Explain how businesses make use of mainframe processing power, the typical uses of mainframes, and how mainframe computing differs from other types of computing.

Over the past three years, Kyndryl has researched how the mainframe is used across the business landscape, examining strategies for successful modernization.

This chapter describes the evolution of the mainframe and the reasons it is the leading platform for reliable computing. It also explains how to use the key elements of z/OS.

Here are just a few of the initiatives the Open Mainframe Project has helped to found — and which are already bringing exciting new talent into the world of Big Iron.

First you must recognize that IBM’s enterprise servers (System z and referred to as a mainframe), similar to a PC, Mac or any computer, must have an operating system.

Mainframe is a very large and expensive computer capable of supporting hundreds, or even thousands, of users simultaneously. In the hierarchy that starts with a simple microprocessor …

This IBM Redbooks publication provides a set of best practices to help you simplify mainframe operations. If you are a mainframe leader or CTO, this IBM Redbooks publication gives you a …