The Register writes “So it went away, then?”
So much for the “dinosaur” label. Sales of IBM’s mainframe, now referred to as the zSeries, are growing at remarkable rate, not experienced since its heyday – indeed if current mainframe growth continues, then the mainframe is emerging like a phoenix from the flames.
In its latest earnings report, IBM showed mainframe revenue growth of 44 per cent, year over year. The mainframe has delivered remarkable performance over the last four quarters to become IBM’s largest hardware growth segment. So where’s the growth coming from?
Link: The Register
