BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Mainframe
- a powerful computer capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of users simultaneously
Wiktionary Definition for: Mainframe
- #A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital
Additional Resources
- Software Licensing, Business Practices at Heart of IBM Mainframe Criticism
- IBM critics say that Big Blue has used anticompetitive practices to keep its tight hold on the global mainframe market, including withholding software licenses to punish customer and competitors looking to bring legacy workloads to non-IBM systems, and closely tying its mainframe software and hardware. Federal regulators are now taking...
- News items 2009-10-08
- Survey revives debate over the future of the mainframe
- IDG News Service - A new survey of data center users predicts a sharp drop in mainframe usage, though some industry analysts say the results seem unlikely. The survey was carried out by Afcom, one of the best-known groups representing data center workers. Afcom asked about a range of topics...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Mainframe Entertainment Announces Director Resignation
- Mainframe Entertainment, Inc. ("Mainframe") (TSX: MFE), Canada's leading computer generated CG animation production company, today announced that it has accepted the resignation of Yad Garcha as a Director of Mainframe. About Mainframe Mainframe Entertainment Inc. is the industry leader in computer generated animation for television and direct-to-video/DVD family...
- Research articles 2006-09-29
- Mainframe Entertainment Announces Director Resignation.
- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Sep 29, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Mainframe Entertainment, Inc. ("Mainframe") (TSX:MFE), Canada's leading computer generated CG animation production company, today announced that it has accepted the resignation of Yad Garcha as a Director of Mainframe. About Mainframe ...
- Research articles 2006-09-29
- Mainframe Entertainment Announces Director Resignations
- Mainframe Entertainment, Inc. ("Mainframe") (TSX: MFE), Canada's leading computer generated CG animation production company, today announced that due to the completion of the sale by IDT Entertainment ("IDT") of its 62% interest in Mainframe to RNK Capital Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Rainmaker Income Fund ("Rainmaker") (TSX: RNK.UN) on July...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- IONA DEBUTS ORBIX ASP MAINFRAME EDITION V5.1 INTEGRATION.(Orbix Mainframe v5.1)
- IONA, Waltham, Mass., a provider of Rapid Integration software (NASDAQ: IONA), has introduced OrbixR ASP Mainframe Edition v5.1, the industry's most advanced, high-performance, and full-featured mainframe integration solution. IONA, Waltham, Mass., a provider of Rapid Integration software (NASDAQ: IONA), has introduced OrbixR ASP...
- Research articles 2003-04-01
- Luminex and Diligent Technologies Announce Industry's First Mainframe Resident Virtual Tape Solution Using Open Systems Disk
- Luminex Software, Inc., a leading developer of mainframe connectivity products, and Diligent Technologies, a leading enterprise data protection software provider for mainframe and open systems environments, today announced product certification and qualification of Diligent's Virtual Tape Facility Mainframe (VTFTM Mainframe) product with Luminex's Virtual|BLUETM 3990 (V|B 3990) DASD control unit....
- Research articles 2005-02-08
- Rainmaker and Mainframe Enter Into Agreement for Rainmaker to Acquire Balance of Mainframe Shares
- Rainmaker Income Fund ("Rainmaker") (TSX: RNK.UN) and Mainframe Entertainment, Inc. ("Mainframe") (TSX: MFE) announced today that Mainframe and a subsidiary of Rainmaker have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rainmaker's majority owned subsidiary RNK Capital Limited Partnership ("RNK Capital LP") will acquire the balance of the 38% of the...
- Research articles 2006-08-30
- Rainmaker and Mainframe Enter Into Agreement for Rainmaker to Acquire Balance of Mainframe Shares.
- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Aug 30, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Rainmaker Income Fund ("Rainmaker") (TSX:RNK.UN) and Mainframe Entertainment, Inc. ("Mainframe") (TSX:MFE) announced today that Mainframe and a subsidiary of Rainmaker have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rainmaker's majority owned subsidiary RNK Capital Limited...
- Research articles 2006-08-30
- Luminex Announces Expansion of the Mainframe Channel Gateway Product Family
- TAMPA, Fla. -- Luminex Software, Inc., a leading developer of mainframe connectivity, channel gateway, storage and data distribution products, announced new additions to the Channel Gateway FICON and ESCON family of mainframe connectivity solutions. The Channel Gateway product family delivers on Luminex's Universal Storage Networking[TM] vision to provide mainframe enterprises...
- Research articles 2007-02-12
- Switching mainframe minimizes wiring and ensures signal integrity. (Keithley Instruments Inc.'s Model 7001) (product announcement)
- According to the vendor, the Model 7001 mainframe provides the highest density switching of any half-rack mainframe in the test and measurement market. It can handle as many as 80 channels of 2-pole switching, and it simplifies system setup. The According...
- Research articles 1991-10-10
- Luminex's Channel Gateway™ Mainframe Tape Encryption Solution is in Full Production at Leading Worldwide Financial Institutions; Recent Installation Secures Leading Financial Services Company's Confidential Client Data!
- BALTIMORE -- Luminex Software Inc., a leading developer of mainframe channel gateway, connectivity and data storage products, announced today at the SHARE Technology Exchange Expo that its Channel Gateway 3400 mainframe tape encryption solution is continuing to be installed at leading worldwide financial institutions. The Luminex Channel Gateway solution is...
- Research articles 2006-08-14
- Nebraska Department of Roads Leverages and Extends Mainframe Development with Micro Focus; State Agency Chooses Mainframe Express Enterprise Edition
- ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Micro Focus International Ltd. (Micro FocusR) today announced that the Nebraska Department of Roads has chosen Micro Focus Mainframe ExpressR Enterprise Edition as their mainframe development platform. Using this latest technology, the Department of Roads can now leverage and extend its mainframe platform, built over many years,...
- Research articles 2004-10-12
- Fujitsu Software Joins Mainframe Migration Alliance; Fujitsu Software Extends Its Alliances with Microsoft by Joining the Newly Formed Mainframe Migration Alliance
- SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced that, having worked closely with Microsoft Corp. over the last few years in the area of mainframe migrations, it is enthusiastically supporting the recently formed Mainframe Migration Alliance MMA, an organization created by Microsoft and other industry partners designed to help customers...
- Research articles 2004-09-28
- IBM's Mainframe Simplification Reduces Data Center Staffing, Analyst Says
- A new report by IT industry analyst Clabby Analytics says that "all of the new improvements that IBM (NYSE: IBM) is making in mainframe management may actually reduce the number of people needed to manage mainframes in the future as well as reduce the skills needed to manage mainframe environments."...
- Research articles 2007-08-09
- e-Security's Sentinel Mainframe Connect(TM) Enables Enterprise-Wide Compliance Monitoring of Critical IT Controls
- e-Security, the leading supplier of security information management and continuous compliance monitoring solutions, today announced the availability of Sentinel Mainframe ConnectTM an add-on module to the company's flagship product, Sentinel 5. Sentinel Mainframe Connect captures security and compliance events directly from mainframe computers and correlates the information with other IT...
- Research articles 2005-11-16
- IBM has new mainframe.(Brief article)
- Staff IBM has developed a low-price mainframe computer that it intends to market to small and midsize businesses and emerging markets. The ... Staff IBM has developed a low-price mainframe computer that it intends...
- Research articles 2006-05-18
- NEON Systems Acquires ClientSoft and Solidifies Leadership in Mainframe Web Services Market; Acquisition Reinforces NEON's Vision to Become the Leader in Mainframe Integration
- SUGAR LAND, Texas -- NEON Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:NEON) today announced it has acquired ClientSoft Inc., a privately-held mainframe integration software vendor based in Miami, known for its leadership in secure, high-performance legacy integration solutions for Microsoft .NET, Java and Web services environments. ClientSoft introduced the industry's first mainframe Web services...
- Research articles 2004-12-14
- SATYAM JOINS MAINFRAME MIGRATION ALLIANCE.
- Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE:SAY), Hyderabad, India, has joined the Mainframe Migration Alliance MMA, created by Microsoft and industry partners which enables customers using aging, mainframe systems to move seamlessly to the more modern and Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (NYSE:SAY), Hyderabad, India, has joined the...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- PATNI JOINS MAINFRAME MIGRATION ALLIANCE.
- Patni Computer Systems, has entered the Mainframe Migration Alliance MMA, an industry representation enabled by Microsoft and industry partners to help customers seamlessly migrate workloads off the mainframe and onto the Microsoft Windows platform Patni Computer Systems, has entered the Mainframe Migration Alliance MMA, an...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
