulled on the last mainframe in five years. Oops. Eight years after their ...