Analysts are upbeat about the potential for IBM’s software business, despite disappointing performance there in the most ...

IBM is rolling out a portfolio of enterprise data sets aimed at jumpstarting AI development for its Z and LinuxONE mainframe customers. IBM’s Synthetic Data Sets are designed to help with ...

Set for delivery on Sept. 29, z/OS 3.1, the operating system grows IBM’s AI portfolio to let customers securely deploy AI applications co-located with z/OS applications and data, as well as a ...

The z13 will also run Hadoop, IBM says, which is used to analyze big data sets. IBM doesn’t give pricing for its new mainframes, but they can easily pass $100,000.

Analytics also get a boost from DB2 BLU for Linux, an in-memory database technology now coming to the mainframe. The z13 will also run Hadoop, IBM says, which is used to analyze big data sets.