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IBM's mainframe operating system upgrade will embrace AI

Network World

IBM said this week it will soon roll out an AI-infused, hybrid-cloud oriented version of its z/OS mainframe operating system. will support technologies intended to enable deployment of AI workloads co-located with z/OS applications, IBM said in a customer preview letter. Expected in the third quarter, z/OS 3.1

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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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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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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 11

IT Toolbox

The NETwork Basic Input Output System (NET-BIOS) was introduced at the same time IBM announced the PC Network in 1984. The network microcode was the foundation for program control of the IBM LANs; it resides in ROM on the Adapter Card, on diskette, or on the PC's motherboard.

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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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IBM: Technology for both enterprises and the startup world

CTOvision

One reason to track IBM ( NYSE:IBM ) is to watch as they react to the threats from firms like Amazon. What Amazon has done in Cloud Computing is absolutely incredible and it really helped wake up IBM to the need to innovate in this area. IBM has also famously been pioneering IoT capabilities and invests heavily in smart cities.

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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 12

IT Toolbox

the network system calls then provided under interrupt 21H gave all suppliers of network software the capability to standardize at least some of the access to LAN hardware. Most manufacturers of LAN software had announced or implemented support of NETBIOS for IBM LANs. When DOS was extended in Version 3.1,

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