The mainframe has been written off more than once, yet it remains stubbornly central to how the world’s largest organisations run. On IBM’s own reckoning, it sits behind 87% of all transactions ...

Elvis Costello knew he needed a well-paying job to become a musician, so he went into computer programming before releasing his 1977 debut album.

Last year, Unum partnered with Amazon Web Services and Pegasystems, which provides a low-code platform to Fortune 500 companies to automate their business processes, in a project to re-engineer Unum’s ...

It’s difficult to imagine a modern office without computers of some kind — desktop PCs, notebooks, tablets and smartphones litter workplaces across the country and the world. But in the early 1970s, ...

IBM is looking to expand the reach of its foundational mainframe portfolio by adding new single frame and rack mounted ...

IBM mainframe computers often fill entire rooms, but the company says its latest innovation puts “nearly 100 billion transistors on to a chip the size of a fingernail”. The US technology giant ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered ...

Abstract: Today, video games are virtually everywhere. Each day, millions of people play games on smartphones that fit in the palms of their hands as well as on home consoles and computers that ...

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the governor of New Jersey made an unusual admission: He’d run out of COBOL developers. The state’s unemployment insurance systems were written in the 60-year-old ...

January 2, 1979: Entrepreneurs Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston incorporate their company Software Arts to publish a program called VisiCalc. The first spreadsheet software for the Apple II, VisiCalc ...

NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

The early mainframe model, powerful in its day, helped NASA control spacecraft for the Gemini and Apollo programs, and the Air Force used it for its Ballistic Missile Early Warning System. Phil ...