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Mainframe Defined
Basically, a large and powerful computer designed to be very fault tolerant. Historically, mainframes with lots of memory and disk space are hooked to a bunch of dumb terminals that can be used to access data on the mainframe, but can do nothing without the mainframe.
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On the Record / December 4, 2008
Published December 4, 2008, 4:26 am, The Buffalo News
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Aging tech yields golden opportunity; Spinoff of Japanese technology giant Fujitsu is kind of like a startup, except ...
Published December 4, 2008, 4:12 am, The Bulletin
Few people may know that from 1996 until last month, Ron Langer headed up an international sales and marketing office for the Japanese technology giant Fujitsu from an office in the basement of the Old Post Office building in downtown Bend.Langer and a staff of six developed and sold software that helped large companies and government entities transition from mainframe-based computer operations ...
Nearly all Windows PCs are security risk
Published December 4, 2008, 1:37 am, TechWorld
Secunia says that our computers are bug traps. Nearly every Windows PC harbours at least one unpatched application, and nearly half contain 11 or more programs at risk from attack, according to a Danish security company.
TmaxSoft Customer Meritz Insurance to Present at Gartner Group AADI Forum
Published December 3, 2008, 1:32 pm, Centre Daily Times
TmaxSoft, Inc. A Leader in Enterprise System Software, including software that enables customers to move Business Applications from large Mainframes to Open Systems, today announced that Mr. Sung W. Cho will discuss his use of TmaxSoft’s OpenFrame Re-Hosting software.
Apple Trojan returns to haunt Mac users
Published December 3, 2008, 7:37 am, TechWorld
Macs are totally secure, discuss. A nasty Trojan that first hit Mac users just over a year ago has returned with sharpened teeth, a security company has revealed.
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-03 05:16 Server sales post first decline since 2002-IDC
Published December 2, 2008, 9:49 pm, Interactive Investor
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Worldwide computer server sales declined in the third quarter for the first time since 2002, research group IDC said Wednesday, as corporate technology spending continued to dry up. Revenue fell 5.2 percent to $12.6 billion, while significant price competition helped overall shipments rise 2.8 percent, IDC said. Servers are beefier business computer systems that ...
Buyers choose netbooks as Laptops shunned
Published December 2, 2008, 5:07 am, TechWorld
Amazon 'cyber Monday' figures show shift. Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon.com on 'cyber Monday' in the US, the biggest online shopping day of the year.
Windows market share dives to new low
Published December 2, 2008, 12:52 am, TechWorld
US on alert for outbreak of Apple smugness. Windows has suffered its biggest US market share dive in the last two years, an Internet measurement company has reported, sending the operating system's share under 90 percent for the first time.
Windows worm swells new mega-botnet
Published December 2, 2008, 12:52 am, TechWorld
Exploits recently-patched Windows hole. The worm exploiting a critical Windows bug that Microsoft patched with an emergency fix in late October is being used to build a new botnet, a security researcher has said.
IBM holds top spot for server revenues
Published December 1, 2008, 2:39 pm, Poughkeepsie Journal
A report out today from the Gartner Group says IBM Corp. held onto its No. 1 spot for worldwide revenue from sales of large computer systems. IBM put out an announcement on the results, noting that in the third quarter, IBM captured 30.3 percent of server revenue across the globe. IBM said Gartner reported its server leadership was driven by Power Systems, computers that are based on ...
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