Mainframe computers are often seen as ancient machines—practically dinosaurs. But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today. If ...

Still saving up for your own mainframe computer? IBM says it will offer Linux supporters the next best thing starting this week: free access to one of the computing giant's powerful mainframe sytems.

IBM took the wraps off a new mainframe computer on Tuesday, promising it will help customers to detect more fraud in real time and plow through billions of transactions generated each day by ...