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- Bloom fading from Posix rose as open focus shifts - the Portable Operating System Interface standards - includes a related article on Northwest Natural Gas's project to migrate from a mainframe to a client/server environment
- The IEEE specifications still provide essential services to open systems, but the standards come up short as focus shifts to systems and network management functions The Portable Operating System Interface Posix family of standards is approaching the end of its first decade of existence. As standards go, Posix...
- Research articles 1994-03-01
- The mainframe fights back. (IBM and Amdahl mainframes become UNIX servers)
- IBM has converted its proprietary mainframe operating system multiple virtual storage MVS into Unix, adding to its reputation for reliability, security, and advanced systems management. The IBM System/390 Parallel Enterprise Server (S/390) is its latestIBM has converted its proprietary mainframe operating system multiple virtual storage MVS into Unix, adding to...
- Research articles 1997-04-01
- Clarkson University Wins Linux Mainframe From IBM
- Clarkson University today was awarded a Linux-enabled IBM mainframe as the winner of IBM's Linux Scholar Challenge. Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY, received the highest overall average score among 669 universities with the greatest number of students submitting the most innovative Linux applications.Reflecting the worldwide reach of Linux, winners of...
- Research articles 1970-01-01
- IBM expanding in mainframe Unix, but market prospects still unclear - AIX/ESA operating system - Product Announcement
- White Plains, N.Y.--IBM's release last week of a Unix operating system for its System/370 and/390 mainframes marks its first significant entry into a still-narrow segment whose prospects are rated by analysts to be fairly cloudy even over the long term.
- Research articles 1992-06-29
- Sequent acquires European mainframe migration company; Comprehensive solution from Open Tool International gives Groupe Bull users access to UNIX open systems
- Systems Inc. today announced it has acquired Open Tool International B.V. OTI, a Dutch software company and the sole commercial provider of a complete set of mainframe-to-UNIX migration tools for all Groupe Bull mainframes (DPS4000, DPS6000, DPS7000 and DPS8000/9000), including an interface from the Bull database management system IDS2 to...
- Research articles 1995-11-06
- High-End Unix Systems Overpowering IBM Mainframes, According to New Research From Robert Frances Group
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
- Research articles 2000-05-23
- NovaStor Masters Data Interchange Tasks With New NovaXchange 3.0; Improved Migration and Conversion of Data Between Mainframe, UNIX and Windows
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
- Research articles 2002-07-23
- Point Information Network Announces ActiveBridge TelnetCE Connectivity Solution For AS/400, IBM Mainframe, and UNIX Emulation
- KIRKLAND, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 25, 1999--
- Research articles 1999-05-25
- Global Software announces major new release of Universal Financials for IBM mainframe and UNIX platforms; New open system capabilities include extensive workflow and image integration; New modules for purchasing professionals with integrated Lotus Notes;
- RALEIGH, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 16, 1995--Global Software Inc., provider of world-class client/server financial application software and services, today announced Release 4.3 of Universal Financials.
- Research articles 1995-08-16
- UniKix Technologies drives migration effort of Volkswagen de Mexico; Company provides software to move VW mainframe applications to Digital UNIX platforms
- BILLERICA, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 17, 1995--UniKix Technologies, Inc. of Billerica, Mass., has signed an agreement to provide its CICS-on-UNIX transaction processing software to VW-GEDAS NA, a worldwide systems integration company.
- Research articles 1995-10-17
- IONA and BellSouth to co-operate on Orbix for MVS; Market leading CORBA implementation to integrate Windows, Unix and mainframe applications
- DUBLIN, Ireland--BUSINESS WIRE--March 26, 1996--IONA Technologies Ltd., and BellSouth have teamed to provide IONA's CORBA implementation, Orbix, on the MVS Open Edition operating system (now integrated into OS/390).
- Research articles 1996-03-26
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- EMC and Groupe Bull extend OEM agreement to include Symmetrix Enterprise Storage Platform; New Sagister UNIX Multiframe Servers From Bull To Feature EMC's Mainframe and Open Systems Integrated Cached Disk Array Technology
- HOPKINTON, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 18, 1996--EMC Corporation today announced it has extended its Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM agreement with Groupe Bull for the French company to market and sell EMC's innovative Symmetrix Enterprise Storage Platform ESP as the storage system for a new generation of Bull servers -- called Sagister UNIX...
- Research articles 1996-03-18
- Brazilian food giant downsizes to Unix - Sadia converts its Cobol systems running on IBM mainframes to LAN- and Unix-based systems - Newsfront - Brief Article
- Sadia, a $2 billion-a-year food company in Sao Paulo, Brazil, decided a year ago to convert its Cobol systems running on IBM mainframes to LAN- and Unix-based systems. "Them machine room is 70% empty now," said Chris Turnbull, president of the Sterling Software, Inc. AD Labs Division, Ottawa. "The...
- Research articles 1992-09-01
- Powergen Reports High Satisfaction with Exstream Software's Dialogue; Leading UK Energy Supplier Reduces Costs and Speeds Time to Market with Critical Customer Communications
- LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Exstream Software, Inc. announced today that Powergen, the UK's second largest energy supplier, is successfully using its Dialogue software to create personalized customer documents in a UNIX environment for greater efficiency. Powergen currently services more than 9 million gas and electricity customer accounts in the UK. The...
- Research articles 2004-08-16
- DELTA DENTAL EMBRACES CA-UNICENTER; Major Dental Insurance Provider To Substantially Cut Costs In Move From Mainframe To UNIX
- ISLANDIA, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 17, 1995-- Computer Associates today announced that Delta Dental Plan of Kentucky, a leading dental insurance provider, is significantly reducing its computing costs by using CA-Unicenter to manage its new IBM RS/6000 processing environment."Though the processing power of our new UNIX system rivals that of the mainframe...
- Research articles 1995-04-17
- CA'S ADVANTAGE GEN 6.5 SPEEDS DEVELOPMENT OF J2EE/WEB SERVICES.
- Computer Associates International, Inc. CA, Islandia, N.Y., has introduced Advantage Gen for Enterprise Servers release 6.5, a powerful solution that speeds development of J2EE applications and Web services on mainframe and UNIX environments. Computer Associates International, Inc. CA, Islandia, N.Y., has introduced Advantage...
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- HP Collaborates With Andersen Consulting On Leading-Edge Technology Solution Center For Utilities Industry; Solutions Based on Andersen Consulting's Customer/1, HP UNIX Systems and HP's Smart Contact Solution Middleware
- PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 3, 1997-- Hewlett-Packard Company today announced that it is providing mainframe-class UNIXR systems and technology infrastructure, including services and Smart Contact solution management middleware, for Andersen Consulting's SolutionWorks technology solution center. SolutionWorks' mission is to provide the utilities industry with leading-edge solutions for meeting the challenges...
- Research articles 1997-02-03
- IBM Mainframe and Linux Can Lower Customer Costs, Independent Analyst Writes
- The IBM (NYSE: IBM) System z mainframe is a powerful platform for consolidating distributed UNIX/Linux applications and offers users "potential cost savings, productivity gains and improved utilization rates through capabilities such as virtualization and security and systems management," according to IT analyst Forrester.
- Research articles 2007-03-21
- Report: IBM #1 in Worldwide Server Revenue, #1 in Blade, Unix and High-End Server Share Revenue in 3Q06
- IDC has announced that IBM (NYSE: IBM) continues to hold the number one position in worldwide server revenue share, growing revenue by 6.6 percent, year over year, and increasing its revenue share to 33.1 percent[1]. The growth was driven by IBM's continued leadership in the highly strategic mainframe and blade...
- Research articles 2006-11-22
- With expertise of Gary Cantrell, technology won't submarine Blimpie
- During the years in which Blimpie was no more than an occasional spot for Gary Cantrell to grab lunch, he was employed as a chemical engineer, mainframe and UNIX programmer and data-processing consultant. "I had an opportunity early on [in the 1970s] to be a consultant between a...
- Research articles 1997-12-15
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