Mainframes

It feels like there is a lot of waste in mainframes as some people are using them for frivolous reasons while other companies who really need them can’t afford them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Giant computers known as mainframes are making a comeback. ❋ Unknown (2006)

During the early years of the Web, however, a hacker could attain national fame by breaking into mainframes, which is exactly what Kevin Mitnick did - he hacked his way into Motorola, Sun Microsystems and PacBell, and ended up eluding the FBI for years through stolen identities and other elaborate ruses until a dramatic final showdown. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Novell helps Windows come to the mainframes, which is loves Mono. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In recent years, the market for servers has shifted from the huge, custom-built "mainframes" that IBM dominates to vast numbers of standardized computers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Conventional "mainframes," such as cattle, are too large for the world's poorest people; they require too much space and expense. ❋ Unknown (1991)

The "re-verticalization" of IT is the latest stage of the cycle that saw computing move from totally proprietary systems such as mainframes and minicomputers to the decentralized, open architectures of PCs and Ethernet LANs, Haff said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

NOVL, privately held Attachmate, which makes software to connect PCs to older computer systems, such as mainframes, said it will purchase Novell for $6.10 per share in cash, for a total value of $2.2 billion. ❋ Unknown (2010)

P2: wat kind of mainframes? database? me: told wat i knew ...

Scale-up, the use of fewer, more powerful servers such as mainframes and other enterprise machines. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"re-verticalisation" of IT is the latest stage of the cycle that saw computing move from totally proprietary systems such as mainframes and minicomputers to the decentralised, open architectures of PCs and Ethernet LANs, Haff said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

'Data center outsourcing' usually refers to the centralized support of computer equipment (such as mainframes and servers) in a secure facility, the underlying network infrastructure, and the processes and organization that support this environment. " ❋ Unknown (2010)

Believe it or not, a lot of data from insurers, Medicare and Medicaid can still come on cartridge tape from mainframes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We'll just dock a cargo ship and off-load thousands of mainframes, PCs and network switches. ❋ Unknown (2009)