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IBM upgrades its Big Iron OS for better cloud, security, and AI support

Network World

IBM continues to fine-tune its mainframe to keep it attractive to enterprise users interested in keeping the Big Iron in their cloud and AI-application development plans. The company released a new version of the mainframe operating system— z/OS V2.5 that includes beefed-up support for containers, AI, and security.

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Ancient pre-release version of OS/2 2.0 discovered, released in VM-friendly packages

TechSpot

an ambitious PC operating system that Microsoft and IBM were developing together in the 1990s before the former decided to pursue the Windows route. A software archaeologist known as Neozeed recently shared a pre-release version of OS/2 2.0, The "raw" floppy images are available on the Internet Archive, and Neozeed.

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Mainframe modernization holds the key to IBM i success

CIO Business Intelligence

IBM mainframe technology is a data center lynchpin for many organizations. Introduced 35 years ago as OS/400, a survey of IBM i users by Forta found that seven out of 10 use IBM i, an operating system developed by IBM for IBM Power Systems, to run more than half of their applications.

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T-Mobile and Dish Wireless woo IoT and 5G developers

TM Forum

Developers are in demand for 5G networks as operators seek service innovations to expand offerings and grow revenues. Just in the last week, T-Mobile and Dish Wireless in the US each stepped up efforts to entice developers to experiment on their networks. Launching a developer kit for IoT is somewhat unusual for a large telco.

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IBM package brings Watson smarts to everything IoT

Network World

IBM has released an experimental program developers can use to embed Watson cognitive intelligence features in all manner of IoT systems from robots and drones to sensors and avatars. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Modernizing the mainframe for the digital era

CIO Business Intelligence

He’s doing just that on the bank’s IBM Z system mainframes, for which the bank has written some 10 million lines of code over the years. Each houses an IBM z15 system. According to IDC, IBM sold more than 4,300 IBM Z systems in 2020, for approximately $3.5 M&T, a $6.5 Z upgrades and open source.

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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

Microsoft’s first version of Windows might not have been well received, but it kick-started a battle between Apple, IBM, and Microsoft to provide computing to the masses. Microsoft had already created its low-cost PC DOS operating system for IBM PCs, and was firmly positioned as a software company. Carol Halebia.

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